A jam-packed four-game series in Seattle had plenty of action and a lot of runs: 25 for the A’s and 27 for the Mariners. The end result was a series split, just like real life. Jose Canseco has gotten things going, collecting eight hits and raising his average to .307 after 19 games. After 112 games, Oakland is still one victory behind pace.
sim 66-46, actual 67-45
August 4 — sim W 12-11 — actual W 5-3
August 5 — sim L 0-3 — actual L 5-11
August 6 — sim L 3-9 — actual W 2-1
August 7 — sim W 10-4 — actual L 1-5
August 4: The highest-scoring game of the season was crazy. Seattle took leads of 4-2 after the first inning and 6-4 after four innings. Oakland responded with six runs in the fifth inning, with Tony Phillips providing a three-run homer, to put the A’s in front 10-6. After seven innings, Seattle tied the game at 11 on Alvin Davis’ fifth and sixth RBIs. Oakland went ahead for good in the eighth on Dave Parker’s bases-loaded, two-out single. The A’s bullpen took care of the rest.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (12) AT 1989 SEATTLE MARINERS (11)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 SEATTLE MARINER AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 4 1 2 1 Harold Reynolds 5 1 0 0
Tony Phillips 4 1 1 4 Greg Briley 5 3 3 1
Jose Canseco 6 2 2 0 Alvin Davis 5 2 3 6
Dave Parker 5 2 4 3 Jeffrey Leonard 5 1 2 2
Mark McGwire 4 1 1 0 Darnell Coles 4 1 3 0
Dave Henderson 6 2 2 0 Scott Bradley 4 0 1 1
Ron Hassey 4 0 1 1 Dave Cochrane 5 0 1 1
Walt Weiss 5 2 1 2 Henry Cotto 4 1 0 0
Mike Gallego 4 1 2 0 Omar Vizquel 5 2 0 0
TOTALS 42 12 16 11 TOTALS 42 11 13 11
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 211 061 010 -- 12
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 401 102 300 -- 11
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 14, 1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 9.
ERR--Walt Weiss, Dave Henderson. 2B--Dave Parker, Alvin
Davis (2), Dave Cochrane, Darnell Coles (2). HR--Dave
Parker, Tony Phillips, Alvin Davis. HBP--Ron Hassey, Mike
Gallego. SACF--Walt Weiss. SB--Dave Parker, Jose Canseco,
Rickey Henderson, Greg Briley.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stewart BYZ 4.00 9 6 5 1 5 0
Gene Nelson BX 2.00 1 2 2 3 1 1
Matt Young DYW 0.67 2 3 0 1 0 0
Todd Burns AZ [W] 0.33 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS
Brian Holman CY 4.67 9 9 9 6 3 2
Bill Swift DZ 1.00 4 2 2 0 0 0
Keith Comstock BXZ [L] 2.33 3 1 1 2 2 0
Michael Jackson BXW 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
August 5: Mike Moore was close to flawless, giving up only one hit in seven innings. But the hit was a two-run homer by Alvin Davis in the fourth inning. Seattle got a third run in the sixth inning thanks to a pair of errors. Oakland used up all of its offense in the previous game and was shut out by Scott Bankhead.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0) AT 1989 SEATTLE MARINERS (3)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 SEATTLE MARINER AB R H BI
Stan Javier 3 0 0 0 Harold Reynolds 2 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 1 0 Greg Briley 3 1 0 0
Jose Canseco 4 0 2 0 Alvin Davis 3 1 1 2
Dave Parker 4 0 1 0 Jeffrey Leonard 2 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0 Darnell Coles 3 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 4 0 0 0 Scott Bradley 3 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0 Dave Cochrane 3 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 3 0 1 0 Henry Cotto 3 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 2 0 0 0 Omar Vizquel 3 1 0 0
TOTALS 31 0 5 0 TOTALS 25 3 1 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 000 -- 0
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 000 201 00x -- 3
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6, 1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 0.
