More misery for the A’s, as they went 1-2 for the third straight series and fell back to .500 on the season. Their only victory in this matchup against Minnesota saw them blow a ninth-inning lead and have to win in extra innings. After 58 games, Oakland is now nine wins behind pace.
sim 29-29, actual 38-20
June 5 — sim L 2-8 — actual L 1-2
June 6 — sim W 5-4 (11 inn.) — actual W 1-0
June 7 — sim L 0-1 — actual W 3-2
June 5: Dave Parker homered in the first inning to put the A’s up 1-0, but the Twins took a 3-1 lead after three. The A’s got another run on a Lance Blankenship RBI single in the fifth to make it 3-2. But Minnesota scored once in the sixth and four times in the seventh to break it open. Curt Young keeps getting thrown out there despite the fact that he’s now 0-7 with an 8.04 ERA.
1989 MINNESOTA TWINS (8) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (2)
1989 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Al Newman 5 0 0 0 Luis Polonia 4 0 1 0
John Moses 5 1 1 0 Stan Javier 4 0 1 0
Carmen Castillo 5 1 1 0 Dave Parker 4 1 1 1
Gary Gaetti 4 2 2 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 1 0
Brian Harper 5 1 2 1 Dave Henderson 4 0 1 0
Dan Gladden 4 1 1 1 Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0
Gene Larkin 4 2 3 2 Tony Phillips 3 1 1 0
Greg Gagne 5 0 3 4 Lance Blankenship 4 0 1 1
Tim Laudner 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 8 13 8 TOTALS 34 2 7 2
1989 MINNESOTA TWINS 021 001 400 -- 8
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 100 010 000 -- 2
LOB--1989 MINNESOTA TWINS 9, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6.
2B--Greg Gagne, Dan Gladden, Gene Larkin. 3B--Tony Phillips.
HR--Dave Parker. HBP--Gene Larkin. SB--Greg Gagne.
1989 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Francisco Oliveras C [W] 9.00 7 2 2 1 6 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Curt Young D [L] 5.33 8 4 4 2 4 0
Greg Cadaret DY 1.33 5 4 4 0 3 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 2.33 0 0 0 1 0 0
June 6: With the help of a Dave Henderson two-run homer, the A’s went up 3-0, and then 4-1 after a solo shot by Dave Parker in the sixth. But the Twins scored twice in the seventh and once in the ninth to tie the game. In the bottom of the 11th, Mark McGwire led off with a walk and eventually scored on Glenn Hubbard’s walk-off single.
1989 MINNESOTA TWINS (4) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (5)
1989 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Al Newman 4 1 2 2 Luis Polonia 4 1 2 0
John Moses 5 0 0 0 Billy Beane 5 0 1 0
Kirby Puckett 4 0 2 0 Dave Henderson 5 1 1 2
Jim Dwyer 5 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 3 1 0 0
Gary Gaetti 5 0 1 1 Terry Steinbach 5 0 0 0
Randy Bush 5 0 1 0 Dave Parker 5 2 4 1
Dan Gladden 5 2 2 0 Glenn Hubbard 5 0 1 1
Greg Gagne 4 1 2 0 Tony Phillips 3 0 1 1
Brian Harper 5 0 2 1 Mike Gallego 4 0 1 0
TOTALS 42 4 12 4 TOTALS 39 5 11 5
1989 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 001 201 00 -- 4
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 002 101 000 01 -- 5
LOB--1989 MINNESOTA TWINS 8, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7.
ERR--Tony Phillips. 2B--Brian Harper, Al Newman, Dave
Parker, Tony Phillips. 3B--Greg Gagne. HR--Dave Parker, Dave
Henderson. SACB--Greg Gagne. SB--Al Newman, Luis Polonia.
1989 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Allan Anderson BZ 6.00 7 4 4 3 2 2
Juan Berenguer BX 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Gary Wayne BY [L] 2.33 3 1 1 1 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY 7.00 9 3 3 2 4 0
Gene Nelson BX 2.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
Eric Plunk BXW [W] 2.00 1 0 0 0 3 0
June 7: Bob Welch was good — five hits and one run in seven innings — but Frank Viola was better — seven hits, no walks and no runs in nine innings — as the A’s suffered a 1-0 defeat. Despite his 2.59 ERA, Welch is now 5-8 on the season and is begging for some run support. Randy Bush homered in the fourth inning for the game’s only run. Oakland only put runners into scoring position twice.
1989 MINNESOTA TWINS (1) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0)
1989 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Wally Backman 4 0 2 0 Tony Phillips 4 0 3 0
John Moses 3 0 0 0 Lance Blankenship 4 0 1 0
Kirby Puckett 4 0 1 0 Dave Henderson 4 0 0 0
Jim Dwyer 4 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0
Gary Gaetti 4 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 2 0
Randy Bush 4 1 1 1 Glenn Hubbard 4 0 0 0
Gene Larkin 2 0 0 0 Billy Beane 3 0 0 0
Al Newman 4 0 1 0 Stan Javier 3 0 1 0
Tim Laudner 3 0 1 0 Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 1 6 1 TOTALS 33 0 7 0
1989 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 100 000 -- 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 MINNESOTA TWINS 8, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6.
2B--Kirby Puckett, Tim Laudner. HR--Randy Bush. HBP--Gene
Larkin.
1989 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Frank Viola CXZ [W] 9.00 7 0 0 0 5 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Bob Welch BY [L] 7.00 5 1 1 3 7 1
Todd Burns AZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 3 0
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