The month of May came to an end as the Athletics won just one of three games at Boston, just like they did in real life. The results were the same from day to day, and the scores weren’t far off the real thing. Dave Stewart won his seventh game of the season, and little-used Lance Blankenship provided some offensive spark in the series. After 52 games, the A’s remain seven wins behind pace.
sim 27-25, actual 34-18
May 29 — sim L 3-5 — actual L 2-3
May 30 — sim W 3-2 — actual W 4-2
May 31 — sim L 1-3 — actual L 3-4
May 29: The Red Sox teed off on Bob Welch for four runs in the first inning, including a three-homer from Dwight Evans. Lance Blankenship tripled and scored in the second inning, then had an RBI single in a two-run sixth inning, but the A’s could get no closer than the final two-run margin.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3) AT 1989 BOSTON RED SOX (5)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Carney Lansford 3 0 2 0 Jody Reed 4 0 2 0
Dave Henderson 4 0 0 0 Marty Barrett 2 1 1 0
Luis Polonia 1 0 0 0 Wade Boggs 4 1 1 0
Dave Parker 4 1 1 0 Mike Greenwell 3 1 1 1
Mark McGwire 4 1 0 0 Dwight Evans 4 1 2 3
Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 0 Ellis Burks 4 0 0 0
Ron Hassey 3 0 0 1 Jim Rice 3 0 1 0
Lance Blankenship 4 1 2 1 Nick Esasky 4 0 0 0
Stan Javier 3 0 0 1 Rich Gedman 3 1 1 1
Mike Gallego 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 3 6 3 TOTALS 31 5 9 5
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 010 002 000 -- 3
1989 BOSTON RED SOX 400 100 00x -- 5
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9, 1989 BOSTON RED SOX 6.
ERR--Lance Blankenship, Marty Barrett, Jody Reed. 3B--Lance
Blankenship. HR--Rich Gedman, Dwight Evans. SACF--Stan
Javier. SACB--Marty Barrett.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Welch BY [L] 7.00 8 5 5 3 4 2
Eric Plunk BXW 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
1989 BOSTON RED SOX
Mike Boddicker CYZ [W] 7.00 5 3 2 3 3 0
Rob Murphy BXYZ 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Lee Smith CXY [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
May 30: Dave Henderson hit a two-run homer in the third inning to give the A’s an early lead, and Lance Blankenship extended it to 3-1 with an RBI single in the fourth inning. It stayed that way until the bottom of the ninth when the Red Sox plated one run against closer Dennis Eckersley, but he stranded the tying run on second base.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3) AT 1989 BOSTON RED SOX (2)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 4 0 1 0 Jody Reed 5 0 1 0
Dave Henderson 4 1 1 2 Marty Barrett 4 0 0 0
Dave Parker 4 0 0 0 Wade Boggs 4 0 1 0
Mark McGwire 4 1 1 0 Mike Greenwell 4 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0 Dwight Evans 4 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 4 0 1 0 Ellis Burks 4 1 1 0
Lance Blankenship 4 0 1 1 Jim Rice 3 0 1 0
Stan Javier 3 1 1 0 Nick Esasky 4 1 1 1
Mike Gallego 2 0 1 0 Rick Cerone 2 0 1 1
TOTALS 32 3 7 3 TOTALS 34 2 6 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 002 100 000 -- 3
1989 BOSTON RED SOX 001 000 001 -- 2
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 4, 1989 BOSTON RED SOX 8.
ERR--Tony Phillips, Terry Steinbach. 2B--Mark McGwire, Rick
Cerone, Jody Reed. HR--Dave Henderson, Nick Esasky.
HBP--Rick Cerone. SACB--Mike Gallego. SB--Luis Polonia.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 7.00 3 1 1 2 6 1
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 2 1 1 0 1 0
1989 BOSTON RED SOX
Mike Smithson DZ [L] 7.00 7 3 3 1 5 1
Dennis Lamp AYZ 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
May 31: Roger Clemens came within one out of pitching his second straight shutout against the A’s, but Lance Blankenship’s RBI double broke it up in the ninth inning. However, the Red Sox were already up 3-0 at that point, and Clemens got the next out to end it.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1) AT 1989 BOSTON RED SOX (3)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 4 0 1 0 Jody Reed 4 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 4 0 0 0 Marty Barrett 3 1 2 1
Dave Parker 4 0 1 0 Wade Boggs 4 0 1 1
Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0 Mike Greenwell 3 1 1 0
Ron Hassey 4 1 3 0 Dwight Evans 4 0 2 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 1 0 Ellis Burks 4 0 1 0
Tony Phillips 4 0 0 0 Jim Rice 3 0 1 1
Lance Blankenship 4 0 2 1 Nick Esasky 4 0 0 0
Glenn Hubbard 2 0 0 0 Rich Gedman 3 1 1 0
Terry Steinbach 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 1 8 1 TOTALS 32 3 9 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 001 -- 1
1989 BOSTON RED SOX 001 110 00x -- 3
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8, 1989 BOSTON RED SOX 8.
ERR--Glenn Hubbard. 2B--Dave Parker, Lance Blankenship (2),
Carney Lansford, Marty Barrett (2). SACF--Jim Rice.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Todd Burns AZ [L] 5.00 6 3 3 1 2 0
Jim Corsi AYZ 2.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BOSTON RED SOX
Roger Clemens BX [W] 9.00 8 1 1 1 5 0
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