The A’s closed out August with another series that matched the real-life result, as they took two out of three games on the road against the Yankees. Oakland went 17-12 in the month of August. After 134 games, the A’s remain three wins behind pace.
sim 78-56, actual 81-53
August 28 — sim L 2-8 — actual W 7-3
August 29 — sim W 3-2 — actual W 19-5
August 30 — sim W 7-0 — actual L 5-8
August 28: The Yankees battered Dave Stewart, putting up six runs in 5+ innings. It was 8-0 and heading toward another shutout loss when the A’s finally got two in the top of the ninth thanks to an RBI single by Mark McGwire and a sacrifice fly by Walt Weiss.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (2) AT 1989 NEW YORK YANKEES (8)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 5 0 1 0 Steve Sax 5 2 2 1
Carney Lansford 4 0 2 0 Alvaro Espinoza 5 0 1 1
Jose Canseco 4 0 0 0 Don Mattingly 4 1 2 1
Dave Parker 4 1 1 0 Mel Hall 3 1 0 0
Ron Hassey 4 1 2 0 Jesse Barfield 4 2 3 2
Mark McGwire 2 0 1 1 Ken Phelps 4 1 1 1
Dave Henderson 4 0 1 0 Don Slaught 4 1 2 2
Tony Phillips 4 0 2 0 Roberto Kelly 3 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 3 0 0 1 Wayne Tolleson 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 2 10 2 TOTALS 35 8 11 8
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 002 -- 2
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES 001 023 20x -- 8
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8, 1989 NEW YORK YANKEES 6.
ERR--Gene Nelson BX. 2B--Dave Parker, Steve Sax, Don Slaught
(2). HR--Jesse Barfield. SACF--Walt Weiss. SB--Steve Sax.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stewart BYZ [L] 5.00 10 6 6 1 3 0
Gene Nelson BX 2.00 1 2 0 0 1 1
Matt Young DYW 1.00 0 0 0 2 0 0
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES
Andy Hawkins C [W] 8.00 10 2 2 2 2 0
Clay Parker DZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
August 29: The A’s overcame a couple of one-run deficits. Carney Lansford’s RBI single tied it at one in the sixth, and Dave Parker’s solo homer tied it at two in the seventh. Oakland then got the go-ahead run in the eighth as Tony Phillips led off with a walk and later scored on Rickey Henderson’s single. The A’s bullpen had to keep pitching out of trouble to save the one-run win.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3) AT 1989 NEW YORK YANKEES (2)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 4 0 1 1 Steve Sax 4 1 0 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 1 1 Alvaro Espinoza 4 0 0 0
Jose Canseco 4 0 0 0 Don Mattingly 4 1 2 1
Mark McGwire 4 0 1 0 Mel Hall 3 0 1 1
Dave Henderson 4 0 0 0 Jesse Barfield 4 0 1 0
Dave Parker 4 1 1 1 Ken Phelps 4 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 0 0 Bob Geren 4 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 2 1 1 0 Roberto Kelly 3 0 2 0
Mike Gallego 2 1 1 0 Randy Velarde 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 3 6 3 TOTALS 33 2 6 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 001 110 -- 3
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES 100 001 000 -- 2
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 4, 1989 NEW YORK YANKEES 8.
ERR--Jose Canseco, Rick Honeycutt AYZ, Mike Gallego, Chuck
Cary CXZ. 2B--Carney Lansford, Roberto Kelly. HR--Dave
Parker, Don Mattingly. HBP--Randy Velarde. SACF--Mel Hall.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Storm Davis BY 6.00 5 2 2 1 10 1
Todd Burns AZ [W] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES
Chuck Cary CXZ [L] 7.00 5 3 3 2 4 1
Goose Gossage BY 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
August 30: Mike Moore was his usual dominant self and finally got some run support. He tossed a one-hit shutout for his 14th win, giving up just a fifth-inning single to Jesse Barfield. The Yankees didn’t get a runner into scoring position until the ninth inning. Oakland lit up former teammates Eric Plunk and Greg Cadaret. Carney Lansford and Dave Henderson got things off to a good start with RBI singles in the first inning. Lansford had a bases-loaded walk in the fourth. Walt Weiss drove in two with a double in the fifth. Terry Steinbach and Tony Phillips had back-to-back RBI singles in the seventh.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (7) AT 1989 NEW YORK YANKEES (0)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 4 1 2 0 Steve Sax 2 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 4 1 1 2 Alvaro Espinoza 4 0 0 0
Jose Canseco 5 0 0 0 Don Mattingly 4 0 0 0
Dave Parker 4 0 0 0 Mel Hall 3 0 0 0
Ron Hassey 3 2 1 0 Jesse Barfield 3 0 1 0
Dave Henderson 4 2 2 1 Steve Balboni 3 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 5 0 1 1 Bob Geren 3 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 5 1 3 1 Roberto Kelly 3 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 5 0 2 2 Randy Velarde 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 7 12 7 TOTALS 28 0 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 200 120 200 -- 7
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 11, 1989 NEW YORK YANKEES 3.
ERR--Tony Phillips, Alvaro Espinoza. 2B--Walt Weiss.
SB--Rickey Henderson.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Moore AY [W] 9.00 1 0 0 2 1 0
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES
Eric Plunk CXW [L] 5.00 8 5 3 5 5 0
Lance McCullers DX 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Cadaret DY 0.00 4 2 2 0 0 0
Lee Guetterman AZ 3.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
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