It was a disastrous trip to Anaheim, as the A’s couldn’t do much of anything and were swept by the Angels. It was the first time Oakland had been swept in at least a three-game series since early April (also against the Angels). Oakland hadn’t lost a series since early June, and hadn’t lost three in a row since early May. Worse yet, the real-life A’s won two of three, putting the replay Athletics further behind. The A’s had their three best pitchers going but all three suffered the loss. After 118 games, Oakland is now three wins behind pace.
sim 68-50, actual 71-47
August 11 — sim L 1-2 — actual W 5-0
August 12 — sim L 3-9 — actual W 8-3
August 13 — sim L 0-5 — actual L 3-4
August 11: The Angels scored first on a Devon White RBI single in the first inning, though the A’s tied it in the fourth on a Dave Henderson solo homer. It stayed 1-1 until late, when Claudell Washington hit a two-out home run in the bottom of the eighth to put the Angels ahead for good. Oakland left eight runners on base, half of them in scoring position, including in both the eighth and ninth innings.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1) AT 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (2)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 3 0 0 0 Claudell Washington 4 2 2 1
Carney Lansford 4 0 1 0 Johnny Ray 4 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 4 1 1 1 Devon White 3 0 2 1
Dave Parker 4 0 2 0 Wally Joyner 3 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 3 0 0 0 Tony Armas 3 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 4 0 1 0 Chili Davis 3 0 1 0
Stan Javier 4 0 1 0 Jack Howell 3 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0 Lance Parrish 3 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 4 0 0 0 Kent Anderson 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 1 6 1 TOTALS 28 2 5 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 100 000 -- 1
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 100 000 01x -- 2
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8, 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 3.
ERR--Johnny Ray. 2B--Chili Davis, Claudell Washington.
HR--Dave Henderson, Claudell Washington. SB--Rickey
Henderson, Stan Javier, Devon White.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Moore AY [L] 8.00 5 2 2 1 6 1
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS
Mike Witt DYZ 7.00 5 1 1 2 7 1
Willie Fraser BZ [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bryan Harvey BXYW [S] 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
August 12: It was 6-0 Angels before the A’s got their first hit in the fourth inning. Tony Armas and Jack Howell had two-run singles in a four-run third, and Armas later added a two-run homer in the sixth inning. Carney Lansford put the A’s on the board in the fifth inning with a two-run triple.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3) AT 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (9)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 5 1 2 1 Claudell Washington 4 0 1 1
Carney Lansford 5 0 1 2 Johnny Ray 5 1 2 0
Dave Henderson 3 0 1 0 Devon White 5 1 1 0
Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0 Wally Joyner 3 2 0 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 0 Tony Armas 4 2 2 4
Dave Parker 4 0 0 0 Chili Davis 4 2 2 1
Tony Phillips 2 1 1 0 Lance Parrish 3 1 1 0
Ron Hassey 4 0 2 0 Jack Howell 4 0 2 2
Mike Gallego 4 1 2 0 Kent Anderson 2 0 0 1
TOTALS 35 3 10 3 TOTALS 34 9 11 9
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 020 100 -- 3
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 024 012 00x -- 9
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8, 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 6.
ERR--Todd Burns AZ. 2B--Ron Hassey, Devon White. 3B--Carney
Lansford. HR--Chili Davis, Tony Armas. SACF--Kent Anderson.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Welch BY [L] 2.33 8 6 6 3 2 0
Todd Burns AZ 4.67 3 3 1 1 2 2
Matt Young DYW 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS
Jim Abbott CY [W] 6.33 9 3 3 2 10 0
Greg Minton A 1.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Petry D 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
August 13: Bert Blyleven shut out the A’s, who managed only four hits. Oakland baserunners made it to third just once and second base on two other occasions. Lance Parrish hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0) AT 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (5)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 4 0 1 0 Claudell Washington 4 1 1 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 1 0 Devon White 4 2 3 1
Dave Parker 4 0 1 0 Johnny Ray 4 0 2 2
Ron Hassey 3 0 0 0 Wally Joyner 4 0 1 0
Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0 Chili Davis 3 1 1 0
Tony Phillips 3 0 0 0 Lance Parrish 4 1 1 2
Stan Javier 3 0 1 0 Tony Armas 4 0 1 0
Walt Weiss 3 0 0 0 Jack Howell 4 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 2 0 0 0 Kent Anderson 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 30 0 4 0 TOTALS 34 5 11 5
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 000 -- 0
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 201 002 00x -- 5
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6, 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 6.
ERR--Kent Anderson. 2B--Dave Parker, Rickey Henderson, Devon
White, Chili Davis, Wally Joyner. 3B--Kent Anderson.
HR--Lance Parrish. SB--Carney Lansford, Devon White.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stewart BYZ [L] 5.00 9 5 5 1 2 1
Jim Corsi AYZ 2.00 2 0 0 0 2 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS
Bert Blyleven BYZ [W] 9.00 4 0 0 3 5 0
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