ERR--Walt Weiss, Terry Steinbach. 2B--Jose Canseco.
HR--Alvin Davis. SB--Carney Lansford, Omar Vizquel.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Moore AY [L] 7.00 1 3 2 2 1 1
Jim Corsi AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS
Scott Bankhead BYZ [W] 9.00 5 0 0 2 5 0
August 6: The A’s pitching had another bad outing, as Seattle went up 4-0 after three innings and 9-1 after six. Scott Bradley, Jeffrey Leonard and Greg Briley all hit two-run homers. Oakland’s offense mustered three runs, one of them a solo homer by Mark McGwire in the ninth.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3) AT 1989 SEATTLE MARINERS (9)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 SEATTLE MARINER AB R H BI
Stan Javier 4 0 1 1 Harold Reynolds 4 1 1 1
Carney Lansford 4 0 1 0 Greg Briley 4 2 2 2
Jose Canseco 4 1 1 0 Alvin Davis 4 1 0 0
Dave Parker 4 0 2 1 Jeffrey Leonard 3 1 1 2
Mark McGwire 4 1 1 1 Darnell Coles 4 1 2 1
Dave Henderson 4 0 0 0 Scott Bradley 3 2 1 2
Ron Hassey 3 0 1 0 Dave Cochrane 4 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 4 0 0 0 Henry Cotto 4 1 1 0
Walt Weiss 4 1 1 0 Omar Vizquel 4 0 1 1
TOTALS 35 3 8 3 TOTALS 34 9 9 9
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 100 011 -- 3
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 022 113 00x -- 9
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6, 1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 4.
ERR--Storm Davis BY. 2B--Dave Parker, Walt Weiss, Jose
Canseco, Henry Cotto. 3B--Darnell Coles. HR--Mark McGwire,
Greg Briley, Scott Bradley, Jeffrey Leonard.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Storm Davis BY [L] 5.00 6 6 5 2 3 2
Matt Young DYW 0.67 3 3 3 0 1 1
Todd Burns AZ 2.33 0 0 0 1 1 0
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS
Mike Dunne D [W] 8.00 6 2 2 1 6 0
Jerry Reed B 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 1
August 7: Oakland’s offense got going again and the pitching was good enough to salvage the series split. Mike Gallego had a two-run single and Jose Canseco had a bases-loaded double that scored three during a five-run third inning that made it 6-1.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (10) AT 1989 SEATTLE MARINERS (4)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 SEATTLE MARINER AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 2 3 1 0 Harold Reynolds 5 0 1 0
Carney Lansford 5 2 2 2 Greg Briley 4 1 1 1
Jose Canseco 5 0 3 5 Alvin Davis 2 1 1 0
Dave Parker 4 0 0 1 Jeffrey Leonard 4 0 2 0
Mark McGwire 4 1 0 0 Darnell Coles 4 2 2 2
Dave Henderson 5 1 2 0 Henry Cotto 4 0 1 1
Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0 Jim Presley 4 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 3 2 1 0 Dave Valle 4 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 5 1 2 2 Omar Vizquel 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 10 11 10 TOTALS 35 4 8 4
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 015 022 000 -- 10
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 010 003 000 -- 4
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 13, 1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 6.
ERR--Harold Reynolds, Omar Vizquel. 2B--Jose Canseco, Henry
Cotto, Jeffrey Leonard. HR--Greg Briley, Darnell Coles.
SACF--Dave Parker, Jose Canseco. SB--Dave Henderson, Carney
Lansford.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Welch BY [W] 7.00 7 4 4 1 6 2
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 1 0 0 1 2 0
Jim Corsi AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS
Clint Zavaras DYW [L] 2.67 7 6 6 7 0 0
Keith Comstock BXZ 2.33 3 2 2 1 2 0
Dennis Powell DY 1.00 1 2 2 2 1 0
Michael Jackson BXW 2.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Schooler BXZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
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