The first month of the season came to a close as the A’s did exactly what they did in real life, taking two of three home games from Detroit. Dave Parker had a grand slam in game one and Dave Henderson had a walk-off single in game two. Fred Lynn hit his second and third homers of the series as the Tigers avoided the sweep, however. After 26 games, the A’s remain seven games behind pace.
sim 11-15, actual 18-8
April 28 — sim W 8-0 — actual W 2-1
April 29 — sim W 4-3 — actual W 3-2
April 30 — sim L 1-6 — actual L 2-7
April 28: Mike Moore was terrific again in his seven innings of work, though he did allow Tiger runners into scoring position in four of the first five innings. None scored, however. After going up 2-0 thanks to RBI singles by Carney Lansford and Dave Henderson in the fourth and fifth, respectively, the A’s broke out for six runs in the eighth inning on Dave Parker’s second grand slam of the season and a two-run single by Henderson.
1989 DETROIT TIGERS (0) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (8)
1989 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Pat Sheridan 4 0 1 0 Tony Phillips 5 1 2 0
Mike Heath 3 0 0 0 Billy Beane 5 1 1 0
Lou Whitaker 2 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 5 1 3 3
Alan Trammell 4 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 1 2 0
Fred Lynn 3 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 4 1 2 0
Matt Nokes 4 0 2 0 Carney Lansford 3 1 2 1
Chet Lemon 4 0 0 0 Dave Parker 4 1 1 4
Dave Bergman 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 1 0
Keith Moreland 3 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 4 1 1 0
TOTALS 30 0 3 0 TOTALS 38 8 15 8
1989 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 000 -- 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 110 06x -- 8
LOB--1989 DETROIT TIGERS 7, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8.
ERR--Walt Weiss, Mike Gallego. 2B--Walt Weiss, Terry
Steinbach, Dave Henderson. HR--Dave Parker. SB--Billy Beane.
1989 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Gibson DY [L] 6.00 7 2 2 1 0 0
Frank Williams CW 1.00 5 4 4 1 1 1
Mike Henneman CX 1.00 3 2 2 0 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY [W] 7.00 3 0 0 4 7 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Cadaret DY 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
April 29: The A’s took a 3-0 lead on a two-RBI single by Stan Javier and an RBI groundout by Tony Phillips in the fourth inning. The Tigers didn’t have a hit off od Dave Stewart in the first six innings, but strung together three straight in the seventh, the last being a three-run homer by Fred Lynn to tie it. In the bottom of the ninth, three consecutive singles by Luis Polonia, Dave Parker and Dave Henderson gave Oakland a walk-off win.
1989 DETROIT TIGERS (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4)
1989 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Pat Sheridan 4 0 0 0 Luis Polonia 5 1 3 0
Chet Lemon 2 0 0 0 Dave Parker 5 0 1 0
Lou Whitaker 4 1 1 0 Dave Henderson 5 0 4 1
Alan Trammell 4 1 1 0 Mark McGwire 3 1 1 0
Fred Lynn 4 1 1 3 Ron Hassey 3 1 2 0
Matt Nokes 3 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 3 1 1 0
Dave Bergman 2 0 0 0 Stan Javier 3 0 2 2
Keith Moreland 3 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 4 0 1 1
Kenny Williams 3 0 1 0 Walt Weiss 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 3 4 3 TOTALS 35 4 15 4
1989 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 300 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 300 001 -- 4
LOB--1989 DETROIT TIGERS 2, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 11.
2B--Ron Hassey. HR--Fred Lynn. HBP--Chet Lemon. SB--Carney
Lansford, Stan Javier.
1989 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Doyle Alexander D 7.00 11 3 3 4 1 0
Charles Hudson D [L] 1.00 4 1 1 0 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ 8.00 4 3 3 2 6 1
Gene Nelson BX [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
April 30: Fred Lynn hit his second three-run homer in two days to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead, then added a solo shot in the third inning to make it 4-0. Oakland’s only run came on a homer by Terry Steinbach in the fourth inning. The only other time an A’s runner made it to second base was Steinbach in the seventh inning.
1989 DETROIT TIGERS (6) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1)
1989 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Pat Sheridan 4 1 0 0 Tony Phillips 4 0 1 0
Chet Lemon 4 1 2 0 Billy Beane 4 0 0 0
Lou Whitaker 3 2 1 0 Dave Henderson 3 0 1 0
Alan Trammell 5 0 1 2 Stan Javier 1 0 0 0
Fred Lynn 5 2 3 4 Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0
Matt Nokes 3 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 4 1 2 1
Dave Bergman 4 0 1 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 2 0
Keith Moreland 3 0 0 0 Glenn Hubbard 4 0 0 0
Mike Heath 4 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 2 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 6 8 6 TOTALS 33 1 6 1
1989 DETROIT TIGERS 301 000 002 -- 6
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 100 000 -- 1
LOB--1989 DETROIT TIGERS 8, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6.
ERR--Lou Whitaker, Stan Javier. HR--Fred Lynn (2), Terry
Steinbach. SB--Lou Whitaker.
1989 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Frank Tanana CYZ [W] 6.00 3 1 1 0 5 1
Mike Henneman CX 2.00 2 0 0 1 0 0
Willie Hernandez DX 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Storm Davis BY [L] 6.00 4 4 4 5 6 2
Curt Young D 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Eric Plunk BXW 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX 1.00 3 2 2 0 0 0
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