The A’s salvaged a four-game split in Baltimore, which turned out to be okay, as the real-life Athletics only won one of the four games there. Mike Moore pitched his third solo shutout of the season and improved to 9-2 on the season with a 1.35 ERA. After 68 games, the A’s are now just six wins behind pace.
sim 36-32, actual 42-26
June 16 (#1) — sim L 3-8 — actual W 7-5
June 16 (#2) — sim W 1-0 — actual L 1-5
June 17 — sim L 4-7 — actual L 2-4
June 18 — sim W 7-3 — actual L 2-4
June 16 (#1): Things started poorly for the A’s, as they fell behind 3-0 after two (on a Billy Ripken bases-loaded triple), 6-0 after four (after a Brady Anderson two-RBI double) and 8-0 after six (after a Craig Worthington solo homer). Oakland was scoreless until two outs in the top of the ninth, when Mike Gallego had a bases-loaded triple to score three.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3) AT 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (8)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOL AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 5 0 1 0 Brady Anderson 4 0 2 2
Dave Henderson 3 0 0 0 Phil Bradley 4 0 0 0
Dave Parker 4 0 2 0 Cal Ripken Jr 4 1 1 0
Mark McGwire 4 1 2 0 Mickey Tettleton 4 0 0 0
Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0 Joe Orsulak 4 1 1 0
Tony Phillips 4 1 1 0 Randy Milligan 4 2 3 1
Stan Javier 3 1 1 0 Larry Sheets 4 1 1 1
Glenn Hubbard 4 0 0 0 Craig Worthington 2 3 1 1
Mike Gallego 4 0 1 3 Billy Ripken 4 0 1 3
TOTALS 35 3 8 3 TOTALS 34 8 10 8
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 003 -- 3
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 030 311 00x -- 8
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7, 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 4.
ERR--Dave Henderson. 2B--Randy Milligan, Cal Ripken Jr,
Brady Anderson. 3B--Mike Gallego, Randy Milligan, Billy
Ripken. HR--Craig Worthington. SB--Randy Milligan.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Storm Davis BY [L] 4.00 7 7 7 2 2 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Greg Cadaret DY 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 1
Todd Burns AZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Brian Holton D [W] 9.00 8 3 3 2 9 0
June 16 (#2): The second batter of the game, Dave Henderson, launched a home run into the stands for what turned out to be the only run of the contest. Mike Moore was dominant as usual, allowing only three hits (all of them to Steve Finley) and one walk in the shutout. Moore pitched out a bases-loaded jam in the first and avoided anything bad after twice putting a runner on second base with no one out.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1) AT 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (0)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOL AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 4 0 0 0 Brady Anderson 3 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 4 1 2 1 Steve Finley 4 0 3 0
Dave Parker 4 0 0 0 Cal Ripken Jr 4 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0 Mickey Tettleton 4 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 0 Joe Orsulak 4 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 3 0 0 0 Jim Traber 3 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 2 0 1 0 Bob Melvin 3 0 0 0
Stan Javier 3 0 1 0 Craig Worthington 3 0 0 0
Lance Blankenship 2 0 0 0 Rene Gonzales 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 1 5 1 TOTALS 31 0 3 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 100 000 000 -- 1
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 4, 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 5.
ERR--Tony Phillips (2), Dave Henderson. 2B--Steve Finley.
HR--Dave Henderson. SACB--Lance Blankenship. SB--Steve
Finley.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Moore AY [W] 9.00 3 0 0 1 5 0
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Jay Tibbs B [L] 8.00 5 1 1 1 2 1
Kevin Hickey BY 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
June 17: All 11 runs were scored in the second and third innings. Dave Parker’s two-run homer put Oakland up 4-2 in the top of the third. But Baltimore countered with five in the bottom half of the frame, as Bob Melvin and Craig Worthington both had two-run singles. The A’s left the bases loaded in the fifth and two runners on in the sixth.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4) AT 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (7)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOL AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 5 1 2 0 Mike Devereaux 4 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 3 1 2 1 Phil Bradley 4 0 0 0
Dave Parker 5 1 1 2 Cal Ripken Jr 4 1 2 0
Mark McGwire 4 1 0 0 Mickey Tettleton 4 1 1 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 2 0 Randy Milligan 3 2 1 0
Carney Lansford 3 0 2 0 Bob Melvin 4 1 1 2
Tony Phillips 3 0 0 0 Joe Orsulak 3 1 2 0
Glenn Hubbard 4 0 0 0 Craig Worthington 3 1 1 3
Stan Javier 4 0 0 0 Billy Ripken 4 0 3 2
TOTALS 35 4 9 3 TOTALS 33 7 11 7
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 013 000 000 -- 4
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 025 000 00x -- 7
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9, 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 5.
ERR--Cal Ripken Jr. 2B--Dave Henderson, Joe Orsulak, Mickey
Tettleton. 3B--Joe Orsulak. HR--Dave Parker. SACF--Craig
Worthington. SB--Luis Polonia, Carney Lansford.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Matt Young DYW [L] 2.67 8 7 7 1 3 0
Jim Corsi AYZ 3.33 3 0 0 0 2 0
Eric Plunk BXW 2.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Jose Bautista DZ [W] 6.00 7 4 4 5 2 1
Mark Williamson BZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Gregg Olson AXY [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
June 18: Four of the first five A’s had hits, including an RBI double by Mark McGwire and a two-run single by Terry Steinbach as Oakland jumped out to a 4-0 lead. Steinbach and Glenn Hubbard both homered in the third inning to make it 7-0. The Orioles closed the deficit to 7-3 in the fourth inning, but both pitching staffs did the job the rest of the way.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (7) AT 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (3)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOL AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 5 1 2 0 Mike Devereaux 4 0 2 1
Stan Javier 5 1 1 0 Phil Bradley 5 0 1 0
Dave Parker 5 1 1 1 Cal Ripken Jr 2 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 4 1 2 1 Mickey Tettleton 2 0 0 0
Ron Hassey 5 0 0 0 Randy Milligan 4 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 5 1 3 3 Bob Melvin 4 1 1 0
Tony Phillips 5 1 1 0 Joe Orsulak 4 1 3 1
Glenn Hubbard 3 1 2 2 Craig Worthington 4 1 0 0
Mike Gallego 4 0 2 0 Billy Ripken 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 7 14 7 TOTALS 32 3 7 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 403 000 000 -- 7
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 000 300 000 -- 3
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9, 1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 8.
ERR--Glenn Hubbard. 2B--Mark McGwire (2), Joe Orsulak, Bob
Melvin. HR--Glenn Hubbard, Terry Steinbach. SACF--Mike
Devereaux. SB--Luis Polonia, Mike Devereaux.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Young D [W] 6.00 7 3 1 4 5 0
Gene Nelson BX 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Dave Schmidt DZ [L] 3.00 10 7 7 1 2 2
Mark Thurmond CZ 3.00 2 0 0 1 1 0
Brian Holton D 2.00 2 0 0 0 2 0
Mark Williamson BZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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