A missed opportunity in Kansas City, as the A’s won one of only three games, just as they did in real life. Oakland was shut out in both losses and overcame a 4-0 first-inning deficit against KC’s ace in the middle game to pick up one win. After 131 games, Oakland remains three wins behind pace.
sim 76-55, actual 79-52
August 25 — sim L 0-4 — actual L 1-3
August 26 — sim W 8-5 — actual L 0-2
August 27 — sim L 0-1 — actual W 6-0
August 25: The A’s managed just one hit off Mark Gubicza, a single by Dave Parker to lead off the second inning. He made his way to third base with two outs but no further. Only one other Oakland runner made it to second base. Kansas City got a first-inning run after Kevin Seitzer led off with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly. That was all Mike Moore would allow in his seven innings of work, but KC added three in the eighth, two on a Bo Jackson home run.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0) AT 1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS (4)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 KANSAS CITY ROY AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 3 0 0 0 Kevin Seitzer 4 1 1 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 0 0 Willie Wilson 3 0 1 1
Jose Canseco 4 0 0 0 George Brett 4 1 0 0
Dave Parker 4 0 1 0 Bo Jackson 4 1 2 2
Mark McGwire 3 0 0 0 Jim Eisenreich 4 1 2 0
Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0 Danny Tartabull 4 0 1 1
Lance Blankenship 3 0 0 0 Kurt Stillwell 4 0 0 0
Stan Javier 2 0 0 0 Frank White 3 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 3 0 0 0 Bob Boone 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 0 1 0 TOTALS 32 4 7 4
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 000 -- 0
1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 100 000 03x -- 4
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 4, 1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 6.
ERR--Walt Weiss, Gene Nelson BX, Kurt Stillwell. 2B--Jim
Eisenreich. 3B--Kevin Seitzer. HR--Bo Jackson. SACF--Willie
Wilson. SB--Rickey Henderson, Jim Eisenreich.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Moore AY [L] 7.00 4 1 1 1 6 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 3 3 0 0 1 1
1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Mark Gubicza BYZ [W] 9.00 1 0 0 2 6 0
August 26: Trailing 4-0 after the first inning and facing Kansas City ace Bret Saberhagen, it didn’t look good for the A’s. But somehow they lit up Saberhagen for eight runs in six innings, including two-run homers by Rickey Henderson and Dave Parker in the third and fifth innings, respectively, and a two-run single by Carney Lansford in the sixth. Oakland’s bullpen gave up no runs and two hits in the final 6+ innings.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (8) AT 1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS (5)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 KANSAS CITY ROY AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 5 2 2 2 Kevin Seitzer 5 0 2 0
Carney Lansford 5 0 3 2 Willie Wilson 4 1 1 0
Jose Canseco 5 1 2 1 George Brett 3 2 1 1
Dave Parker 5 1 1 2 Bo Jackson 4 1 0 0
Mark McGwire 5 1 0 0 Jim Eisenreich 2 0 0 1
Terry Steinbach 4 0 2 1 Danny Tartabull 4 1 1 1
Lance Blankenship 3 0 0 0 Kurt Stillwell 4 0 1 2
Walt Weiss 3 2 1 0 Frank White 4 0 1 0
Stan Javier 4 1 1 0 Bob Boone 4 0 1 0
TOTALS 39 8 12 8 TOTALS 34 5 8 5
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 002 132 000 -- 8
1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 401 000 000 -- 5
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6, 1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 5.
ERR--Walt Weiss, Bret Saberhagen AYZ. 2B--Terry Steinbach,
Jose Canseco (2), Carney Lansford, Kurt Stillwell. HR--Dave
Parker, Rickey Henderson, George Brett. SACF--Jim
Eisenreich. SACB--Lance Blankenship. SB--Carney Lansford,
Stan Javier.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Young D 2.00 6 5 5 1 0 1
Todd Burns AZ [W] 3.00 2 0 0 0 2 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Young DYW 1.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Bret Saberhagen AYZ [L] 5.67 10 8 7 1 4 2
Tom Gordon BXW 2.33 1 0 0 0 2 0
Jeff Montgomery ACXY 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
August 27: Oakland’s offense once again let the team down, as Tom Gordon scattered five hits. Bo Jackson’s second home run of the series came in the seventh inning and was the game’s only run. The A’s put runners into scoring position in five innings, including the ninth when Stan Javier hit a two-out triple. But KC closer Jeff Montgomery came in to get the final out.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0) AT 1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS (1)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 KANSAS CITY ROY AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 4 0 1 0 Kevin Seitzer 3 0 0 0
Dave Parker 4 0 2 0 Willie Wilson 3 0 0 0
Jose Canseco 1 0 0 0 George Brett 3 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 2 0 0 0 Bo Jackson 3 1 1 1
Mark McGwire 3 0 1 0 Jim Eisenreich 3 0 0 0
Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0 Danny Tartabull 2 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 4 0 0 0 Kurt Stillwell 3 0 0 0
Lance Blankenship 4 0 0 0 Frank White 3 0 1 0
Stan Javier 3 0 2 0 Bob Boone 3 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 0 6 0 TOTALS 26 1 2 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 000 -- 0
1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 000 000 10x -- 1
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9, 1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS 2.
2B--Dave Parker, Rickey Henderson, Frank White. 3B--Stan
Javier. HR--Bo Jackson.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Welch BY [L] 8.00 2 1 1 1 4 1
1989 KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tom Gordon BXW [W] 8.67 6 0 0 3 5 0
Jeff Montgomery ACXY [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
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