The A’s broke out of their seven-game losing streak with a three-game sweep at Chicago. This came not long after the White Sox swept a series in Oakland. It was highlighted by a Bob Welch near-perfect game in the middle contest. Glenn Hubbard and Dave Parker hit big home runs in the other games. The A’s picked up a game and are now three behind the pace after 13 contests.
5-8 sim, 8-5 actual
April 14 — sim W 7-3 — actual W 7-4
April 15 — sim W 7-0 — actual L 4-7
April 16 — sim W 5-2 — actual W 3-2
April 14: The A’s took a 3-0 lead in the second inning behind an RBI single by Mike Gallego and a two-run double by Stan Javier. But, the White Sox came back with a three-run homer by Ron Karkovice in the bottom half of the frame. It stayed that way until the sixth, when Glenn Hubbard smashed a three-RBI home run to put Oakland up. Dave Parker added an RBI single in the ninth. Chicago didn’t advance a runner past first base the final seven innings.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (7) AT 1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (3)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 5 2 2 0 Ozzie Guillen 4 0 0 0
Stan Javier 4 0 1 2 Dave Gallagher 4 0 2 0
Dave Henderson 5 0 0 0 Harold Baines 3 0 0 0
Dave Parker 5 1 3 1 Ivan Calderon 4 1 1 0
Terry Steinbach 4 1 2 0 Greg Walker 2 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 5 1 0 0 Ron Kittle 2 1 0 0
Billy Beane 4 1 1 0 Steve Lyons 3 0 0 0
Glenn Hubbard 4 1 1 3 Ron Karkovice 3 1 1 3
Mike Gallego 4 0 2 1 Eddie Williams 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 7 12 7 TOTALS 28 3 4 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 030 003 001 -- 7
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 030 000 000 -- 3
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8, 1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1.
ERR--Glenn Hubbard, Melido Perez DX. 2B--Stan Javier, Ivan
Calderon. HR--Glenn Hubbard, Ron Karkovice. SB--Luis Polonia
(2).
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 8.00 3 3 3 3 6 1
Greg Cadaret DY 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Melido Perez DX [L] 5.67 8 6 3 2 2 1
Donn Pall BYZ 2.33 1 0 0 0 2 0
Ken Patterson DY 1.00 3 1 1 0 2 0
April 15: Bob Welch retired the first 25 batters he faced. But with one out in the ninth, Steve Lyons broke up the perfect game and no-hit bids with a single. Welch struck out the next two hitters, his eighth and ninth, to finish it. The A’s scored four unearned runs in the second inning, with Stan Javier providing a two-run double, to take an early lead.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (7) AT 1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (0)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Tony Phillips 2 1 1 1 Ozzie Guillen 4 0 0 0
Stan Javier 4 0 1 2 Dave Gallagher 3 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 5 0 1 0 Harold Baines 3 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 5 0 0 0 Ivan Calderon 3 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 4 1 1 0 Carlton Fisk 3 0 0 0
Dave Parker 4 0 0 0 Greg Walker 3 0 0 0
Billy Beane 4 2 2 0 Daryl Boston 3 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 4 2 2 1 Steve Lyons 3 0 1 0
Ron Hassey 4 1 1 1 Eddie Williams 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 7 9 5 TOTALS 28 0 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 040 000 210 -- 7
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6, 1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1.
ERR--Ozzie Guillen, Steve Lyons. 2B--Stan Javier. SACF--Tony
Phillips. SB--Mike Gallego, Carney Lansford.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Welch BY [W] 9.00 1 0 0 0 9 0
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Jerry Reuss DZ [L] 6.33 6 6 2 1 1 0
Tom McCarthy CZ 2.67 3 1 1 2 2 0
April 16: Dave Parker smacked a grand slam in the third inning put the A’s ahead 4-0. The White Sox closed the deficit to 4-2, but Dave Henderson had a solo shot in the eighth inning to pad the lead.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (5) AT 1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (2)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 5 1 2 0 Ozzie Guillen 5 0 1 0
Tony Phillips 3 1 0 0 Dave Gallagher 5 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 4 1 1 1 Harold Baines 3 0 0 0
Dave Parker 4 1 1 4 Ivan Calderon 5 1 2 0
Carney Lansford 3 0 0 0 Ron Karkovice 4 0 0 0
Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0 Greg Walker 3 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 2 0 Daryl Boston 4 0 3 0
Stan Javier 4 1 1 0 Steve Lyons 4 0 1 1
Walt Weiss 4 0 2 0 Eddie Williams 3 1 1 1
TOTALS 35 5 9 5 TOTALS 36 2 8 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 004 000 010 -- 5
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 011 000 -- 2
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 5, 1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 11.
ERR--Walt Weiss, Dave Henderson, Eddie Williams. HR--Dave
Parker, Dave Henderson, Eddie Williams.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Storm Davis BY [W] 5.67 6 2 2 3 5 1
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 2.33 2 0 0 1 1 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Eric King C [L] 7.00 7 4 4 2 6 1
Donn Pall BYZ 2.00 2 1 1 0 2 1
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