Oakland Athletics vs San Francisco Giants
October 28, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 28, 1989 at Candlestick Park. The Oakland Athletics defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 9, San Francisco Giants 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 6 2 3 2
Lansford 3b 4 1 2 1
Canseco rf 4 1 2 0
McGwire 1b 5 0 1 0
Henderson D. cf 3 2 1 0
Steinbach c 4 1 1 3
Phillips 2b 5 0 1 1
Weiss ss 3 1 0 0
Moore p 3 1 1 2
  Phelps ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Parker ph 1 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 12 9
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 1 3 1
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 0 0
  Thompson ph,2b 1 0 1 1
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Mitchell lf 4 1 1 2
Williams ss,3b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy c 3 1 0 0
Litton 2b,3b,2b 4 1 1 2
Nixon rf 3 0 0 0
Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Bathe ph 1 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Riles ph 0 0 0 0
  Maldonado ph 1 1 1 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Uribe ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Oakland 130 031 0109120
San Francisco 000 002 400690
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  W (2-0) 6.0 5 2 2 1 3
  Nelson   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Honeycutt   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Burns   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
2
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  L (0-1) 1.2 4 4 4 1 0
  LaCoss   3.1 4 3 3 3 1
  Brantley   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Downs   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Lefferts   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Bedrosian   1.2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
7
2

  E–None.  2B–Oakland D Henderson (2,off Robinson); Moore (1,off Robinson); Phillips (1,off LaCoss), San Francisco Butler (1,off Honeycutt).  3B–Oakland Steinbach (1,off LaCoss); R Henderson (2,off Brantley), San Francisco Maldonado (1,off Honeycutt).  HR–Oakland R Henderson (1,1st inning off Robinson 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Mitchell (1,6th inning off Moore 1 on, 2 out); Litton (1,7th inning off Nelson 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Weiss 2 (2,by Robinson,by LaCoss).  SB–Canseco (1,2nd base off LaCoss/Kennedy).  CS–Butler (1,2nd base by Moore/Steinbach).  IBB–Robinson (1,Weiss); LaCoss (1,Weiss).  U–Dutch Rennert (NL), Al Clark (AL), Eric Gregg (NL), Rich Garcia (AL), Vic Voltaggio (AL), Paul Runge (NL).  T–3:07.  A–62,032.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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