Inclement weather only allowed the Athletics and Orioles to play two games in a four-day span, but Oakland made the most of them with a pair of shutout wins. Led by Mike Moore and Dave Stewart, the A’s pitchers only gave up five hits and one walk in 18 innings. After 33 contests, the A’s are now seven games behind pace.
sim 15-18, actual 22-11
May 8 — sim W 1-0 — actual W 6-1
May 11 — sim W 8-0 — actual L 2-6
May 8: Mike Moore retired the first 17 batters he faced before Billy Ripken singled in the sixth inning. He retired the next seven after that, and then Dennis Eckersley pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for the save and to finish off the one-hit shutout. Oakland managed seven hits but just one run. Carney Lansford led off the seventh with a double and scored on Walt Weiss’ single.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1) AT 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (0)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOL AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 4 0 0 0 Brady Anderson 4 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 3 0 0 0 Phil Bradley 3 0 0 0
Dave Parker 4 0 0 0 Joe Orsulak 3 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 4 0 2 0 Cal Ripken Jr 3 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 0 0 Larry Sheets 3 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 3 1 1 0 Mickey Tettleton 3 0 0 0
Stan Javier 3 0 1 0 Jim Traber 3 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 4 0 2 1 Craig Worthington 3 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 3 0 1 0 Billy Ripken 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 32 1 7 1 TOTALS 28 0 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 100 -- 1
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7, 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 1.
2B--Mark McGwire, Carney Lansford. SACB--Stan Javier.
SB--Mike Gallego.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Moore AY [W] 8.00 1 0 0 0 7 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Bob Milacki C [L] 7.00 6 1 1 2 3 0
Mark Williamson BZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
May 11: Dave Stewart and two relievers combined on a four-hit shutout. The A’s scored all eight of their runs in the second, third and fourth innings. Carney Lansford and Terry Steinbach both had two-RBI singles in a five-run fourth inning.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (8) AT 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (0)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOL AB R H BI
Mike Gallego 5 2 3 0 Brady Anderson 4 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 5 1 3 2 Phil Bradley 4 0 2 0
Dave Henderson 5 1 2 2 Cal Ripken Jr 4 0 1 0
Mark McGwire 3 1 0 0 Larry Sheets 3 0 1 0
Terry Steinbach 5 0 3 2 Mickey Tettleton 4 0 0 0
Billy Beane 5 1 2 1 Steve Finley 3 0 0 0
Glenn Hubbard 5 0 1 1 Jim Traber 3 0 0 0
Stan Javier 4 1 1 0 Craig Worthington 3 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 3 1 0 0 Billy Ripken 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 8 15 8 TOTALS 31 0 4 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 021 500 000 -- 8
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9, 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 5.
ERR--Dave Stewart BYZ. 2B--Glenn Hubbard, Billy Beane.
SB--Stan Javier.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 7.00 4 0 0 1 10 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Jeff Ballard BZ [L] 3.33 9 7 7 2 0 0
Kevin Hickey BY 2.67 5 1 1 2 0 0
Mark Thurmond CZ 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gregg Olson AXY 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
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