After winning three of four against the White Sox, the A’s have moved 20 games over .500 on the season. Were it not for a ninth-inning meltdown in the opener, Oakland could have pulled off the sweep and gotten back on pace. All six Chicago runs in this series came in the eighth or ninth innings. After 110 games, the A’s are one victory behind pace.
sim 64-44, actual 65-43
July 31 — sim L 1-3 — actual W 3-2
August 1 — sim W 4-0 — actual W 2-0
August 2 — sim W 3-2 — actual W 2-0
August 3 — sim W 3-1 — actual L 4-6
July 31: The A’s got a first-inning run off a Mark McGwire RBI double. That was all Oakland would get, though it was almost enough. Mike Moore didn’t give up a hit until the eighth inning and took a shutout into the ninth. But Greg Walker hit a two-run homer and the White Sox added one more as they batted around before the third out was recorded. Oakland went down 1-2-3 in the ninth.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1)
1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Dave Gallagher 4 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 4 0 1 0
Scott Fletcher 4 1 0 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 2 0
Greg Walker 3 1 1 2 Dave Parker 4 1 0 0
Ivan Calderon 4 1 1 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 2 1
Dan Pasqua 3 0 0 0 Lance Blankenship 4 0 0 0
Carlton Fisk 4 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 0
Carlos Martinez 4 0 1 1 Tony Phillips 3 0 0 0
Lance Johnson 3 0 1 0 Stan Javier 2 0 1 0
Ozzie Guillen 4 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 3 4 3 TOTALS 32 1 7 1
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 000 003 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 100 000 000 -- 1
LOB--1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 5.
ERR--Walt Weiss (2), Carney Lansford. 2B--Carlos Martinez,
Mark McGwire. HR--Greg Walker. SB--Lance Johnson.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eric King C [W] 8.00 7 1 1 1 5 0
Bobby Thigpen BY [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY [L] 8.33 3 3 1 2 4 1
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 0.67 1 0 0 1 0 0
August 1: The pitching matchup didn’t favor the A’s, but they avoided a three-game losing streak thanks to 6 2/3 shutout innings from Curt Young. The A’s got an RBI double from Mark McGwire in the first, an RBI groundout from Jose Canseco in the third and RBI singles from Terry Steinbach in both the fourth and fifth innings.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (0) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4)
1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Dave Gallagher 4 0 1 0 Rickey Henderson 2 2 2 0
Scott Fletcher 4 0 1 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 0 0
Ivan Calderon 4 0 1 0 Jose Canseco 4 1 1 1
Carlton Fisk 3 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 1 1
Carlos Martinez 4 0 1 0 Dave Henderson 4 1 2 0
Dan Pasqua 4 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 2 2
Steve Lyons 3 0 1 0 Tony Phillips 4 0 1 0
Ron Karkovice 4 0 0 0 Stan Javier 4 0 0 0
Ozzie Guillen 4 0 2 0 Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 0 7 0 TOTALS 33 4 9 4
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 000 000 -- 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 101 110 00x -- 4
LOB--1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 9, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8.
2B--Tony Phillips, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, Rickey
Henderson. SB--Dave Henderson, Rickey Henderson.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Greg Hibbard CZ [L] 6.00 8 4 4 3 3 0
Shawn Hillegas DY 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Curt Young D [W] 6.67 7 0 0 1 3 0
Todd Burns AZ 1.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX 1.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
August 2: Like the previous game, the A’s put up several one-run innings. Dave Parker singled and scored on a passed ball in the fourth and Carney Lansford and Walt Weiss had RBI singles in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively. Storm Davis took a shutout to the ninth, but Chicago was able to score twice and put the potential tying run on second base before the final out was made. Storm Davis won his 10th game of the season.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (2) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3)
1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Dave Gallagher 4 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 4 0 1 0
Scott Fletcher 4 0 1 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 1 1
Greg Walker 3 1 0 0 Jose Canseco 4 0 1 0
Ivan Calderon 4 0 1 0 Dave Parker 3 1 1 0
Dan Pasqua 4 1 0 0 Dave Henderson 4 0 1 0
Carlton Fisk 3 0 1 2 Ron Hassey 3 1 0 0
Daryl Boston 4 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 4 0 3 0
Carlos Martinez 3 0 1 0 Walt Weiss 4 0 1 1
Ozzie Guillen 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 4 1 1 0
TOTALS 32 2 4 2 TOTALS 34 3 10 2
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 000 002 -- 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 111 00x -- 3
LOB--1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 10.
ERR--Scott Fletcher, Walt Weiss. 2B--Carlton Fisk, Tony
Phillips, Jose Canseco, Mike Gallego. SB--Carney Lansford.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Melido Perez DX [L] 5.33 9 3 2 2 2 0
Bill Long DY 2.67 1 0 0 1 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Storm Davis BY [W] 8.33 3 2 2 2 4 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 0.67 1 0 0 0 0 0
August 3: Jose Canseco hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Terry Steinbach had an RBI single in the fourth to make it 3-0. Bob Welch had a shutout going until the eighth but Scott Fletcher homered with one out. The bullpen took care of the rest.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (1) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3)
1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Dave Gallagher 3 0 2 0 Rickey Henderson 3 0 0 0
Scott Fletcher 4 1 1 1 Carney Lansford 3 1 1 0
Ivan Calderon 4 0 1 0 Jose Canseco 3 1 3 2
Greg Walker 4 0 1 0 Dave Parker 2 0 1 0
Dan Pasqua 4 0 1 0 Mark McGwire 3 0 0 0
Carlos Martinez 4 0 1 0 Dave Henderson 4 1 2 0
Daryl Boston 4 0 2 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 1
Ron Karkovice 4 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 4 0 0 0
Ozzie Guillen 4 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 1 9 1 TOTALS 30 3 8 3
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 000 010 -- 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 200 100 00x -- 3
LOB--1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9.
2B--Greg Walker, Dan Pasqua, Dave Gallagher, Carney
Lansford. 3B--Ivan Calderon. HR--Scott Fletcher, Jose
Canseco. HBP--Dave Parker. SB--Daryl Boston, Dave Henderson.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Richard Dotson D [L] 5.00 7 3 3 4 1 1
Donn Pall BYZ 3.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Bob Welch BY [W] 7.33 7 1 1 1 4 1
Jim Corsi AYZ 0.67 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
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