Hard to say what’s more exciting — the A’s swept the Tigers to pick up another game in the standings, or the fact that Rickey Henderson is coming home. On June 21, Oakland sent Luis Polonia, Eric Plunk and Greg Cadaret to New York to bring back Henderson. He’ll make his debut against Toronto in the next series. The other Henderson, Dave, had a big series against Detroit, batting .571 (8-for-14) with one walk-off hit. After 71 games, Oakland is now five wins behind pace.
sim 39-32, actual 44-27
June 19 — sim W 4-3 (11 inn.) — actual L 4-6
June 20 — sim W 4-1 — actual W 6-4
June 21 — sim W 8-1 — actual W 6-3
June 19: The A’s built a 3-0 lead on Dave Henderson’s RBI single in the first inning and a sacrifice fly by Terry Steinbach and an RBI double by Glenn Hubbard in the fifth inning. But, the Tigers tied it up in the eighth on Keith Moreland’s two-run double, and the game went to extra innings. In the bottom of the 11th, Luis Polonia singled with one out. He later scored on a walk-off single by Henderson.
1989 DETROIT TIGERS (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4)
1989 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Gary Pettis 4 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 6 1 1 0
Scott Lusader 5 2 2 0 Carney Lansford 5 1 1 0
Lou Whitaker 3 1 0 0 Dave Henderson 6 0 3 2
Keith Moreland 4 0 2 2 Mark McGwire 5 1 1 0
Dave Bergman 4 0 1 1 Terry Steinbach 4 0 2 1
Tracy Jones 5 0 0 0 Glenn Hubbard 3 0 1 1
Mike Heath 5 0 1 0 Lance Blankenship 5 0 0 0
Rick Schu 4 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 0 0
Mike Brumley 3 0 0 0 Luis Polonia 4 1 2 0
TOTALS 37 3 6 3 TOTALS 42 4 11 4
1989 DETROIT TIGERS 000 001 020 00 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 100 020 000 01 -- 4
LOB--1989 DETROIT TIGERS 7, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 12.
ERR--Gary Pettis, Frank Tanana CYZ. 2B--Mike Heath, Dave
Bergman, Keith Moreland, Scott Lusader, Glenn Hubbard.
SACF--Terry Steinbach.
1989 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Frank Tanana CYZ 6.00 9 3 1 2 4 0
Frank Williams CW 3.00 0 0 0 1 3 0
Mike Henneman CX [L] 1.67 2 1 1 2 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ 7.00 4 1 1 4 2 0
Eric Plunk BXW 0.33 2 2 2 1 0 0
Todd Burns AZ 2.67 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ [W] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
June 20: Detroit’s first two players doubled to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead right off the bat. But, Oakland tied it on Dave Henderson’s RBI single in the third inning, and went ahead 2-1 on Stan Javier’s RBI double in the fifth. Tony Phillips hit a two-run homer in the eighth to provide some insurance.
1989 DETROIT TIGERS (1) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4)
1989 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Gary Pettis 3 1 2 0 Luis Polonia 5 1 2 0
Scott Lusader 4 0 1 1 Dave Henderson 3 0 3 1
Lou Whitaker 3 0 0 0 Dave Parker 4 0 0 0
Keith Moreland 4 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 1 0
Dave Bergman 4 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 3 1 1 0
Tracy Jones 4 0 0 0 Ron Hassey 3 0 0 0
Mike Heath 3 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 3 2 1 2
Rick Schu 4 0 1 0 Glenn Hubbard 2 0 0 0
Mike Brumley 4 0 1 0 Stan Javier 3 0 1 1
TOTALS 33 1 5 1 TOTALS 30 4 9 4
1989 DETROIT TIGERS 100 000 000 -- 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 001 010 02x -- 4
LOB--1989 DETROIT TIGERS 9, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9.
ERR--Glenn Hubbard (2). 2B--Gary Pettis, Scott Lusader, Luis
Polonia, Mark McGwire, Stan Javier. HR--Tony Phillips.
HBP--Glenn Hubbard. SACB--Glenn Hubbard, Ron Hassey.
SB--Gary Pettis.
1989 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Charles Hudson D [L] 6.00 6 2 2 3 1 0
Ed Nunez DX 2.00 3 2 2 1 1 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Storm Davis BY [W] 6.00 4 1 1 2 6 0
Greg Cadaret DY 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Corsi AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gene Nelson BX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
June 21: In a five-run third inning, Dave Henderson slugged a three-run homer and Mark McGwire provided a two-run moon shot. Dave Parker added a two-run home run in the seventh inning. Mike Moore was his usual dominant self and won his 10th game of the season.
1989 DETROIT TIGERS (1) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (8)
1989 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Gary Pettis 4 1 1 0 Tony Phillips 4 2 1 0
Scott Lusader 4 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 5 1 2 3
Lou Whitaker 4 0 0 0 Dave Parker 5 2 2 2
Keith Moreland 4 0 1 1 Mark McGwire 2 1 1 2
Dave Bergman 3 0 1 0 Ron Hassey 4 1 1 0
Tracy Jones 3 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 2 0
Mike Heath 3 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 1
Rick Schu 3 0 0 0 Stan Javier 4 0 1 0
Mike Brumley 3 0 1 0 Mike Gallego 4 1 0 0
TOTALS 31 1 4 1 TOTALS 36 8 11 8
1989 DETROIT TIGERS 000 100 000 -- 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 005 000 30x -- 8
LOB--1989 DETROIT TIGERS 3, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7.
ERR--Paul Gibson DY. 2B--Gary Pettis, Dave Parker. HR--Dave
Parker, Dave Henderson, Mark McGwire.
1989 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Schwabe DRZ [L] 3.00 6 5 5 1 2 2
Paul Gibson DY 3.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
Brad Havens CW 2.00 5 3 3 1 0 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY [W] 7.00 3 1 1 0 4 0
Bill Dawley CRZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Snyder DYW 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
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