The A’s finally got back to .500 after winning a pair of one-run games against Boston, but the Red Sox won big in the finale to put Oakland’s overall record back in the negative side of the ledger. After 43 games, the Athletics remain eight behind pace.
sim 21-22. actual 29-14
May 19 — sim W 2-1 (11 inn.) — actual L 4-7
May 20 — sim W 4-3 — actual W 6-5
May 21 — sim L 0-13 — actual W 5-4
May 19: A terrific pitching duel between Mike Moore and Mike Boddicker was decided in extra innings. Dwight Evans hit a solo homer over Moore in the top of the eighth to break the scoreless tie. In the bottom of the ninth, Ron Hassey led off with a single and later scored on Tony Phillips’ single to knot it back up. In the 11th, Carney Lansford led off with a single. The A’s loaded the bases with two outs, and Stan Javier ended it with a walk-off single.
1989 BOSTON RED SOX (1) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (2)
1989 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Jody Reed 5 0 0 0 Stan Javier 5 0 3 1
Marty Barrett 5 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 5 0 0 0
Ellis Burks 4 0 1 0 Dave Parker 5 0 1 0
Mike Greenwell 4 0 2 0 Mark McGwire 5 0 0 0
Danny Heep 3 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 5 1 3 0
Dwight Evans 4 1 1 1 Ron Hassey 4 1 1 0
Jim Rice 4 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 3 0
Rich Gedman 4 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 4 0 1 1
Ed Romero 4 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 5 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 1 4 1 TOTALS 42 2 12 2
1989 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 010 00 -- 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 001 01 -- 2
LOB--1989 BOSTON RED SOX 4, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 12.
ERR--Marty Barrett, Rich Gedman, Dwight Evans, Bob Stanley
DZ, Mike Gallego. HR--Dwight Evans. SACB--Danny Heep, Terry
Steinbach, Ron Hassey.
1989 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Boddicker CYZ 8.00 7 0 0 1 7 0
Lee Smith CXY 2.00 3 1 1 0 2 0
Bob Stanley DZ [L] 0.67 2 1 0 1 0 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY 8.00 3 1 1 0 7 1
Gene Nelson BX 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
May 20: The A’s jumped out to a 4-0 lead after three innings behind RBI singles by Mike Gallego, Luis Polonia and Terry Steinbach. But, the Red Sox countered with three runs in the top of the fourth to cut the deficit to one. Both pitching staffs took care of business the rest of the way, and it ended 4-3 in Oakland’s favor.
1989 BOSTON RED SOX (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4)
1989 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Jody Reed 4 0 0 0 Luis Polonia 5 0 1 1
Marty Barrett 1 1 0 0 Stan Javier 4 0 1 0
Ellis Burks 4 1 1 0 Dave Parker 4 1 1 0
Mike Greenwell 4 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 1 1 0
Danny Heep 4 1 3 2 Terry Steinbach 4 1 2 1
Dwight Evans 4 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 2 0
Jim Rice 3 0 2 1 Tony Phillips 3 1 2 0
Rich Gedman 3 0 0 0 Billy Beane 3 0 0 1
Ed Romero 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 2 1
TOTALS 30 3 6 3 TOTALS 35 4 12 4
1989 BOSTON RED SOX 000 300 000 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 031 000 00x -- 4
LOB--1989 BOSTON RED SOX 3, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9.
ERR--Marty Barrett (2), Dwight Evans. SACF--Billy Beane.
SB--Carney Lansford.
1989 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Wes Gardner DX [L] 3.00 7 4 4 1 3 0
Joe Price DY 4.00 5 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Smithson DZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 8.00 5 3 3 3 2 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
May 21: Roger Clemens pitched a two-hit shutout and the Red Sox hit four home runs, two of them by Nick Esasky, to claim the easy win. Only one Athletic runner made it to second base.
1989 BOSTON RED SOX (13) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0)
1989 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Jody Reed 5 3 2 0 Luis Polonia 4 0 1 0
Marty Barrett 5 0 2 1 Stan Javier 4 0 0 0
Ellis Burks 5 1 2 2 Dave Parker 3 0 0 0
Mike Greenwell 4 0 1 1 Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0
Jim Rice 3 3 2 2 Carney Lansford 3 0 1 0
Dwight Evans 4 2 1 2 Ron Hassey 3 0 0 0
Nick Esasky 5 3 3 4 Tony Phillips 3 0 0 0
Rick Cerone 4 0 0 1 Lance Blankenship 3 0 0 0
Ed Romero 5 1 1 0 Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 13 14 13 TOTALS 29 0 2 0
1989 BOSTON RED SOX 213 012 400 -- 13
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 BOSTON RED SOX 8, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 3.
ERR--Mike Gallego. 2B--Marty Barrett (2), Jody Reed.
3B--Nick Esasky. HR--Dwight Evans, Nick Esasky (2), Jim
Rice. SACF--Rick Cerone, Jim Rice. SB--Carney Lansford.
1989 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Roger Clemens BX [W] 9.00 2 0 0 1 7 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Curt Young D [L] 2.67 5 6 4 2 1 1
Todd Burns AZ 3.00 4 3 3 0 0 2
Greg Cadaret DY 1.00 4 4 4 3 1 1
Eric Plunk BXW 2.33 1 0 0 1 2 0
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 