The A’s bounced back from their sweep in Anaheim to take two of three at home against the Indians, just as they did in real life. The pitching was excellent, giving up only three runs in three games, but the hitting disappeared in the middle game after a huge game one performance. After 121 games, the A’s are still three wins behind pace.
sim 70-51, actual 73-48
August 15 — sim W 12-0 — actual W 5-2
August 16 — sim L 0-1 — actual L 3-6
August 17 — sim W 3-2 — actual W 1-0
August 15: Oakland got all of its runs early in this wipeout, batting around in both the first and third innings. Jose Canseco hit two homers, a two-run shot in the first and a three-run blast in the third. Walt Weiss had a two-RBI single in the first inning, and Ron Hassey added a two-run double in the third. Storm Davis pitched eight shutout innings to improve to 12-5.
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS (0) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (12)
1989 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Jerry Browne 4 0 1 0 Rickey Henderson 5 2 2 1
Brook Jacoby 4 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 5 1 4 1
Dion James 4 0 1 0 Jose Canseco 4 2 2 5
Joe Carter 4 0 1 0 Dave Parker 5 1 2 0
Pete OBrien 2 0 1 0 Mark McGwire 5 2 3 0
Cory Snyder 4 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 5 1 2 1
Albert Belle 2 0 0 0 Ron Hassey 5 2 1 2
Joel Skinner 4 0 1 0 Tony Phillips 2 1 0 0
Felix Fermin 4 0 1 0 Walt Weiss 4 0 1 2
TOTALS 32 0 6 0 TOTALS 40 12 17 12
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 000 -- 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 507 000 00x -- 12
LOB--1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 9, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7.
ERR--Jerry Browne. 2B--Ron Hassey, Rickey Henderson.
HR--Jose Canseco (2). HBP--Jose Canseco.
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rod Nichols DY [L] 2.00 10 8 8 1 2 1
Steve Olin DY 0.33 3 4 4 1 0 1
Scott Bailes DZ 5.67 4 0 0 0 3 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Storm Davis BY [W] 8.00 5 0 0 3 7 0
Curt Young D 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
August 16: The A’s used up all of their offense the day before and couldn’t solve Bud Black. Oakland put runners on base in every inning but two, and loaded the bases in the third, but couldn’t bring a run home. Mike Moore was his typical dominant self, not allowing a hit until the seventh inning. But in the top of the ninth, Brook Jacoby walked and scored from first base on Joe Carter’s two-out double to break the scoreless tie. The A’s went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the ninth.
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS (1) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0)
1989 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Jerry Browne 4 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 4 0 1 0
Brook Jacoby 3 1 0 0 Carney Lansford 3 0 0 0
Dion James 4 0 0 0 Jose Canseco 2 0 0 0
Joe Carter 3 0 2 1 Mark McGwire 4 0 1 0
Pete OBrien 3 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0
Cory Snyder 3 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 3 0 1 0
Albert Belle 3 0 0 0 Billy Beane 4 0 0 0
Andy Allanson 2 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 4 0 0 0
Felix Fermin 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 28 1 2 1 TOTALS 30 0 3 0
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 000 001 -- 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 4, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9.
2B--Joe Carter. SB--Rickey Henderson (2).
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bud Black BZ [W] 8.00 3 0 0 6 2 0
Doug Jones AXZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY [L] 9.00 2 1 1 4 5 0
August 17: The Indians jumped out to a 2-0 lead on Albert Belle’s second-inning home run. The A’s came back with single runs in the second, third and fourth innings to take the lead. Mike Gallego and Dave Parker had RBI singles in the second and third, respectively, while Walt Weiss led off the fourth with a solo home run. The A’s pitchers stranded Indians in scoring position in the sixth, eighth and ninth.
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS (2) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3)
1989 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Jerry Browne 3 0 2 0 Stan Javier 4 0 0 0
Brook Jacoby 3 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 4 1 3 0
Dion James 4 0 0 0 Jose Canseco 4 0 1 0
Joe Carter 3 0 1 0 Dave Parker 4 0 2 1
Pete OBrien 3 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 1 0 0
Cory Snyder 4 1 1 0 Dave Henderson 3 0 0 0
Albert Belle 4 1 1 2 Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0
Andy Allanson 3 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 4 1 2 1
Felix Fermin 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 2 1
TOTALS 30 2 5 2 TOTALS 35 3 10 3
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 020 000 000 -- 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 011 100 00x -- 3
LOB--1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS 5, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9.
ERR--John Farrell CYZ. 2B--Dave Parker, Walt Weiss, Carney
Lansford. HR--Albert Belle, Walt Weiss. SB--Walt Weiss.
1989 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Farrell CYZ [L] 6.00 8 3 2 1 3 1
Jesse Orosco AXYZ 2.00 2 0 0 0 3 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Bob Welch BY7.00 3 2 2 4 4 1
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
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