The A’s opened up September by taking two of three against the Brewers, matching their real-life results once again. They needed a sweep but couldn’t score in the middle contest. There weren’t many hits or runs in this series. Bob Welch and Storm Davis both earned their 14th victory. After 137 games, Oakland remains three wins behind pace.
sim 80-57, actual 83-54
September 1 — sim W 3-0 — actual L 5-6
September 2 — sim L 0-1 — actual W 7-2
September 3 — sim W 4-2 — actual W 5-0
September 1: The A’s managed only two hits, and they came on consecutive at-bats in the fourth inning. After Rickey Henderson led off with a walk, Carney Lansford singled, and Jose Canseco followed with a three-run homer. Those turned out to be the only runs of the game. Bob Welch repeatedly pitched out of trouble, but gave way to the bullpen after the Brewers loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh. Rick Honeycutt got the third out, and the A’s held on.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3) AT 1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS (0)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 MILWAUKEE BREWE AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 3 1 0 0 Bill Spiers 4 0 1 0
Carney Lansford 4 1 1 0 BJ Surhoff 5 0 0 0
Jose Canseco 4 1 1 3 Paul Molitor 2 0 0 0
Dave Parker 4 0 0 0 Robin Yount 4 0 0 0
Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0 Greg Brock 4 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 3 0 0 0 Glenn Braggs 4 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 4 0 0 0 Rob Deer 3 0 1 0
Walt Weiss 2 0 0 0 Greg Vaughn 4 0 2 0
Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0 Eddie Romero 4 0 2 0
TOTALS 31 3 2 3 TOTALS 34 0 6 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 300 000 -- 3
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 4, 1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS 11.
ERR--Bob Welch BY, Chris Bosio BYZ, Eddie Romero. 2B--Eddie
Romero. HR--Jose Canseco.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Welch BY [W] 6.67 6 0 0 3 5 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Burns AZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS
Chris Bosio BYZ [L] 8.00 2 3 3 2 4 1
Chuck Crim BZ 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
September 2: The A’s doubled their hit total in the next contest, but couldn’t bring anyone home. Oakland loaded the bases in the first inning and had runners on first and third in the fourth, but couldn’t push a run across. Tom Filer and Dan Plesac retired the final 13 Oakland batters. Dave Stewart was excellent and made just one bad pitch, which resulted in a solo homer by B.J. Surhoff in the sixth inning for the game’s only run.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0) AT 1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS (1)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 MILWAUKEE BREWE AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 4 0 1 0 Bill Spiers 4 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 0 0 BJ Surhoff 4 1 2 1
Jose Canseco 4 0 1 0 Paul Molitor 3 0 0 0
Dave Parker 3 0 1 0 Robin Yount 2 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0 Greg Brock 2 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 3 0 1 0 Glenn Braggs 3 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 3 0 0 0 Rob Deer 3 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 3 0 0 0 Greg Vaughn 3 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0 Eddie Romero 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 30 0 4 0 TOTALS 27 1 3 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 000 -- 0
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS 000 001 00x -- 1
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 5, 1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS 4.
2B--Jose Canseco. HR--BJ Surhoff.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stewart BYZ [L] 8.00 3 1 1 2 6 1
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS
Tom Filer CR [W] 8.00 4 0 0 2 6 0
Dan Plesac AXZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
September 3: The A’s got off to a good start, as Carney Lansford had an RBI single and Jose Canseco followed with a two-run homer in the top of the first. Tony Phillips’ sacrifice fly made it 4-0 in the fourth inning. The Brewers cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the fourth, but that was it. Three of Milwaukee’s four hits came in that inning.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4) AT 1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS (2)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 MILWAUKEE BREWE AB R H BI
Lance Blankenship 5 1 1 0 Bill Spiers 4 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 5 1 1 1 Eddie Romero 3 0 0 0
Jose Canseco 4 1 1 2 Paul Molitor 4 1 1 0
Dave Parker 4 0 1 0 Robin Yount 3 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 4 1 2 0 Greg Brock 3 1 1 1
Mark McGwire 4 0 1 0 Glenn Braggs 3 0 1 1
Tony Phillips 3 0 0 1 Rob Deer 4 0 1 0
Stan Javier 4 0 0 0 Charlie OBrien 3 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 4 0 1 0 Gus Polidor 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 4 8 4 TOTALS 30 2 4 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 300 100 000 -- 4
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS 000 200 000 -- 2
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7, 1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS 5.
ERR--Eddie Romero, Rob Deer, Gus Polidor, Jaime Navarro CZ.
2B--Mark McGwire, Paul Molitor. 3B--Glenn Braggs. HR--Jose
Canseco. SACF--Tony Phillips. SB--Lance Blankenship.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Storm Davis BY [W] 6.00 3 2 2 2 1 0
Gene Nelson BX 2.00 1 0 0 2 2 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS
Jaime Navarro CZ [L] 6.00 7 4 4 0 4 1
Tony Fossas CYZ 3.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
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