For yet another series, the A’s matched what happened in real life, as they took two out of three games at Chicago here. Dave Stewart won his team-best 15th game, Carney Lansford had three multi-hit games and Dennis Eckersley saved both victories. After 115 games, Oakland remains one win behind pace.
sim 68-47, actual 69-46
August 8 — sim W 6-5 — actual W 3-2
August 9 — sim L 1-4 — actual L 2-3
August 10 — sim W 2-0 — actual W 4-1
August 8: The A’s built a 6-0 lead after 5 1/2 innings, aided by a Terry Steinbach’s RBI single in the first and solo homer in the third, Rickey Henderson’s two-run double in the fourth and Carney Lansford’s RBI singles in the fourth and sixth. Chicago came storming back, getting two runs in the sixth and three in the bottom of the ninth. The White Sox put together five straight hits and had the tying run on third and the winning run on second with one out, but Dennis Eckersley finally got the last two outs.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (6) AT 1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (5)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 3 3 1 2 Dave Gallagher 3 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 2 2 Scott Fletcher 2 1 0 1
Dave Henderson 5 0 0 0 Ivan Calderon 4 1 1 0
Dave Parker 4 0 1 0 Greg Walker 4 1 1 1
Terry Steinbach 5 1 2 2 Carlton Fisk 4 0 1 1
Tony Phillips 5 0 1 0 Carlos Martinez 4 0 1 1
Stan Javier 5 0 0 0 Daryl Boston 4 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 4 1 1 0 Steve Lyons 3 1 1 0
Mike Gallego 4 1 2 0 Ozzie Guillen 3 1 1 1
TOTALS 39 6 10 6 TOTALS 31 5 6 5
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 101 301 000 -- 6
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 002 003 -- 5
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 10, 1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3.
ERR--Scott Fletcher, Ozzie Guillen. 2B--Rickey Henderson,
Ozzie Guillen. HR--Terry Steinbach. SACF--Scott Fletcher.
SB--Rickey Henderson.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 8.00 2 2 2 2 6 0
Matt Young DYW 0.33 2 3 3 1 0 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 0.67 2 0 0 0 1 0
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Melido Perez DX [L] 5.67 8 6 6 3 4 1
Donn Pall BYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Tom McCarthy CZ 2.33 1 0 0 1 2 0
August 9: The A’s put at least one baserunner on in every inning, but only scored on Mark McGwire’s solo home run in the fourth inning. They left 10 runners on base, four of them in scoring position. But Richard Dotson and Bobby Thigpen got the outs when they needed them.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1) AT 1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (4)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 4 0 3 0 Dave Gallagher 4 2 2 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 2 0 Scott Fletcher 3 2 2 0
Dave Henderson 4 0 1 0 Ivan Calderon 4 0 2 1
Dave Parker 4 0 0 0 Carlton Fisk 3 0 1 2
Terry Steinbach 1 0 1 0 Carlos Martinez 3 0 0 0
Ron Hassey 2 0 0 0 Eddie Williams 1 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 4 1 2 1 Steve Lyons 3 0 0 0
Jose Canseco 3 0 0 0 Daryl Boston 3 0 1 0
Tony Phillips 4 0 0 0 Ron Karkovice 3 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 4 0 1 0 Ozzie Guillen 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 34 1 10 1 TOTALS 30 4 9 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 001 000 -- 1
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 200 02x -- 4
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 10, 1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4.
2B--Walt Weiss, Rickey Henderson. HR--Mark McGwire.
HBP--Carney Lansford. SACF--Carlton Fisk.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Young D [L] 6.00 7 2 2 1 2 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 2 2 1 0 1 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Richard Dotson D [W] 7.00 8 1 1 2 3 1
Bobby Thigpen BY [S] 2.00 2 0 0 1 0 0
August 10: Storm Davis, Rick Honeycutt and Dennis Eckersley combined on a four-hit shutout. Davis got out of a bases-loaded jam with no one out in the second inning, and left runners on second and third in the sixth. Offensively, Tony Phillips tripled to lead off the third inning and scored on Mike Gallego’s single. Ron Hassey had an RBI single in the fourth inning.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (2) AT 1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (0)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 3 0 0 0 Dave Gallagher 4 0 1 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 2 0 Scott Fletcher 4 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 4 0 0 0 Ivan Calderon 4 0 1 0
Mark McGwire 2 1 0 0 Carlton Fisk 3 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 0 Steve Lyons 3 0 0 0
Stan Javier 4 0 0 0 Carlos Martinez 3 0 1 0
Ron Hassey 4 0 1 1 Lance Johnson 3 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 4 1 2 0 Ron Karkovice 3 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 4 0 1 1 Ozzie Guillen 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 33 2 7 2 TOTALS 30 0 4 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 001 100 000 -- 2
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7, 1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5.
2B--Terry Steinbach. 3B--Tony Phillips. SB--Ivan Calderon.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Storm Davis BY [W] 7.00 3 0 0 2 3 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Steve Rosenberg DY [L] 7.00 5 2 2 2 6 0
Donn Pall BYZ 2.00 2 0 0 1 0 0
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