The A’s picked up another game in the standings after winning three of four games at home against the Blue Jays. Dave Stewart won his 10th game of the season and pitched a shutout, and Oakland’s final win came via a walkoff hit in the bottom of the ninth by Stan Javier. After 75 games, the A’s are now just four wins behind pace.
sim 42-33, actual 46-29
June 22 — sim L 1-6 — actual L 2-4
June 23 — sim W 7-4 — actual L 8-10
June 24 — sim W 3-0 — actual W 7-1
June 25 — sim W 3-2 — actual W 6-3
June 22: A five-run second inning, which included a three-run homer by Tony Fernandez, sent the A’s to defeat. Nelson Liriano also had an RBI single in that inning, and later had a solo homer in the fourth inning. Oakland’s only run was unearned and came on a Mike Gallego sacrifice fly in the fourth.
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (6) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1)
1989 TORONTO BLUE JA AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Junior Felix 4 1 2 1 Rickey Henderson 5 0 0 0
Tony Fernandez 5 1 1 3 Dave Henderson 3 0 2 0
Kelly Gruber 5 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 3 0
George Bell 4 0 1 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0
Fred McGriff 4 1 0 0 Terry Steinbach 4 1 1 0
Pat Borders 3 0 0 0 Dave Parker 4 0 1 0
Manuel Lee 4 0 1 0 Tony Phillips 3 0 0 0
Rance Mulliniks 2 1 0 0 Stan Javier 4 0 0 0
Nelson Liriano 4 2 2 2 Mike Gallego 2 0 0 1
TOTALS 35 6 7 6 TOTALS 33 1 7 1
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 050 100 000 -- 6
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 100 000 -- 1
LOB--1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 6, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9.
ERR--Tony Fernandez, Matt Young DYW. 2B--Dave Parker.
HR--Nelson Liriano, Tony Fernandez. SACF--Mike Gallego.
SB--Carney Lansford.
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Cerutti BZ [W] 6.67 7 1 0 3 4 0
Duane Ward CXY 2.33 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Matt Young DYW [L] 3.00 6 6 1 2 3 2
Gene Nelson BX 3.00 1 0 0 0 4 0
Todd Burns AZ 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Snyder DYW 1.00 0 0 0 2 1 0
June 23: Toronto led 3-2 in the sixth, but an RBI groundout by Stan Javier and Blue Jay error put the A’s ahead 4-3. Ron Hassey slugged a three-run homer in the seventh inning to add some cushion to the lead.
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (4) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (7)
1989 TORONTO BLUE JA AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Junior Felix 4 1 2 0 Rickey Henderson 4 0 2 0
Tony Fernandez 4 1 2 2 Dave Henderson 5 1 1 0
Kelly Gruber 4 0 2 1 Dave Parker 5 2 3 1
George Bell 4 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 1 2 1
Fred McGriff 3 1 1 0 Ron Hassey 4 2 2 3
Pat Borders 4 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 4 1 3 0
Manuel Lee 4 0 0 0 Stan Javier 4 0 0 1
Rance Mulliniks 4 0 1 1 Glenn Hubbard 3 0 0 0
Nelson Liriano 4 1 1 0 Mike Gallego 3 0 0 1
TOTALS 35 4 9 4 TOTALS 36 7 13 7
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 102 000 001 -- 4
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 101 002 30x -- 7
LOB--1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 5, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8.
ERR--Nelson Liriano, Glenn Hubbard, Bill Dawley CRZ.
2B--Fred McGriff, Rance Mulliniks, Mark McGwire, Carney
Lansford. HR--Tony Fernandez, Dave Parker, Ron Hassey.
SB--Junior Felix, Rickey Henderson.
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Frank Wills DY [L] 5.67 8 4 4 3 3 1
David Wells AXZ 2.33 5 3 3 0 2 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Curt Young D 2.33 6 3 3 1 0 1
Bill Dawley CRZ [W] 3.67 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jim Corsi AYZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 2 1 1 0 2 0
June 24: Dave Stewart fired a one-hitter for his second shutout of the season. He also walked two and one Blue Jay reached base via error, but no one advanced past first base. A pitchers’ duel between Stewart and Dave Stieb finally got broken open in the bottom of the sixth when the A’s put together five consecutive hits for three runs, including a two-RBI double by Dave Henderson and a run-scoring single by Dave Parker.
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (0) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3)
1989 TORONTO BLUE JA AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Junior Felix 3 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 4 1 1 0
Tony Fernandez 4 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 4 1 1 2
Kelly Gruber 2 0 0 0 Dave Parker 4 0 3 1
George Bell 3 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 1 0
Fred McGriff 3 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 0 0
Ernie Whitt 3 0 1 0 Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0
Rance Mulliniks 3 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 2 0 1 0
Manuel Lee 3 0 0 0 Stan Javier 3 0 1 0
Nelson Liriano 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 3 1 1 0
TOTALS 27 0 1 0 TOTALS 31 3 9 3
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 000 000 000 -- 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 003 00x -- 3
LOB--1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 2, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 5.
ERR--Carney Lansford. 2B--Dave Henderson, Mark McGwire.
SB--Rickey Henderson.
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stieb B [L] 6.00 6 3 3 1 1 0
Mauro Gozzo DZ 2.00 3 0 0 0 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 9.00 1 0 0 2 2 0
June 25: A Mark McGwire sacrifice fly put the A’s ahead 1-0 in the first, but Lloyd Moseby hit a two-run homer in the second inning to put the Blue Jays in front. An RBI single by Rickey Henderson tied it in the seventh. Tied at two in the bottom of the ninth, Mike Gallego doubled and Stan Javier followed with a walk-off RBI single.
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS (2) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3)
1989 TORONTO BLUE JA AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Junior Felix 3 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 4 0 2 1
Tony Fernandez 4 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 4 1 1 0
Kelly Gruber 4 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 3 0
Fred McGriff 4 0 1 0 Mark McGwire 3 0 0 1
Ernie Whitt 3 1 1 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 0 0
Lloyd Moseby 4 1 1 2 Tony Phillips 3 1 1 0
Rance Mulliniks 2 0 1 0 Lance Blankenship 3 0 0 0
Manuel Lee 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 3 1 2 0
Nelson Liriano 3 0 0 0 Stan Javier 4 0 1 1
TOTALS 30 2 4 2 TOTALS 32 3 10 3
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 020 000 000 -- 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 100 000 101 -- 3
LOB--1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS 4, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7.
ERR--Manuel Lee, Mike Gallego. 2B--Mike Gallego. 3B--Fred
McGriff. HR--Lloyd Moseby. SACF--Mark McGwire. SACB--Lance
Blankenship.
1989 TORONTO BLUE JAYS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jimmy Key CYZ 7.00 7 2 2 2 2 0
Duane Ward CXY [L] 1.67 3 1 1 0 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Storm Davis BY 6.00 2 2 2 3 5 1
Todd Burns AZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ [W] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
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