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Oakland Athletics 5, Houston Astros 3
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Oakland Athletics 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 0
GAME #41 (losers’ bracket): NO-HITTER! The Athletics’ Steve McCatty pitched to the minimum 27 hitters en route to the near-perfect game. He retired the first 21 batters, then issued a leadoff walk to Steve Garvey in the eighth inning. But an A’s double play ended the inning, and McCatty finished off the no-hitter with his…
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Oakland Athletics 9, Cleveland Indians 1
GAME #35 (losers’ bracket): Rickey Henderson went 4-for-5 with two stolen bases and Matt Keough threw a two-hitter for the Athletics. Oakland scored runs in six of its eight innings at the plate. Dwayne Murphy and Cliff Johnson hit solo home runs, with Murphy finishing with three RBI, and Shooty Babitt went 3-for-3. It was…
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Boston Red Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 4
GAME #27 (winners’ bracket quarterfinals): Top-seeded Oakland had six hits in the first four innings but could only muster one run. Boston, meanwhile, had a four-run second inning (all unearned) that featured RBI singles by Rich Gedman and Jerry Remy and a two-run double by Jim Rice. The Athletics briefly tied things up after scoring…
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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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