Dave Stewart and Storm Davis had strong starts and the A’s earned a series sweep, albeit just a two-game one against visiting Toronto. Dave Parker (5-for-8) and Billy Beane (5-for-9) had excellent showings at the plate. After 21 games, Oakland remains six games behind pace.
sim 9-12, actual 15-6
April 24 — sim W 3-1 — actual W 5-3
April 25 — sim W 7-3 — actual W 3-1
April 24: Dave Stewart gave up five hits and zero earned runs in his seven innings of work. Mike Gallego gave the A’s their first run with a sacrifice fly in the second inning. After Toronto tied it, Dave Henderson hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning.
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (1) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3)
1989 TORONTO BLUE JA AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Lloyd Moseby 3 0 1 1 Tony Phillips 4 0 1 0
Kelly Gruber 4 0 0 0 Billy Beane 4 0 3 0
Ernie Whitt 3 0 1 0 Dave Henderson 4 1 1 2
George Bell 2 0 2 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 0 0
Junior Felix 2 0 1 0 Terry Steinbach 4 1 0 0
Fred McGriff 4 0 1 0 Dave Parker 4 0 2 0
Jesse Barfield 4 0 0 0 Lance Blankenship 3 0 1 0
Rance Mulliniks 4 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 2 0 0 1
Nelson Liriano 3 1 1 0 Walt Weiss 3 1 1 0
Manuel Lee 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 1 7 1 TOTALS 32 3 9 3
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 000 010 000 -- 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 010 020 00x -- 3
LOB--1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 8, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6.
ERR--Manuel Lee, Carney Lansford. 2B--Ernie Whitt, Junior
Felix, Lloyd Moseby. HR--Dave Henderson. SACF--Lloyd Moseby,
Mike Gallego.
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jimmy Key CYZ [L] 6.00 8 3 2 0 2 1
David Wells AXZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 7.00 5 1 0 2 7 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
April 25: The A’s scored four runs in the bottom of the first as Dave Henderson had an RBI single, Carney Lansford had a sacrifice fly and Dave Parker blasted a two-run homer. Toronto cut the deficit in half in the sixth inning, but the A’s tacked on a run each of their final three at-bats, including RBI doubles by Glenn Hubbard and Lance Blankenship.
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (7)
1989 TORONTO BLUE JA AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Lloyd Moseby 5 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 3 2 1 0
Rance Mulliniks 3 1 1 0 Billy Beane 5 1 2 0
Ernie Whitt 3 2 0 0 Dave Henderson 5 1 1 1
George Bell 4 0 1 1 Terry Steinbach 5 0 1 1
Fred McGriff 3 0 1 1 Carney Lansford 4 0 1 1
Pat Borders 3 0 1 1 Dave Parker 4 2 3 2
Nelson Liriano 4 0 0 0 Lance Blankenship 4 1 2 1
Rob Ducey 4 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 0 0
Manuel Lee 4 0 2 0 Glenn Hubbard 4 0 1 1
TOTALS 33 3 6 3 TOTALS 38 7 12 7
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 000 002 010 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 400 001 11x -- 7
LOB--1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 8, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 10.
ERR--Lloyd Moseby, Manuel Lee. 2B--Fred McGriff, Glenn
Hubbard, Lance Blankenship. 3B--Lance Blankenship. HR--Dave
Parker. SACF--Carney Lansford. SB--Billy Beane.
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Cerutti BZ [L] 5.33 9 5 5 1 3 1
Duane Ward CXY 1.67 3 1 1 0 1 0
Tony Castillo DY 1.00 0 1 0 1 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Storm Davis BY [W] 7.00 4 2 2 3 7 0
Greg Cadaret DY 0.67 1 1 1 2 0 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.33 1 0 0 0 1 0
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 