A two-game series against Milwaukee went the same way as real life, keeping the replay A’s at 25 games over .500. After 145 games, Oakland remains three wins behind pace. The A’s must go 14-3 the rest of the way to get to 99 wins.
sim 85-60, actual 88-57
September 12 — sim L 3-4 — actual 6-7
September 13 — sim W 8-2 — actual 7-6
September 12: Milwaukee took a 4-0 lead in the top of the sixth after B.J. Surhoff’s two-run single. Oakland’s offense finally got going in the bottom of the sixth thanks for the Brewer defense, as two runs scored on an error. Dave Henderson singled and scored on Rickey Henderson’s sacrifice fly in the seventh to make it 4-3. But Brewer pitchers retired the final nine Oakland batters. The A’s scored their three runs on only two hits.
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS (4) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3)
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWE AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Mike Felder 5 0 2 0 Rickey Henderson 0 1 0 1
Bill Spiers 5 1 1 0 Carney Lansford 4 1 1 0
Paul Molitor 4 1 1 0 Jose Canseco 4 0 0 0
Robin Yount 3 1 2 1 Dave Parker 4 0 0 0
Greg Brock 3 1 0 1 Ron Hassey 3 0 0 0
Glenn Braggs 4 0 1 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0
BJ Surhoff 4 0 2 2 Dave Henderson 4 1 1 0
Greg Vaughn 4 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 3 0 0 0
Charlie OBrien 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 4 9 4 TOTALS 29 3 2 1
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS 000 103 000 -- 4
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 002 100 -- 3
LOB--1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS 7, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 5.
ERR--Robin Yount, Bill Spiers. 2B--Robin Yount, Mike Felder.
3B--Robin Yount. SACF--Robin Yount, Rickey Henderson.
SB--Rickey Henderson (2).
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Chris Bosio BYZ [W] 6.33 2 3 1 5 8 0
Tony Fossas CYZ 0.67 0 0 0 0 1 0
Chuck Crim BZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Plesac AXZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Bob Welch BY [L] 5.67 7 4 4 1 4 0
Todd Burns AZ 1.33 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 2.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
September 13: Oakland took a 2-0 lead in the third on Dave Parker’s two-run homer, but Milwaukee’s Rob Deer did the same in the fourth to tie it. That was it for the Brewers, however, and the A’s would score repeatedly the rest of the way. Carney Lansford regained the lead for Oakland with a two-RBI single in the fourth, Mark McGwire hit a solo homer in the fifth, Lansford drove in another run with a single in the sixth, and Jose Canseco hit a two-run shot in the eighth. Dave Stewart improved to 18-8 with another good performance.
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS (2) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (8)
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWE AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Mike Felder 5 0 1 0 Rickey Henderson 3 2 1 0
Bill Spiers 4 0 2 0 Carney Lansford 5 1 3 3
Paul Molitor 3 1 1 0 Jose Canseco 4 2 2 2
Robin Yount 4 0 0 0 Dave Parker 5 1 1 2
Greg Brock 4 0 1 0 Dave Henderson 5 0 1 0
Rob Deer 4 1 1 2 Terry Steinbach 4 0 2 0
BJ Surhoff 4 0 1 0 Mark McGwire 4 1 1 1
Greg Vaughn 4 0 1 0 Tony Phillips 3 1 1 0
Joey Meyer 4 0 1 0 Walt Weiss 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 2 9 2 TOTALS 37 8 12 8
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS 000 200 000 -- 2
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 002 211 02x -- 8
LOB--1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS 8, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 12.
ERR--Bill Spiers. 2B--Paul Molitor, Tony Phillips, Dave
Henderson. HR--Rob Deer, Dave Parker, Jose Canseco, Mark
McGwire. SB--Greg Vaughn, Rickey Henderson (3).
1989 MILWAUKEE BREWERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Filer CR [L] 5.00 6 5 5 5 6 2
Bill Krueger CXZ 2.00 3 1 1 1 4 0
Chuck Crim BZ 1.00 3 2 2 1 0 1
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 7.00 6 2 2 1 5 1
Curt Young D 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
Matt Young DYW 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
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