Oakland took two of three at Boston, a huge result considering the real-life A’s were swept. It could have been a much-needed sweep for Oakland but for an extra-innings defeat in the finale. After 148 games, the A’s are now just one win behind pace. But, Oakland will have to go 12-2 in the final 14 games to get to 99 wins.
sim 87-61, actual 88-60
September 15 — sim W 2-0 — actual L 2-5
September 16 — sim W 6-4 — actual L 2-7
September 17 — sim L 4-5 (15 inn.) — actual L 6-7
September 15: After being mostly shut down by Roger Clemens the last two times out, Mike Moore did what he needed to prevent the Red Sox ace from getting another win over the A’s. Moore tossed eight shutout innings and gave up only three hits. Oakland got back-to-back doubles from Dave Henderson and Mark McGwire for the first run in the fifth inning, and Dave Parker added an RBI double in the ninth.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (2) AT 1989 BOSTON RED SOX (0)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 4 0 0 0 Wade Boggs 2 0 1 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 0 0 Marty Barrett 4 0 0 0
Jose Canseco 4 1 1 0 Dwight Evans 4 0 0 0
Dave Parker 4 0 1 1 Mike Greenwell 3 0 1 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 0 0 Nick Esasky 3 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 3 1 1 0 Danny Heep 4 0 1 0
Mark McGwire 3 0 1 1 Jody Reed 3 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 3 0 1 0 Randy Kutcher 3 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 3 0 1 0 Rick Cerone 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 32 2 6 2 TOTALS 29 0 4 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 010 001 -- 2
1989 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 3, 1989 BOSTON RED SOX 7.
2B--Dave Parker, Dave Henderson, Mark McGwire.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Moore AY [W] 8.00 3 0 0 5 4 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1989 BOSTON RED SOX
Roger Clemens BX [L] 9.00 6 2 2 0 7 0
September 16: After the Red Sox took a 1-0 lead, the A’s exploded for all six of their runs in the fifth inning. After three walks loaded the bases, Rickey Henderson had a two-run single, Carney Lansford had an RBI single and Dave Parker slammed a three-run homer. Boston closed the gap to 6-4 in the ninth but Dennis Eckersley came in and got his second straight save.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (6) AT 1989 BOSTON RED SOX (4)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 5 1 1 2 Wade Boggs 3 1 1 1
Carney Lansford 4 1 1 1 Jody Reed 5 0 1 0
Jose Canseco 4 0 0 0 Dwight Evans 3 0 0 1
Dave Parker 4 1 2 3 Mike Greenwell 3 1 1 0
Dave Henderson 4 0 0 0 Nick Esasky 4 0 0 0
Ron Hassey 3 1 1 0 Danny Heep 4 0 1 1
Mark McGwire 3 1 0 0 Luis Rivera 3 1 1 0
Tony Phillips 2 0 0 0 Kevin Romine 4 1 2 0
Mike Gallego 3 1 1 0 Rick Cerone 3 0 1 1
TOTALS 32 6 6 6 TOTALS 32 4 8 4
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 060 000 -- 6
1989 BOSTON RED SOX 010 010 002 -- 4
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 4, 1989 BOSTON RED SOX 8.
ERR--Tony Phillips. 2B--Wade Boggs, Mike Greenwell, Kevin
Romine. HR--Dave Parker. SACF--Rick Cerone, Dwight Evans,
Wade Boggs. SACB--Tony Phillips.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Storm Davis BY [W] 6.00 4 2 2 3 3 0
Todd Burns AZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Corsi AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Gene Nelson BX 0.67 2 2 2 0 0 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 0.33 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BOSTON RED SOX
John Dopson CY [L] 4.67 4 6 6 4 3 1
Dennis Lamp AYZ 2.33 0 0 0 0 1 0
Greg Harris BY 2.00 2 0 0 0 2 0
September 17: Three times, Oakland took the lead. Three times, Boston tied it up. The game went to extra innings, and kept going and going until the 15th. With one out, Boston’s Jody Reed doubled, and Kevin Romine had a walk-off single. Oakland didn’t score in nine innings against Boston’s relievers.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4) AT 1989 BOSTON RED SOX (5)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Rickey Henderson 7 1 1 0 Wade Boggs 4 2 3 0
Carney Lansford 7 1 3 0 Marty Barrett 5 1 0 0
Jose Canseco 6 0 2 1 Dwight Evans 4 0 1 1
Dave Parker 7 0 1 1 Mike Greenwell 7 0 4 1
Dave Henderson 7 1 2 0 Nick Esasky 6 0 1 2
Mark McGwire 6 1 2 2 Danny Heep 6 0 1 0
Ron Hassey 7 0 2 0 Jody Reed 6 1 2 0
Tony Phillips 5 0 1 0 Kevin Romine 7 0 1 1
Walt Weiss 7 0 1 0 Rick Cerone 6 1 1 0
TOTALS 59 4 15 4 TOTALS 51 5 14 5
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 100 201 000 000 000 -- 4
1989 BOSTON RED SOX 100 020 100 000 001 -- 5
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 16, 1989 BOSTON RED SOX 14.
ERR--Tony Phillips, Mike Greenwell. 2B--Mark McGwire, Jody
Reed (2), Wade Boggs (2), Mike Greenwell. HR--Mark McGwire.
HBP--Tony Phillips. SACF--Nick Esasky. SACB--Marty Barrett
(2), Jody Reed. SB--Carney Lansford (2), Rickey Henderson,
Mike Greenwell.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Welch BY 6.00 8 3 3 3 2 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 3.00 2 1 1 3 0 0
Jim Corsi AYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Burns AZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Nelson BX 3.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Matt Young DYW [L] 0.33 2 1 1 0 1 0
1989 BOSTON RED SOX
Eric Hetzel DYW 6.00 9 4 4 4 7 1
Rob Murphy BXYZ 3.00 3 0 0 1 3 0
Lee Smith CXY 2.00 1 0 0 0 3 0
Bob Stanley DZ 3.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
Mike Smithson DZ [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
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