The A’s had everything working well in a three-game sweep at Kansas City. Even better, they picked up two games as the real-life A’s won only one of the three contests. The Athletics outscored the Royals 19-3 and outhit them 34-14. Even Curt Young finally won a game after starting the season with an 0-7 record. After 64 games, Oakland is now seven wins behind pace.
sim 34-30, actual 41-23
June 12 — sim W 8-2 — actual L 1-2
June 13 — sim W 7-1 — actual L 3-5
June 14 — sim W 4-0 — actual W 2-1
June 12: Mark McGwire led off the second inning with a solo homer, and that kicked off a seven-run burst. Mike Gallego had a two-run single and Dave Henderson clubbed a three-run homer in the same frame. Henderson added an RBI single in the fourth.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (8) AT 1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS (2)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 KANSAS CITY ROY AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 5 1 1 1 Kurt Stillwell 4 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 5 1 2 4 Kevin Seitzer 4 0 0 0
Dave Parker 4 0 0 0 George Brett 4 1 2 0
Mark McGwire 4 1 1 1 Bo Jackson 4 0 1 0
Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0 Jim Eisenreich 4 0 0 1
Terry Steinbach 4 1 1 0 Danny Tartabull 3 0 2 0
Billy Beane 4 1 1 0 Bill Buckner 4 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 2 2 1 0 Bob Boone 3 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 4 1 2 2 Brad Wellman 3 1 1 1
TOTALS 36 8 9 8 TOTALS 33 2 6 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 070 100 000 -- 8
1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 000 001 001 -- 2
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 3, 1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 6.
ERR--Billy Beane. 2B--Bo Jackson. HR--Dave Henderson, Mark
McGwire, Brad Wellman. SB--Billy Beane, George Brett.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Welch BY [W] 7.00 4 1 1 0 7 1
Jim Corsi AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Greg Cadaret DY 1.00 2 1 1 1 0 0
1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Mark Gubicza BYZ [L] 1.33 6 7 7 1 0 2
Luis Aquino CZ 6.67 3 1 1 0 3 0
Tom Gordon BXW 1.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
June 13: The A’s got off to another good start with a three-run first inning, which included a Mark McGwire sacrifice fly and RBI singles by Terry Steinbach and Stan Javier. Mike Gallego hit a solo homer in the fourth, and McGwire added another sacrifice fly to make it 5-0. Curt Young finally earned a win and was excellent doing so, giving up one run and five hits in eight innings.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (7) AT 1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS (1)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 KANSAS CITY ROY AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 4 2 3 0 Kurt Stillwell 4 1 2 0
Lance Blankenship 5 1 1 0 Kevin Seitzer 3 0 1 0
Dave Parker 3 0 1 0 George Brett 4 0 1 1
Mark McGwire 3 1 1 2 Danny Tartabull 4 0 1 0
Terry Steinbach 5 1 3 1 Pat Tabler 4 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 5 1 3 1 Jim Eisenreich 4 0 0 0
Stan Javier 5 0 3 2 Bob Boone 3 0 0 0
Glenn Hubbard 4 0 0 0 Brad Wellman 4 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 3 1 1 1 Bill Pecota 1 0 0 0
Bill Buckner 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 7 16 7 TOTALS 32 1 5 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 300 200 011 -- 7
1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 000 010 000 -- 1
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9, 1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 7.
ERR--Curt Young D. 2B--Danny Tartabull. 3B--Stan Javier,
Kurt Stillwell. HR--Mike Gallego. SACF--Mark McGwire (2).
SB--Dave Parker, Lance Blankenship, Luis Polonia, Carney
Lansford.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Young D [W] 8.00 5 1 1 3 3 0
Eric Plunk BXW 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Kevin Appier DW [L] 5.00 10 5 5 2 1 1
Terry Leach D 2.00 3 1 1 1 1 0
Steve Farr CXZ 2.00 3 1 1 1 2 0
June 14: The A’s didn’t jump out to an early lead like the other games, but they didn’t need to as Dave Stewart tossed a three-hit shutout. Dave Parker broke the scoreless tie with a two-run homer in the sixth inning, and Mark McGwire did the same in the eighth inning.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4) AT 1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS (0)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 KANSAS CITY ROY AB R H BI
Mike Gallego 4 0 1 0 Kurt Stillwell 4 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 3 2 1 0 Kevin Seitzer 4 0 0 0
Dave Parker 4 1 1 2 George Brett 3 0 1 0
Mark McGwire 4 1 2 2 Bo Jackson 4 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 0 Jim Eisenreich 3 0 1 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 1 0 Pat Tabler 3 0 0 0
Stan Javier 4 0 0 0 Bill Buckner 3 0 1 0
Tony Phillips 4 0 0 0 Bob Boone 3 0 0 0
Luis Polonia 4 0 2 0 Brad Wellman 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 4 9 4 TOTALS 30 0 3 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 002 020 -- 4
1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 5, 1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 4.
2B--Bill Buckner. HR--Dave Parker, Mark McGwire.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 9.00 3 0 0 1 7 0
1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Charlie Leibrandt DZ [L] 7.33 9 4 4 1 1 2
Jeff Montgomery ACXY 1.67 0 0 0 0 1 0
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