As the season moved past the century mark, the A’s took two of three at home against the Angels to pick up a game in the standings. Both Oakland wins came via shutout as Dave Stewart and Mike Moore were terrific. Only Stewart got the win, however, his team-high 14th. After 101 games, Oakland is one win behind pace.
sim 59-42, actual 60-41
July 24 — sim L 3-6 — actual L 4-5
July 25 — sim W 4-0 — actual L 0-4
July 26 — sim W 1-0 (10 inn.) — actual W 9-5
July 24: Tony Armas and Jack Howell hit back-to-back home runs, helping the Angels to a 4-0 lead after 2 1/2 innings. Mike Gallego tripled and scored on Rickey Henderson’s sacrifice fly to get the A’s on the board in the bottom of the third. The Angels scored twice more late to make it 6-1, though Jose Canseco hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to account for the final margin.
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (6) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3)
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Dick Schofield 5 1 1 0 Rickey Henderson 2 0 1 1
Johnny Ray 5 0 1 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 0 0
Devon White 5 2 4 1 Dave Parker 4 0 1 0
Wally Joyner 5 0 2 2 Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0
Brian Downing 4 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 4 1 2 0
Lance Parrish 4 1 1 0 Jose Canseco 3 1 2 2
Chili Davis 4 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 0 0
Tony Armas 4 1 2 2 Tony Phillips 4 0 1 0
Jack Howell 4 1 1 1 Mike Gallego 3 1 1 0
TOTALS 40 6 12 6 TOTALS 32 3 8 3
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 031 000 101 -- 6
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 001 000 002 -- 3
LOB--1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 8, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6.
ERR--Dave Henderson, Mike Gallego. 2B--Devon White, Wally
Joyner, Rickey Henderson. 3B--Mike Gallego. HR--Devon White,
Jack Howell, Tony Armas, Jose Canseco. HBP--Mike Gallego.
SACF--Rickey Henderson.
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kirk McCaskill BZ [W] 7.00 6 1 1 2 4 0
Willie Fraser BZ 1.00 2 2 2 0 1 1
Bryan Harvey BXYW [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Curt Young D [L] 5.00 8 4 4 1 3 2
Gene Nelson BX 3.00 3 1 0 0 4 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 1
July 25: Dave Stewart was dominant, giving up only three hits in the shutout. Two of them came in the eighth inning as California put its only runner into scoring position with no one out, but Stewart struck out two of the next three hitters to get out of it. The A’s got their runs out of the way early. Dave Henderson had an RBI single in the first and a two-run double in the second, and Glenn Hubbard hit a solo homer in the second inning.
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (0) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4)
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Claudell Washington 4 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 4 0 0 0
Johnny Ray 4 0 1 0 Carney Lansford 4 2 3 0
Devon White 4 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 4 0 2 3
Wally Joyner 4 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 3 0 0 0
Brian Downing 3 0 0 0 Jose Canseco 4 0 2 0
Chili Davis 3 0 1 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 0
Lance Parrish 3 0 1 0 Dave Parker 4 0 0 0
Jack Howell 3 0 0 0 Glenn Hubbard 4 1 1 1
Dick Schofield 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 3 1 2 0
TOTALS 31 0 3 0 TOTALS 34 4 11 4
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 000 000 000 -- 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 130 000 00x -- 4
LOB--1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 4, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7.
ERR--Glenn Hubbard. 2B--Dave Henderson. HR--Glenn Hubbard.
SB--Carney Lansford (3).
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Chuck Finley BX [L] 6.00 10 4 4 1 4 1
Rich Monteleone CYZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 9.00 3 0 0 0 4 0
July 26: Mike Moore was nearly untouchable, but didn’t get a decision as the Angels’ Mike Witt helped keep Oakland scoreless for nine innings as well. Moore retired the first 20 hitters, then gave up two singles and a walk to load the bases with two out in the seventh. He struck out the next hitter to get out of it, then pitched two more 1-2-3 innings before being pulled after nine innings. The A’s left runners in scoring position five times in regulation. Finally, in the top of the 10th with one out, Rickey Henderson and Carney Lansford hit back-to-back doubles to earn the walk-off win.
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (0) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1)
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Claudell Washington 4 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 5 1 2 0
Johnny Ray 4 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 5 0 3 1
Devon White 4 0 1 0 Dave Parker 4 0 1 0
Wally Joyner 4 0 1 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0
Brian Downing 3 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 4 0 1 0
Chili Davis 4 0 0 0 Jose Canseco 4 0 2 0
Bill Schroeder 3 0 0 0 Ron Hassey 3 0 0 0
Jack Howell 3 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 4 0 0 0
Dick Schofield 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 0 2 0 TOTALS 37 1 9 1
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 000 000 000 0 -- 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 000 1 -- 1
LOB--1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 3, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9.
ERR--Johnny Ray. 2B--Jose Canseco, Dave Henderson, Carney
Lansford (2), Rickey Henderson. SACB--Ron Hassey.
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Witt DYZ 7.33 6 0 0 0 7 0
Bob McClure ACYZ 1.67 1 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Minton A [L] 0.33 2 1 1 0 0 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY 9.00 2 0 0 1 7 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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