The season is now officially at the halfway mark as the 81st game was played in the finale at Cleveland. The A’s couldn’t match their real-life sweep of the Indians, but did win two of three. Dave Parker added two home runs to give him a team-high 16. After 81 games, the A’s are now three wins behind pace.
sim 46-35, actual 49-32
June 30 — sim L 0-1 (10 inn.) — actual W 5-0
July 1 — sim W 8-0 — actual W 6-4
July 2 — sim W 3-1 — actual W 11-3
June 30: A brilliant pitchers’ duel between Bob Welch and Greg Swindell went to extra innings. Both didn’t allow a run in nine innings of work, but both exited with no-decisions. Cleveland won it in the 10th when Cory Snyder led off with a walk, was sacrificed to second, went to third on a deep flyout, and scored on Joel Skinner’s hit. Oakland left 10 runners on base, four of them in scoring position.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0) AT 1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS (1)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 3 0 1 0 Jerry Browne 4 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 4 0 0 0 Dave Clark 4 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 5 0 0 0 Joe Carter 3 0 1 0
Mark McGwire 5 0 3 0 Pete OBrien 4 0 1 0
Carney Lansford 3 0 1 0 Cory Snyder 3 1 0 0
Billy Beane 1 0 0 0 Mark Salas 3 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 0 0 Brook Jacoby 3 0 1 0
Lance Blankenship 4 0 0 0 Joel Skinner 4 0 2 1
Ron Hassey 4 0 1 0 Felix Fermin 3 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 4 0 1 0
TOTALS 37 0 7 0 TOTALS 31 1 5 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 000 0 -- 0
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 000 1 -- 1
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 10, 1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 5.
2B--Joel Skinner (2), Brook Jacoby. SACB--Mark Salas.
SB--Rickey Henderson (3).
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Welch BY 9.00 4 0 0 2 6 0
Gene Nelson BX [L] 0.67 1 1 1 1 0 0
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Greg Swindell BYZ 9.00 7 0 0 3 9 0
Jesse Orosco AXYZ [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
July 1: The A’s bounced back with another shutout of their own thanks to seven strong innings by Mike Moore, as he improved to 12-2 on the season. Carney Lansford keyed a three-run first inning with a two-RBI single. Dave Parker hit solo home runs in both the eighth and ninth innings. Glenn Hubbard provided a two-run double in the eighth.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (8) AT 1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS (0)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Tony Phillips 5 1 1 0 Jerry Browne 3 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 5 0 1 1 Oddibe McDowell 4 0 1 0
Dave Parker 4 3 2 2 Joe Carter 4 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 5 2 2 0 Pete OBrien 4 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 4 2 3 2 Dave Clark 3 0 0 0
Glenn Hubbard 4 0 1 2 Brad Komminsk 3 0 2 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 0 Brook Jacoby 3 0 0 0
Stan Javier 4 0 1 1 Andy Allanson 3 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 4 0 1 0 Felix Fermin 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 8 13 8 TOTALS 30 0 3 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 300 100 031 -- 8
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 5, 1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 5.
ERR--Brook Jacoby, Jerry Browne. 2B--Glenn Hubbard, Mark
McGwire, Carney Lansford, Brad Komminsk. 3B--Tony Phillips.
HR--Dave Parker (2). SB--Brad Komminsk.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Moore AY [W] 7.00 3 0 0 2 6 0
Jim Corsi AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Todd Burns AZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Tom Candiotti BYZ [L] 5.00 7 4 3 1 5 0
Rich Yett D 2.00 4 3 3 0 1 1
Doug Jones AXZ 2.00 2 1 1 0 4 1
July 2: The A’s scored first on an RBI single by Terry Steinbach in the first inning. It stayed that way until the sixth, when Dave Parker made it 2-0 with an RBI double. Ron Hassey plated the third run in the eighth with an RBI single. Oakland took a shutout to the ninth inning but Pete O’Brien led off with a solo homer. The tying run was at the plate with one out but Rick Honeycutt got the save.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3) AT 1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS (1)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 3 2 1 0 Jerry Browne 4 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 4 1 0 0 Luis Aguayo 4 0 0 0
Dave Parker 3 0 3 1 Pete OBrien 4 1 2 1
Ron Hassey 4 0 1 1 Joe Carter 3 0 1 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 1 Dave Clark 4 0 1 0
Billy Beane 4 0 0 0 Brad Komminsk 4 0 0 0
Lance Blankenship 4 0 1 0 Mark Salas 4 0 0 0
Stan Javier 3 0 0 0 Joel Skinner 3 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0 Felix Fermin 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 32 3 7 3 TOTALS 33 1 5 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 100 001 010 -- 3
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 001 -- 1
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6, 1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 6.
ERR--Tony Phillips. 2B--Dave Parker, Joe Carter. HR--Pete
OBrien.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Storm Davis BY [W] 7.00 2 0 0 1 10 0
Bill Dawley CRZ 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 1
Rick Honeycutt AYZ [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS
John Farrell CYZ [L] 7.00 4 2 2 3 4 0
Keith Atherton DZ 2.00 3 1 1 1 1 0
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