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9/21-24/1989 Oakland at Minnesota
The A’s are now assured of falling short of the 99-win goal after dropping two of four games in Minnesota (with another walk-off loss in the finale). And, they’re 3.5 games back of California with seven to play. Among the highlights: Mike Moore won his 19th game and Jose Canseco hit five home runs, three…
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8/18-20/1989 Minnesota at Oakland
The A’s won another series and matched their real-life effort in taking two of three games at home against the Twins. They needed a sweep but wasted another great performance from Mike Moore in the finale. After 124 games, Oakland remains three wins behind pace. sim 72-52, actual 75-49August 18 — sim W 7-0 —…
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6/26-28/1989 Oakland at Minnesota
The A’s continued their strong push to get back to where they should be at this point in the season. The real-life A’s lost all three in Minnesota, but here, Oakland won twice. Mike Moore and Dave Stewart both won their 11th games of the season, and all three contests were decided by one run.…
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6/5-7/1989 Minnesota at Oakland
More misery for the A’s, as they went 1-2 for the third straight series and fell back to .500 on the season. Their only victory in this matchup against Minnesota saw them blow a ninth-inning lead and have to win in extra innings. After 58 games, Oakland is now nine wins behind pace. sim 29-29,…
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Montreal Expos 4, Minnesota Twins 3
GAME #26 (losers’ bracket): The top five Expos in the batting order all had multiple hits, with Andre Dawson collecting three of them. Montreal never trailed and went up 3-1 in the third inning after RBI singles by Rodney Scott and Warren Cromartie. Tim Raines drove in a run with a single in the sixth…
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Minnesota Twins 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4
GAME #10 (losers’ bracket): The Twins scored twice in the top of the third on a two-run double by Mickey Hatcher, and never trailed. Minnesota’s John Castino made it 4-1 with a two-run homer in the top of the sixth, though the Blue Jays responded with back-to-back solo homers by John Mayberry and George Bell…
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Boston Red Sox 2, Minnesota Twins 1 (12)
GAME #3 (winners’ bracket first round): A marathon contest finally ended in the bottom of the 12th inning when Carl Yastrzemski doubled with one out, and Carney Lansford followed with an RBI single to right. The game was 0-0 after nine innings. Minnesota finally broke through in the top of the 10th when John Castino…
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