The A’s began a road trip with a single game at Detroit, making up a game that wasn’t played in July. Oakland blew a big lead, but managed to pull off a one-run win with Rickey Henderson leading the way. After 125 games, the A’s are still three victories behind pace.
sim 73-52, actual 76-49
August 21 — sim W 6-5 –actual W 6-1
August 21: Rickey Henderson led off the fourth, sixth and eighth innings with a hit. The A’s scored runs in each of those frames to take a 5-0 lead, with Terry Steinbach driving in three of them and Jose Canseco knocking in the other two. Curt Young was fabulous for seven innings, but he and the bullpen faltered in the bottom of the eighth as the Tigers tied it up. In the top of the ninth, Billy Beane led off with a single and later scored on Henderson’s fourth hit of the game to put Oakland back in front. Dennis Eckersley finished it off for the save.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (6) AT 1989 DETROIT TIGERS (5)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 5 2 4 1 Gary Pettis 4 1 2 1
Carney Lansford 5 1 2 0 Alan Trammell 4 0 0 0
Jose Canseco 4 2 1 2 Chet Lemon 4 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 2 3 Gary Ward 3 0 2 2
Dave Henderson 4 0 0 0 Rick Schu 4 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 3 0 0 0 Mike Heath 3 1 1 0
Billy Beane 4 1 2 0 Kenny Williams 4 1 1 0
Tony Phillips 3 0 0 0 Dave Bergman 4 1 0 0
Walt Weiss 4 0 0 0 Mike Brumley 4 1 1 1
TOTALS 36 6 11 6 TOTALS 34 5 7 4
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 102 021 -- 6
1989 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 050 -- 5
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6, 1989 DETROIT TIGERS 4.
ERR--Tony Phillips, Gary Ward. 2B--Rickey Henderson, Mike
Heath. SACF--Jose Canseco. SACB--Tony Phillips. SB--Rickey
Henderson, Gary Pettis.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Young D 7.00 5 4 2 1 6 0
Todd Burns AZ 0.67 2 1 1 0 1 0
Gene Nelson BX [W] 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
1989 DETROIT TIGERS
Frank Tanana CYZ 7.00 5 3 3 1 6 0
Mike Henneman CX [L] 2.00 6 3 3 0 0 0
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 