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4/17-19/1989 Oakland at Seattle
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4/14-16/1989 Oakland at Chicago
The A’s broke out of their seven-game losing streak with a three-game sweep at Chicago. This came not long after the White Sox swept a series in Oakland. It was highlighted by a Bob Welch near-perfect game in the middle contest. Glenn Hubbard and Dave Parker hit big home runs in the other games. The…
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4/10-13/1989 Oakland at California
The disastrous start continued for the Athletics as they suffered a four-game sweep in their first road trip of the season. That puts them four games behind pace after just 10 contests. About the only bright spot was Carney Lansford, who went 9-for-16 (.563) to raise his season batting average to .405. 2-8 sim, 6-4…
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4/7-9/1989 Chicago at Oakland
It hasn’t been the best start for the A’s, who suffered a three-game sweep at home to Chicago White Sox. After six games, Oakland is already two games off the pace. Each game saw multiple culprits: defensive miscues, bullpen collapses, lack of hitting, bad baserunning, you name it. 2-4 sim, 4-2 actualApril 7 — sim…
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4/3-6/1989 Seattle at Oakland
The 1989 season replay got underway with Oakland winning two of three home games against Seattle, including a 16-inning marathon in the finale. Mark McGwire hit two homers and drove in seven of the A’s 14 runs in the series. Carney Lansford had a walk-off hit in the extra-innings contest. 2-1 sim, 3-0 actualApril 3…
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San Francisco Giants 5, Oakland Athletics 3
GAME #49 (championship #2): Jerry Martin went 4-for-5 and smacked a two-run double in the top of the ninth, breaking a 3-3 tie and lifting the Giants to the championship, while ending the A’s six-game winning streak. For the second straight game, Dwayne Murphy gave the A’s a 1-0 lead with a solo home run,…
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Oakland Athletics 2, San Francisco Giants 1
GAME #48 (championship #1): Shooty Babbit tripled to lead off the top of the ninth and scored on Dave McKay’s sacrifice fly, and the A’s got another strong pitching performance from Rick Langford to force a second championship game. Oakland’s Dwayne Murphy hit a solo home run in the top of the first inning to…
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Oakland Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 1
GAME #47 (losers’ bracket): In the first and only rematch of the tournament, the Athletics avenged their earlier loss to the Red Sox behind another dominant pitching performance by Steve McCatty and a three-hit, three-RBI game by Rob Picciolo. After pitching a no-hitter the last time out, McCatty was perfect for the first five innings…
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Oakland Athletics 3, Cincinnati Reds 0
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