The A’s missed a chance to earn a sweep and get back to matching their real-life win record when the bullpen blew another save and Seattle won the finale in extra innings. Two of the three games featured blown saves that sent the game to extras, but Oakland at least won one of them. After 104 games, the A’s remain one win behind pace.
sim 61-43, actual 62-42
July 28 — sim W 4-3 (15 inn.) — actual W 8-7
July 29 — sim W 7-1 — actual L 6-14
July 30 — sim L 2-3 (11 inn.) — actual W 5-3
July 28: In real life, Dennis Eckersley blew a save by giving up a game-tying home run, though the A’s would win in extra innings. Here, Dennis Eckersley blew a save by giving up a game-tying home run, though the A’s would win in 15 innings. Bob Welch gave up only one hit in eight innings but it was a game-tying home run by Jim Presley in the eighth. Oakland retook the lead on Rickey Henderson’s two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth. Eckersley surrendered a two-run homer to Jeffrey Leonard with two outs in the top of the ninth. Finally, in the bottom of the 15th, the A’s put together three consecutive singles with two outs, the last one by Henderson scoring Stan Javier for the game-winner. Rick Honeycutt improved to 7-1 out of the bullpen.
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4)
1989 SEATTLE MARINER AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Harold Reynolds 6 0 1 0 Rickey Henderson 7 2 2 3
Greg Briley 6 0 1 0 Carney Lansford 7 0 3 1
Alvin Davis 6 1 0 0 Dave Parker 5 0 0 0
Jeffrey Leonard 6 1 1 2 Mark McGwire 6 0 0 0
Darnell Coles 6 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 7 0 1 0
Henry Cotto 6 0 2 0 Ron Hassey 7 0 1 0
Jim Presley 5 1 1 1 Tony Phillips 7 0 2 0
Dave Valle 5 0 0 0 Stan Javier 7 1 2 0
Omar Vizquel 5 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 5 1 2 0
TOTALS 51 3 6 3 TOTALS 58 4 13 4
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 000 000 012 000 000 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 001 000 020 000 001 -- 4
LOB--1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 5, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 16.
ERR--Jim Presley, Darnell Coles, Dennis Eckersley ACXZ, Tony
Phillips. 2B--Henry Cotto. HR--Jim Presley, Jeffrey Leonard,
Rickey Henderson. SB--Carney Lansford, Rickey Henderson.
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Dunne D 7.00 7 1 1 4 5 0
Jerry Reed B 0.67 2 2 2 1 1 1
Keith Comstock BXZ 2.33 1 0 0 0 3 0
Michael Jackson BXW 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Mike Schooler BXZ [L] 2.67 3 1 1 0 3 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Bob Welch BY 8.00 1 1 1 1 4 1
Dennis Eckersley ACX 2.00 3 2 0 1 1 1
Todd Burns AZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ [W] 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
July 29: Lance Blankenship’s best game of the season (4-for-4, 2 RBI) helped the A’s to an easy win. Glenn Hubbard added a two-run homer in the eighth inning. Storm Davis won his ninth game.
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS (1) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (7)
1989 SEATTLE MARINER AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Harold Reynolds 5 0 1 0 Rickey Henderson 4 0 1 1
Greg Briley 4 1 4 1 Carney Lansford 4 0 0 0
Alvin Davis 2 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 3 0 0 0
Jeffrey Leonard 4 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 3 1 1 0
Darnell Coles 3 0 1 0 Terry Steinbach 4 2 2 0
Henry Cotto 4 0 2 0 Tony Phillips 4 2 2 0
Jim Presley 3 0 0 0 Lance Blankenship 4 1 4 2
Scott Bradley 4 0 1 0 Glenn Hubbard 4 1 1 3
Omar Vizquel 4 0 0 0 Stan Javier 3 0 0 1
TOTALS 33 1 9 1 TOTALS 33 7 11 7
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 000 001 000 -- 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 020 300 02x -- 7
LOB--1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 9, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 5.
2B--Scott Bradley. HR--Greg Briley, Glenn Hubbard.
SACF--Stan Javier. SB--Henry Cotto, Lance Blankenship.
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Randy Johnson DXW [L] 4.00 7 5 5 1 5 0
Bill Swift DZ 4.00 4 2 2 1 2 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Storm Davis BY [W] 6.00 6 1 1 1 1 1
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Matt Young DYW 2.00 2 0 0 2 0 0
July 30: Seattle went up early on Alvin Davis’ RBI double in the first inning. It stayed that way until the seventh when Tony Phillips tied it with an RBI single and Mike Gallego put Oakland in front with a sacrifice fly. But, Oakland’s bullpen blew another save as Seattle tied it up in the eighth on Jeffrey Leonard’s RBI single. Alvin Davis doubled to lead off the top of the 11th and Leonard singled him home, and the A’s went quietly in the bottom half of the inning.
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (2)
1989 SEATTLE MARINER AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Harold Reynolds 5 1 1 0 Rickey Henderson 5 0 1 0
Greg Briley 5 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 5 0 0 0
Alvin Davis 5 2 3 1 Dave Parker 3 0 0 0
Jeffrey Leonard 5 0 3 2 Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0
Darnell Coles 5 0 0 0 Lance Blankenship 5 1 1 0
Henry Cotto 5 0 0 0 Ron Hassey 4 1 1 0
Jim Presley 4 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 3 0 1 1
Scott Bradley 4 0 1 0 Stan Javier 3 0 0 0
Omar Vizquel 4 0 2 0 Mike Gallego 3 0 0 1
TOTALS 42 3 10 3 TOTALS 35 2 4 2
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 100 000 010 01 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 200 00 -- 2
LOB--1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 6, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8.
ERR--Jim Presley, Darnell Coles, Jim Corsi AYZ. 2B--Alvin
Davis (2), Scott Bradley, Ron Hassey. SACF--Mike Gallego.
SACB--Ron Hassey. SB--Jeffrey Leonard.
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Brian Holman CY 6.00 4 2 2 3 4 0
Michael Jackson BXW 2.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
Jerry Reed B [W] 2.00 0 0 0 2 0 0
Mike Schooler BXZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ 7.00 7 1 1 0 5 0
Jim Corsi AYZ 3.00 1 1 0 0 1 0
Gene Nelson BX [L] 1.00 2 1 1 0 1 0
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