The A’s need some sweeps, but for the sixth time in the last seven series, they won two out of three. Facing Boston, they once again matched the real-life results. Dave Parker and Mark McGwire both hit their 20th home runs of the season (and McGwire hit two more in a come-from-behind win in the finale). After 140 games, Oakland remains three wins behind pace.
sim 82-58, actual 85-55
September 4 — sim W 8-1 — actual L 5-8
September 5 — sim L 0-4 — actual W 13-1
September 6 — sim W 4-3 — actual W 7-5
September 4: Mark McGwire, Dave Parker and Jose Canseco all homered to make things easy for Mike Moore. McGwire and Parker hit two-run blasts in the second and third innings, respectively, and Canseco had a solo shot in the sixth. Parker drove in four runs, as he also had a two-RBI double in the fourth. Moore tossed eight shutout innings for his 15th win and Boston only averted a shutout with a run in the ninth inning against the bullpen.
1989 BOSTON RED SOX (1) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (8)
1989 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Wade Boggs 3 0 1 0 Rickey Henderson 4 2 1 0
Marty Barrett 3 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 4 1 2 1
Ellis Burks 3 0 0 0 Jose Canseco 5 2 2 1
Mike Greenwell 3 1 0 0 Dave Parker 5 1 2 4
Nick Esasky 3 0 1 0 Terry Steinbach 4 1 0 0
Danny Heep 4 0 1 1 Mark McGwire 4 1 1 2
Dwight Evans 3 0 1 0 Dave Henderson 2 0 0 0
Jody Reed 4 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 3 0 0 0
Rick Cerone 4 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 2 0
TOTALS 30 1 4 1 TOTALS 35 8 10 8
1989 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 001 -- 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 023 201 00x -- 8
LOB--1989 BOSTON RED SOX 8, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9.
ERR--Ellis Burks, Jody Reed, Walt Weiss. 2B--Nick Esasky,
Wade Boggs, Dave Parker. HR--Dave Parker, Jose Canseco, Mark
McGwire. SB--Rickey Henderson.
1989 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Dopson CY [L] 3.67 6 7 6 4 1 2
Greg Harris BY 2.33 2 1 1 2 1 1
Bob Stanley DZ 2.00 2 0 0 0 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY [W] 8.00 1 0 0 5 6 0
Matt Young DYW 1.00 3 1 1 1 0 0
September 5: The A’s didn’t have any offense left for the middle contest and Roger Clemens threw another gem against Oakland. Tony Phillips and Dave Parker had singles in the third and fourth innings and that was it.
1989 BOSTON RED SOX (4) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0)
1989 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Wade Boggs 5 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 4 0 0 0
Marty Barrett 5 1 3 0 Carney Lansford 1 0 0 0
Ellis Burks 4 0 1 0 Mike Gallego 2 0 0 0
Mike Greenwell 3 1 0 0 Jose Canseco 3 0 0 0
Nick Esasky 4 0 2 1 Dave Parker 4 0 1 0
Dwight Evans 4 1 2 1 Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0
Luis Rivera 4 1 2 2 Mark McGwire 3 0 0 0
Carlos Quintana 4 0 2 0 Dave Henderson 3 0 0 0
Rick Cerone 4 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 3 0 1 0
Walt Weiss 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 4 12 4 TOTALS 29 0 2 0
1989 BOSTON RED SOX 021 010 000 -- 4
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 BOSTON RED SOX 7, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 4.
ERR--Mike Gallego. HR--Luis Rivera. SB--Ellis Burks.
1989 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Roger Clemens BX [W] 9.00 2 0 0 2 9 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Curt Young D [L] 4.33 10 4 4 1 1 1
Jim Corsi AYZ 2.67 2 0 0 0 1 0
Todd Burns AZ 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
September 6: It didn’t look good when Oakland fell behind 3-0 after 3 1/2 innings and didn’t yet have a hit. But Mark McGwire came to the rescue, as he hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and a two-run homer in the sixth to tie the contest. Then, in the bottom of the eighth, McGwire singled home Carney Lansford for the go-ahead run. Three perfect innings in relief gave Rick Honeycutt his ninth win and Dennis Eckersley his 26th save.
1989 BOSTON RED SOX (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4)
1989 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Wade Boggs 4 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 4 0 0 0
Marty Barrett 4 1 1 0 Carney Lansford 3 1 1 0
Ellis Burks 4 0 0 0 Dave Parker 4 1 1 0
Mike Greenwell 1 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 2 3 4
Kevin Romine 3 1 1 0 Ron Hassey 4 0 1 0
Nick Esasky 4 1 2 2 Dave Henderson 4 0 2 0
Danny Heep 3 0 0 0 Stan Javier 3 0 0 0
Dwight Evans 2 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 3 0 0 0
Luis Rivera 4 0 1 0 Lance Blankenship 2 0 0 0
Rich Gedman 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 3 5 2 TOTALS 31 4 8 4
1989 BOSTON RED SOX 100 200 000 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 102 01x -- 4
LOB--1989 BOSTON RED SOX 5, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6.
ERR--Wade Boggs, Stan Javier. 2B--Marty Barrett, Dave
Henderson. HR--Nick Esasky, Mark McGwire (2). SACB--Stan
Javier. SB--Dave Henderson, Carney Lansford.
1989 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Smithson DZ 6.00 4 3 3 1 2 2
Dennis Lamp AYZ [L] 2.00 4 1 1 1 0 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Bob Welch BY 6.00 5 3 2 3 6 1
Rick Honeycutt AYZ [W] 2.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
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