The A’s continued to struggle against the Angels, losing two of three home games after previously being swept in Anaheim. Oakland suffered another shutout in game one and lost its first extra-innings result of the year in game two before pulling out a victory in the finale. After 19 contests, Oakland is six games behind pace.
sim 7-12, actual 13-6
April 21 — sim L 0-1 — actual W 10-6
April 22 — sim L 3-4 (10 inn.) — actual W 4-3
April 23 — sim W 5-3 — actual W 2-0
April 21: The A’s suffered their second straight 1-0 shutout. Carney Lansford had a pair of hits and made it to second base twice but that was as far as any Oakland player advanced. The Angels got an RBI double from Mark McLemore in the third inning, and a four-hit shutout from Chuck Finley.
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (1) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0)
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Brian Downing 3 1 0 0 Tony Phillips 4 0 1 0
Mark McLemore 4 0 1 1 Billy Beane 4 0 0 0
Devon White 3 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 4 0 1 0
Claudell Washington 3 0 2 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 0 0
Lance Parrish 3 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 2 0
Wally Joyner 4 0 0 0 Lance Blankenship 2 0 0 0
Chili Davis 4 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0
Jack Howell 3 0 0 0 Ron Hassey 3 0 0 0
Kent Anderson 2 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 1 3 1 TOTALS 30 0 4 0
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 001 000 000 -- 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 7, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 5.
2B--Mark McLemore, Claudell Washington, Carney Lansford.
SACB--Kent Anderson, Lance Blankenship.
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Chuck Finley BX [W] 9.00 4 0 0 1 7 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Bob Welch BY [L] 7.00 3 1 1 3 4 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Greg Cadaret DY 1.00 0 0 0 2 1 0
April 22: After going 21 innings without a run, the A’s finally scored. But, California already had a 3-0 lead. Oakland got an RBI single from Tony Phillips in the second, a solo homer from Dave Parker in the seventh and a sacrifice fly from Dave Henderson in the eighth to tie the game. But, Glenn Hoffman led off the 10th with a double for the Angels and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brian Downing for the go-ahead score.
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (4) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3)
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Mark McLemore 5 0 2 2 Luis Polonia 5 0 1 0
Glenn Hoffman 5 1 2 0 Dave Henderson 4 0 1 1
Devon White 5 0 1 0 Dave Parker 4 1 1 1
Brian Downing 3 0 0 1 Carney Lansford 5 1 1 0
Dante Bichette 3 1 0 0 Ron Hassey 3 0 2 0
Chili Davis 4 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 4 0 2 1
Wally Joyner 4 1 2 0 Stan Javier 4 0 1 0
Bill Schroeder 4 1 1 1 Walt Weiss 4 0 0 0
Kent Anderson 4 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 3 1 0 0
TOTALS 37 4 8 4 TOTALS 36 3 9 3
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 030 000 000 1 -- 4
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 010 000 110 0 -- 3
LOB--1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 7, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7.
ERR--Mike Gallego. 2B--Glenn Hoffman, Mark McLemore.
HR--Dave Parker. SACF--Brian Downing, Dave Henderson.
SB--Luis Polonia.
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bert Blyleven BYZ 6.33 5 2 2 1 0 1
Bob McClure ACYZ 1.67 1 1 1 1 0 0
Willie Fraser BZ [W] 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
Bryan Harvey BXYW [S] 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Curt Young D 5.00 6 3 3 2 3 0
Todd Burns AZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Eric Plunk BXW 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Gene Nelson BX [L] 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 0
April 23: Coming off his no-hitter, Mike Moore had another strong outing. Carney Lansford’s two-run double made it 2-0 in the third inning. After the Angels tied it, Mike Gallego put the A’s ahead 4-2 with a two-RBI double in the sixth. The Angels got one back in the top of the eighth, but Lansford led off the bottom of the eighth with a single and he eventually scored to restore the two-run margin.
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (5)
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Claudell Washington 4 0 0 0 Luis Polonia 3 1 1 0
Jack Howell 4 0 0 0 Stan Javier 4 1 1 0
Devon White 4 2 2 0 Dave Henderson 4 0 0 0
Wally Joyner 3 1 2 2 Dave Parker 4 0 0 0
Chili Davis 4 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 4 1 2 2
Lance Parrish 3 0 1 0 Terry Steinbach 4 1 1 0
Dante Bichette 4 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 3 1 2 0
Mark McLemore 4 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 4 0 1 1
Kent Anderson 3 0 1 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 2 2
TOTALS 33 3 6 2 TOTALS 34 5 10 5
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 000 101 010 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 002 002 01x -- 5
LOB--1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 5, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7.
ERR--Mike Gallego. 2B--Wally Joyner (2), Mike Gallego (2),
Carney Lansford. 3B--Devon White (2). SACF--Wally Joyner.
SB--Walt Weiss, Carney Lansford (2).
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kirk McCaskill BZ [L] 6.00 9 4 4 1 2 0
Greg Minton A 2.00 1 1 1 1 0 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY [W] 7.00 5 2 2 1 2 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
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