The A’s split a four-game series at home against the Orioles, which wasn’t a great result considering the real-life Oakland squad swept this series. One oddity saw Carney Lansford get knocked out of both games two and three with injuries. Tony LaRussa thankfully gave him the fourth game off, though the A’s could have used him. After 98 games, the A’s are now two wins behind pace.
sim 57-41, actual 59-39
July 20 — sim W 7-2 — actual
July 21 — sim L 1-5 — actual
July 22 — sim W 7-1 — actual
July 23 — sim L 1-2 — actual
July 20: Dave Henderson hit a pair of three-run homers, one in the first inning and one in the third, to account for six of the seven Oakland runs. Dave Stewart won his 13th game of the season.
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (2) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (7)
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOL AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Steve Finley 4 0 1 0 Rickey Henderson 4 1 1 0
Mike Devereaux 3 0 0 1 Carney Lansford 3 2 1 0
Cal Ripken Jr 4 0 0 0 Dave Parker 4 1 1 1
Mickey Tettleton 4 1 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 1 1 0
Joe Orsulak 4 0 1 0 Dave Henderson 4 2 2 6
Randy Milligan 4 0 1 0 Jose Canseco 4 0 0 0
Larry Sheets 3 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0
Craig Worthington 2 0 0 1 Tony Phillips 3 0 1 0
Billy Ripken 3 1 2 0 Mike Gallego 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 5 2 TOTALS 31 7 7 7
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 000 001 100 -- 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 403 000 00x -- 7
LOB--1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 5, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 2.
ERR--Mike Gallego. 2B--Randy Milligan, Billy Ripken, Rickey
Henderson. HR--Dave Henderson (2). HBP--Carney Lansford.
SACF--Mike Devereaux, Craig Worthington. SB--Joe Orsulak.
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Schmidt DZ [L] 2.33 6 7 7 0 2 2
Mark Williamson BZ 4.67 1 0 0 1 2 0
Brian Holton D 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 7.00 5 2 1 1 4 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
July 21: Mike Moore suffered his second straight subpar start. Phil Bradley led off the game with a home run, and the Orioles scored two more times in the first inning. Mickey Tettleton homered to make it 4-0 in the third. Oakland’s only run was unearned, as Tony Phillips got on on base on an error and later scored on Lance Blankenship’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning.
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (5) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1)
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOL AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Phil Bradley 4 2 3 2 Rickey Henderson 4 0 0 0
Steve Finley 5 1 1 0 Lance Blankenship 3 0 1 1
Cal Ripken Jr 4 1 1 1 Dave Parker 4 0 0 0
Mickey Tettleton 2 1 1 1 Mark McGwire 3 0 0 0
Joe Orsulak 3 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 3 0 1 0
Randy Milligan 4 0 2 1 Jose Canseco 3 0 0 0
Mike Devereaux 4 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 0 0
Craig Worthington 4 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 4 1 2 0
Billy Ripken 4 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 5 8 5 TOTALS 31 1 4 1
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 301 000 100 -- 5
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 010 000 -- 1
LOB--1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 6, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8.
ERR--Billy Ripken, Cal Ripken Jr, Lance Blankenship.
HR--Mickey Tettleton, Phil Bradley (2). SACF--Lance
Blankenship. SB--Steve Finley, Randy Milligan.
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Milacki C [W] 9.00 4 1 0 4 5 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY [L] 6.00 6 4 4 2 2 2
Jim Corsi AYZ 2.00 2 1 1 1 1 1
Matt Young DYW 1.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
July 22: The Orioles scored first again, but the A’s came back with five runs in the bottom of the first, with a two-run triple by Jose Canseco and RBI singles by Carney Lansford, Dave Henderson and Ron Hassey. Hassey also homered in the seventh inning. Bob Welch won his 10th game of the season.
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (1) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (7)
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOL AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Phil Bradley 4 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 3 1 1 0
Steve Finley 5 1 2 0 Carney Lansford 2 0 2 1
Cal Ripken Jr 4 0 1 0 Terry Steinbach 3 0 1 0
Mickey Tettleton 2 0 1 0 Dave Parker 4 2 1 0
Randy Milligan 2 0 0 1 Mark McGwire 2 1 0 0
Jim Traber 4 0 1 0 Dave Henderson 4 1 1 1
Mike Devereaux 4 0 0 0 Jose Canseco 4 1 1 2
Craig Worthington 4 0 1 0 Ron Hassey 3 1 2 3
Billy Ripken 3 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 2 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 4 0 1 0
TOTALS 32 1 6 1 TOTALS 31 7 10 7
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 100 000 000 -- 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 500 010 10x -- 7
LOB--1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 10, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8.
ERR--Billy Ripken, Rick Honeycutt AYZ. 3B--Mickey Tettleton,
Jose Canseco. HR--Ron Hassey. HBP--Randy Milligan. SACF--Ron
Hassey. SB--Steve Finley, Rickey Henderson.
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Pete Harnisch DYW [L] 5.00 8 6 5 6 2 0
Kevin Hickey BY 3.00 2 1 1 1 3 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Bob Welch BY [W] 6.00 6 1 1 5 6 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
July 23: The Orioles scored in the first inning again on a Steve Finley home run. The A’s evened it up in the fifth as Jose Canseco collected Oakland’s first hit of the game, and he later scored on Glenn Hubbard’s sacrifice fly. Baltimore went back in front 2-1 in the seventh on Craig Worthington’s RBI double. The A’s had a runner thrown out at home in the eighth. Oakland managed only two hits.
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES (2) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1)
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOL AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Phil Bradley 3 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 4 0 0 0
Steve Finley 4 1 1 1 Lance Blankenship 4 0 0 0
Cal Ripken Jr 4 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 3 0 0 0
Mickey Tettleton 3 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0
Joe Orsulak 4 0 1 0 Jose Canseco 3 1 1 0
Randy Milligan 4 1 0 0 Terry Steinbach 3 0 1 0
Bob Melvin 3 0 0 0 Glenn Hubbard 1 0 0 1
Craig Worthington 3 0 2 1 Tony Phillips 2 0 0 0
Billy Ripken 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 4 2 TOTALS 27 1 2 1
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 100 000 100 -- 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 010 000 -- 1
LOB--1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES 4, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 3.
ERR--Bob Melvin. 2B--Craig Worthington. HR--Steve Finley.
SACF--Glenn Hubbard. SACB--Tony Phillips.
1989 BALTIMORE ORIOLES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jeff Ballard BZ [W] 8.00 2 1 1 2 2 0
Gregg Olson AXY [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Storm Davis BY 6.00 2 1 1 2 4 1
Todd Burns AZ [L] 2.00 2 1 1 0 1 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
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