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9/29-10/1/1989 Kansas City at Oakland
It all came down to the final day of the regular season. And after a three-game sweep of Kansas City, the A’s won the American League West title, edging out the California Angels by a single game. Oakland ended the campaign on a season-best seven-game winning streak, and needed every one of those victories. The…
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8/25-27/1989 Oakland at Kansas City
A missed opportunity in Kansas City, as the A’s won one of only three games, just as they did in real life. Oakland was shut out in both losses and overcame a 4-0 first-inning deficit against KC’s ace in the middle game to pick up one win. After 131 games, Oakland remains three wins behind…
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7/3-6/1989 Kansas City at Oakland
Another series, another game picked up in the standings. Oakland took three of four here against Kansas City, better than the split that actually happened. Mike Gallego had three multi-hit games and Mike Moore tossed another shutout. After 85 games, the A’s are now just two wins behind pace. sim 49-36, actual 51-34July 3 —…
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6/12-14/1989 Oakland at Kansas City
The A’s had everything working well in a three-game sweep at Kansas City. Even better, they picked up two games as the real-life A’s won only one of the three contests. The Athletics outscored the Royals 19-3 and outhit them 34-14. Even Curt Young finally won a game after starting the season with an 0-7…
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Cincinnati Reds 7, Kansas City Royals 6
GAME #37 (losers’ bracket): The Reds blew an early 4-0 lead, then got a game-winning two-run home run from Ron Oester in the bottom of the eighth. Ray Knight went 4-for-4 with three doubles and three RBI for Cincinnati. A two-run double by Knight made it 4-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning. Kansas…
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Kansas City Royals 7, Chicago Cubs 5
GAME #33 (losers’ bracket): The Royals plated four runs in the top of the first, which included RBI doubles by George Brett and Hal McRae, and led by multiple runs the entire way. It was 6-3 after four innings when Amos Otis collected his second RBI single of the game. Brett had an RBI single…
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Kansas City Royals 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 0
GAME #22 (losers’ bracket): The Royals’ Mike Jones tossed a three-hit shutout, walking one and striking out two. The Pirates put runners on third base twice and second base in two other innings, but he shut Pittsburgh down from there. Kansas City scored three runs with two outs in the second inning to take the…
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Oakland Athletics 1, Kansas City Royals 0
GAME #11 (winners’ bracket second round): Tony Armas led off the seventh inning with a solo home run and Steve McCatty threw a three-hit shutout as the top-seeded Athletics advanced. McCatty also walked three and struck out five. He stranded Royals runners on third base on two occasions, and on second base another two times.…
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Kansas City Royals 8, Cleveland Indians 3
GAME #1 (winners’ bracket first round): Kansas City scored five runs in the first three innings to break out to an early lead. Five Royals had multiple hits, led by three apiece by George Brett, Amos Otis and John Wathan. Brett doubled twice and Wathan drove in three runs. Dennis Leonard threw a complete game…
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