The start of May saw Oakland’s troubles continue, as they went to Toronto and lost both matchups in a two-game series. As usual, the opponent was just a little bit better, getting timely hits while avoiding giving them up. After 28 contests, the A’s have fallen eight games behind pace.
sim 11-17, actual 19-9
May 2 — sim L 3-5 — actual W 8-5
May 3 — sim L 1-3 — actual L 0-2
May 2: The Blue Jays opened up a 4-0 lead, the last two on a triple by Tony Fernandez, a sacrifice fly by Fred McGriff and a solo homer from George Bell in the third inning. Oakland closed the gap to 4-3 after an RBI double by Ron Hassey and an RBI single by Stan Javier in the fourth, and an RBI double by Dave Parker in the fifth. But that was it for the A’s, and Toronto tacked on an insurance run in the eighth.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3) AT 1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (5)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 TORONTO BLUE JA AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 5 0 1 0 Lloyd Moseby 4 0 1 0
Dave Henderson 4 1 2 0 Tony Fernandez 4 1 1 0
Dave Parker 4 0 1 1 Fred McGriff 1 1 0 1
Mark McGwire 3 1 0 0 George Bell 4 1 1 1
Ron Hassey 4 1 1 1 Ernie Whitt 3 1 1 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 0 0 Rance Mulliniks 4 1 1 1
Tony Phillips 4 0 1 0 Pat Borders 3 0 0 1
Stan Javier 3 0 1 1 Nelson Liriano 4 0 1 1
Walt Weiss 3 0 1 0 Rob Ducey 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 34 3 8 3 TOTALS 30 5 7 5
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 210 000 -- 3
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 022 000 01x -- 5
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7, 1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 6.
ERR--Tony Phillips (2), Lloyd Moseby, Dave Stieb B. 2B--Dave
Parker, Ron Hassey, Ernie Whitt, Rance Mulliniks. 3B--Tony
Fernandez. HR--George Bell. SACF--Fred McGriff, Pat Borders.
SB--Luis Polonia.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Welch BY [L] 6.00 5 4 4 2 3 1
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 1 1 1 1 0 0
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Dave Stieb B [W] 6.00 7 3 1 1 4 0
David Wells AXZ 2.00 1 0 0 1 3 0
Tom Henke AXYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
May 3: The A’s got off to a good start, as Tony Phillips led off the first inning with a walk, went to third on a Carney Lansford single, and scored on Dave Henderson’s fielder’s choice. But that would be it for Oakland, which would only put two more runners into scoring position the rest of the way. And while one run would have been enough for Mike Moore in most games thus far, he gave up a three-run homer to Lloyd Moseby in the fifth inning.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1) AT 1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (3)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 TORONTO BLUE JA AB R H BI
Tony Phillips 3 1 1 0 Lloyd Moseby 3 1 1 3
Carney Lansford 4 0 2 0 Tony Fernandez 4 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 4 0 0 1 Fred McGriff 4 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 3 0 0 0 George Bell 4 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0 Ernie Whitt 4 0 0 0
Dave Parker 3 0 0 0 Rance Mulliniks 3 0 1 0
Billy Beane 4 0 0 0 Pat Borders 3 0 1 0
Mike Gallego 2 0 1 0 Nelson Liriano 3 1 0 0
Walt Weiss 3 0 0 0 Rob Ducey 2 1 1 0
TOTALS 29 1 4 1 TOTALS 30 3 4 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 100 000 000 -- 1
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 000 030 00x -- 3
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7, 1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 5.
ERR--Walt Weiss, Mike Moore AY. 2B--Rance Mulliniks.
HR--Lloyd Moseby. SB--Rob Ducey.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Moore AY [L] 7.00 4 3 3 2 3 1
Todd Burns AZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Mike Flanagan DZ [W] 7.33 4 1 1 5 5 0
Duane Ward CXY 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Henke AXYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
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