The A’s were on the verge of a much-needed sweep, winning the first two home games against the Yankees and taking an early 3-0 lead in the finale. But Oakland’s pitching fell apart and New York salvaged the last game. So once again, the A’s won two of three, just as they did in real life. After 143 games, Oakland remains three wins behind pace.
sim 84-59, actual 87-56
September 8 — sim W 8-3 — actual L 1-5
September 9 — sim W 4-3 — actual W 7-0
September 10 — sim L 3-12 — actual W 6-2
September 8: The first three A’s singled in the bottom of the first, and Dave Parker cleared the bases with a double. Dave Henderson also had an RBI double in the inning to make it 4-0. In the fourth, Carney Lansford hit a two-run homer (his first of the season), followed by a Jose Canseco solo shot, to make it 7-0. New York finally got on the board with three in the seventh, though the A’s got one back on a Walt Weiss RBI single in the bottom of the seventh. Dave Stewart improved to 17-8.
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (8)
1989 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Steve Sax 3 0 1 1 Rickey Henderson 2 2 1 0
Alvaro Espinoza 4 0 1 0 Carney Lansford 4 2 2 2
Don Mattingly 3 0 0 0 Jose Canseco 4 2 1 1
Mel Hall 4 0 2 0 Dave Parker 4 1 1 3
Steve Balboni 4 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 0 0
Jesse Barfield 3 1 1 0 Mark McGwire 4 1 2 0
Luis Polonia 4 1 1 0 Dave Henderson 4 0 3 1
Don Slaught 3 0 0 1 Tony Phillips 4 0 1 0
Randy Velarde 3 1 1 1 Walt Weiss 4 0 1 1
TOTALS 31 3 7 3 TOTALS 34 8 12 8
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 000 300 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 400 300 10x -- 8
LOB--1989 NEW YORK YANKEES 5, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8.
ERR--Jesse Barfield. 2B--Alvaro Espinoza, Dave Parker, Dave
Henderson. 3B--Randy Velarde. HR--Jose Canseco, Carney
Lansford. SACF--Don Slaught. SB--Luis Polonia, Carney
Lansford, Rickey Henderson.
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Andy Hawkins C [L] 3.00 8 6 6 4 3 1
Dale Mohorcic DZ 4.00 4 2 2 2 2 1
Lance McCullers DX 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 7.00 6 3 3 3 3 0
Matt Young DYW 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
September 9: The A’s scored twice on an error in the second inning, and Mike Gallego and Rickey Henderson had RBI singles in the fifth inning to make it 4-1. The Yankees got three solo homers, two by Mel Hall in the fourth and sixth, and one by Don Mattingly in the ninth, but Oakland held on for the one-run win.
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4)
1989 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Steve Sax 4 0 0 0 Rickey Henderson 5 0 3 1
Alvaro Espinoza 4 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 5 0 0 0
Don Mattingly 4 1 2 1 Jose Canseco 5 0 1 0
Mel Hall 4 2 2 2 Dave Parker 4 0 2 0
Steve Balboni 4 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 2 0
Jesse Barfield 3 0 1 0 Mark McGwire 3 1 0 0
Roberto Kelly 2 0 0 0 Dave Henderson 4 2 2 0
Bob Geren 3 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 3 1 1 0
Randy Velarde 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 2 1
TOTALS 31 3 5 3 TOTALS 37 4 13 2
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 101 001 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 020 020 00x -- 4
LOB--1989 NEW YORK YANKEES 3, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 11.
ERR--Clay Parker DZ, Randy Velarde, Tony Phillips. 2B--Jesse
Barfield, Dave Parker, Terry Steinbach. HR--Mel Hall (2),
Don Mattingly. HBP--Tony Phillips.
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Clay Parker DZ [L] 6.00 12 4 2 1 4 0
Goose Gossage BY 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY [W] 7.00 4 2 2 2 2 2
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 1 1 1 0 2 1
September 10: The A’s scored single runs in the first, second and fourth innings to take a 3-0 lead. Tony Phillips and Rickey Henderson had RBI singles. But from the end of the fourth until the eighth, Yankee pitchers retired 12 straight batters and the A’s wouldn’t score again. Meanwhile, the Yankees scored five times in the fifth to take the lead, then added seven more in the eighth and ninth.
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES (12) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3)
1989 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Steve Sax 5 2 3 1 Rickey Henderson 5 1 2 1
Alvaro Espinoza 5 1 3 3 Carney Lansford 3 0 0 0
Don Mattingly 5 2 1 1 Jose Canseco 4 0 0 0
Mel Hall 4 1 0 0 Dave Parker 4 0 1 0
Steve Balboni 4 0 0 1 Dave Henderson 3 0 0 0
Jesse Barfield 4 2 1 0 Ron Hassey 4 2 1 0
Roberto Kelly 4 2 2 4 Terry Steinbach 4 0 3 0
Bob Geren 4 1 2 2 Tony Phillips 4 0 1 1
Randy Velarde 5 1 1 0 Walt Weiss 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 12 13 12 TOTALS 34 3 8 2
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 050 025 -- 12
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 110 100 000 -- 3
LOB--1989 NEW YORK YANKEES 6, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7.
ERR--Alvaro Espinoza, Mel Hall, Storm Davis BY. 2B--Bob
Geren, Alvaro Espinoza, Don Mattingly, Rickey Henderson.
HR--Roberto Kelly. HBP--Bob Geren. SACF--Steve Balboni.
SB--Steve Sax.
1989 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Eric Plunk CXW [W] 7.00 7 3 1 2 5 0
Lee Guetterman AZ 2.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Storm Davis BY [L] 5.00 6 5 5 1 1 0
Gene Nelson BX 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Todd Burns AZ 1.00 1 2 2 1 0 1
Matt Young DYW 0.67 4 5 5 1 0 0
Jim Corsi AYZ 0.33 1 0 0 0 0 0
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