June started just like May ended, with the A’s losing a three-game series. Oakland dropped an extra-innings result in the opener against Cleveland, though Bob Welch responded with a shutout in the second contest (just as he did in real life). After a pair of low-scoring games, the offense picked up in game three, but the Indians had the better of it to win the series. After 55 games, the A’s are back to eight wins behind pace. The season is now just over one-third of the way done.
sim 28-27, actual 36-19
June 2 — sim L 1-2 (12 inn.) — actual L 3-5
June 3 — sim W 2-0 — actual W 7-0
June 4 — sim L 5-9 — actual W 4-0
June 2: Mike Moore didn’t give up a hit until the seventh inning. At that time, the A’s had a 1-0 lead thanks to a Mike Gallego RBI double in the fifth. But in the top of the ninth, the Indians’ Jerry Browne led off with a triple, and a sacrifice fly tied the game. Cleveland scratched across an unearned run in the 12th inning on an RBI double by Brook Jacoby. The A’s didn’t get a hit in the final six innings. There were only seven total hits over the 12 innings.
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS (2) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1)
1989 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Jerry Browne 5 1 2 0 Lance Blankenship 5 0 0 0
Oddibe McDowell 4 0 0 1 Carney Lansford 4 0 1 0
Joe Carter 4 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 5 0 0 0
Cory Snyder 5 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 5 0 0 0
Pete OBrien 5 1 1 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 0
Brook Jacoby 4 0 1 1 Billy Beane 5 0 0 0
Dave Clark 5 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 5 0 0 0
Andy Allanson 4 0 0 0 Stan Javier 3 1 0 0
Felix Fermin 4 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 1 1
TOTALS 40 2 4 2 TOTALS 40 1 3 1
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 001 001 -- 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 010 000 000 -- 1
LOB--1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 5, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8.
ERR--Andy Allanson, Keith Atherton DZ, Greg Cadaret DY.
2B--Brook Jacoby, Jerry Browne, Pete OBrien, Mike Gallego.
3B--Jerry Browne. SACF--Oddibe McDowell. SACB--Stan Javier.
SB--Carney Lansford.
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Greg Swindell BYZ 7.00 3 1 1 2 5 0
Jesse Orosco AXYZ 2.00 0 0 0 0 4 0
Keith Atherton DZ [W] 2.00 0 0 0 2 1 0
Doug Jones AXZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY 8.00 2 1 1 2 7 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Greg Cadaret DY [L] 2.00 2 1 0 0 0 0
June 3: Bob Welch has been victimized by poor run support this season, but made sure that wouldn’t come into play as he tossed a four-hit shutout. No Cleveland baserunner made it past second base. The A’s didn’t score many runs for Welch, but two in the third inning were enough thanks to an RBI double by Mike Gallego and a run-scoring single by Dave Henderson.
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS (0) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (2)
1989 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Jerry Browne 4 0 1 0 Stan Javier 4 1 1 0
Oddibe McDowell 4 0 2 0 Dave Henderson 3 0 2 1
Joe Carter 4 0 0 0 Dave Parker 3 0 0 0
Cory Snyder 4 0 1 0 Mark McGwire 3 0 0 0
Pete OBrien 3 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0
Brook Jacoby 3 0 0 0 Ron Hassey 3 0 0 0
Dave Clark 2 0 0 0 Glenn Hubbard 3 0 0 0
Andy Allanson 3 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 3 1 1 0
Felix Fermin 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 3 0 1 1
TOTALS 30 0 4 0 TOTALS 28 2 5 2
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 000 -- 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 002 000 00x -- 2
LOB--1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 4, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 2.
ERR--Tom Candiotti BYZ. 2B--Mike Gallego. SB--Cory Snyder,
Stan Javier.
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Candiotti BYZ [L] 8.00 5 2 2 0 5 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Bob Welch BY [W] 9.00 4 0 0 1 7 0
June 4: Cleveland managed nine runs on nine hits and also had the advantage of five walks and four Oakland errors. It was 7-0 before the A’s finally scored in the bottom of the sixth. The Athletics outhit the Indians 10-9. Mike Gallego had an RBI double for the third straight game.
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS (9) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (5)
1989 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Jerry Browne 4 1 3 4 Luis Polonia 5 1 3 1
Oddibe McDowell 4 0 1 1 Dave Henderson 5 0 2 2
Joe Carter 5 1 1 2 Dave Parker 5 0 0 0
Cory Snyder 4 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 5 1 1 0
Pete OBrien 5 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 5 0 2 1
Brook Jacoby 5 1 2 0 Tony Phillips 3 0 0 0
Dave Clark 3 3 2 0 Stan Javier 4 0 0 0
Andy Allanson 2 2 0 1 Lance Blankenship 4 1 1 0
Felix Fermin 3 1 0 1 Mike Gallego 2 2 1 1
TOTALS 35 9 9 9 TOTALS 38 5 10 5
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 002 203 020 -- 9
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 001 220 -- 5
LOB--1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 7, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9.
ERR--Jerry Browne, Dave Henderson, Lance Blankenship, Mike
Gallego, Stan Javier. 2B--Dave Clark, Brook Jacoby, Jerry
Browne, Terry Steinbach, Dave Henderson, Mark McGwire, Mike
Gallego. HR--Joe Carter. HBP--Tony Phillips. SACF--Andy
Allanson, Oddibe McDowell, Felix Fermin. SB--Jerry Browne
(2), Dave Henderson, Luis Polonia.
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Farrell CYZ [W] 6.00 7 3 3 2 7 0
Jesse Orosco AXYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Steve Olin DY 1.00 3 2 2 0 2 0
Rich Yett D 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ [L] 5.33 6 7 6 5 3 1
Todd Burns AZ 1.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 2 2 1 0 0 0
Eric Plunk BXW 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
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