September 5, 1990 Oakland Athletics at Boston Red Sox Play by Play and Box Score

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SEA 9
@BAL 5 OAK 10
@BOS 0 CHW 3
KCR 0 TOR 7
@DET 3 MIL 7
MIN 4 NYY 2
CAL 1 TEX 3
CLE 2 ATL 6
@LAD 2 PHI 4
CHC 1 PIT 1
NYM 0 PIT 3
NYM 1 SDP 5
HOU 2 CIN 5
@SFG 3 MON 6
@STL 2

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 33,156

Wednesday, September 5, 1990, 7:35
Time of Game: 2:49

Athletics

86-50

Won 4

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Athletics       0  0  4   0  1  1   0  0  4   10 15  0
Red Sox         0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  5  3

W: B Welch (23-5), L: G Harris (12-6)

Red Sox

76-60

Lost 3

1st

BATTING

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Henderson LF                3   1   2   0    2   0  .329 1.022   22    2   0   
  D Lewis PH-LF               1   0   0   0    0   1  .357  .828    5    0   0   
W McGee CF                    5   0   0   0    1   1  .326  .800   30    3   0   GDP
D Jennings RF                 3   2   2   2    0   0  .202  .595   12    0   0   HR,2B,SF
  L Blankenship PH-RF         1   1   1   0    0   0  .170  .449    5    1   0   
H Baines DH                   3   1   2   2    1   0  .288  .828   14    0   0   GDP
  T Steinbach PH              1   1   0   0    0   0  .242  .648    1    0   0   
C Lansford 3B                 5   1   1   1    0   1  .278  .667   16    0   2   GDP
  M Bordick 3B                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
M McGwire 1B                  5   2   3   4    0   0  .228  .838   17   10   1   HR,2B
R Hassey C                    5   0   1   0    0   1  .216  .597   13    5   0   
W Randolph 2B                 4   0   1   0    1   1  .246  .641   19    4   4   2B
M Gallego SS                  4   1   2   0    0   1  .211  .571   13    1   2   2B,SH

B Welch P                                                                1   1
  S Chitren P                                                            0   0
Totals                       40  10  15   9    5   6              167   27  10

BATTING

2B: D Jennings (5, off G Harris); M McGwire (12, off R Murphy); M Gallego (13, off R Murphy); W Randolph (12, off G Harris).

HR: D Jennings (2, off G Harris; 5th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep CF-RF); M McGwire (34, off G Harris; 3rd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF).

SF: D Jennings (2, off D Irvine).

SH: M Gallego (13, off G Harris).

TB: M McGwire 7; D Jennings 6; M Gallego 3; R Henderson 2; H Baines 2; W Randolph 2; L Blankenship; C Lansford; R Hassey.

GIDP: C Lansford (9); W McGee (11); H Baines (15).

RBI: M McGwire 4 (94); H Baines 2 (48); D Jennings 2 (11); C Lansford (49).

2-out RBI: M McGwire 2.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 3 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 1. M Gallego-W Randolph-M McGwire.

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Reed SS                     4   0   0   0    0   1  .303  .786   17    2   5   
C Quintana 1B                 3   0   1   0    0   0  .295  .770    9   14   1   
  S Cooper PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    5    0   0   
W Boggs 3B                    4   0   0   0    0   0  .307  .817   22    0   3   GDP
E Burks CF                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .307  .881   10    1   0   
  P Plantier PH               0   0   0   0    1   0  .143  .507    7    0   0   
  R Kutcher PR                0   0   0   0    0   0  .246  .781         0   0   
M Greenwell LF                3   0   1   0    0   0  .291  .775    6    2   0   3B
  D Heep PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .186  .499    6    0   0   
T Brunansky RF                3   0   1   0    0   1  .250  .730   10    0   0   2B
M Marshall DH                 3   0   1   0    0   2  .259  .734   11    0   0   
T Pena C                      3   0   0   0    0   0  .251  .638    9    6   0   
M Barrett 2B                  3   0   1   0    0   0  .231  .555    8    2   6   

G Harris P                                                               0   2
  D Irvine P                                                             0   0
  R Murphy P                                                             0   0
  W Gardner P                                                            0   0
Totals                       31   0   5   0    1   5              120   27  17

BATTING

2B: T Brunansky (24, off B Welch).

3B: M Greenwell (5, off B Welch).

TB: M Greenwell 3; T Brunansky 2; M Barrett; M Marshall; C Quintana.

GIDP: W Boggs (11).

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 0 for 2.

FIELDING

DP: 3. J Reed-C Quintana; J Reed-M Barrett-C Quintana; M Barrett-J Reed-C Quintana.

PB: T Pena (4).

E: R Murphy (); J Reed (16); G Harris ().

PITCHING

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Welch, W (23-5)              8     5   0   0    0   4   0   3.03   28   93-60   31· 8·21   12·10· 2· 0     76    -     0.53   0.24
S Chitren                      1     0   0   0    1   1   0   0.00    4   27-15   10· 0· 5    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     5   0   0    1   5   0          32  120-75   41· 8·26   12·12· 2· 0           -

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
G Harris, L (12-6)             5    10   6   6    4   3   2   3.40   28   99-57   36· 5·16   13· 4· 4· 0     22    -     0.71  -0.26
D Irvine                       3     1   0   0    1   2   0   5.73   10   40-23   15· 1· 7    6· 1· 0· 0          2-1    0.11   0.00
R Murphy                       0.1   4   4   2    0   0   0   6.58    7   19-10    8· 1· 1    3· 3· 1· 0          0-0    0.01  -0.00
W Gardner                      0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   5.23    2    7-4     2· 0· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    15  10   8    5   6   2          47  165-94   61· 7·26   23· 8· 5· 0          4-1

G Harris faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Tim McClelland, 3B - Don Denkinger.

Time of Game: 2:49.

Attendance: 33,156.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 78° F, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Oakland Athletics             Boston Red Sox                       
1. R Henderson          LF    1. J Reed               SS 
2. W McGee              CF    2. C Quintana           1B 
3. D Jennings           RF    3. W Boggs              3B 
4. H Baines             DH    4. E Burks              CF 
5. C Lansford           3B    5. M Greenwell          LF 
6. M McGwire            1B    6. T Brunansky          RF 
7. R Hassey             C     7. M Marshall           DH 
8. W Randolph           2B    8. T Pena               C  
9. M Gallego            SS    9. M Barrett            2B 

   B Welch              P        G Harris             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 3   2  0-2  1--  2   15%  84% M McGwire       G Harris        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Baines Scores
   t 3   1  0-0  -23  1   12%  72% H Baines        G Harris        Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Henderson Scores; Jennings Scores
   t 3   1  0-0  1--  4    9%  60% D Jennings      G Harris        Double to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line); Henderson to 3B
   t 1   0  0-0  1--  9   -7%  46% W McGee         G Harris        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   b 1   1  0-0  1--  5    5%  50% W Boggs         B Welch         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Greg Harris facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   53%  R Henderson     Walk
   OO     1--  9   46%  W McGee         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  2   47%  D Jennings      Reached on E1 (throw) (catch) (Ground Ball to 1B); Jennings to 1B
          1--  4   50%  H Baines        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Jennings to 3B
   O      1-3  3   45%  C Lansford      Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Bob Welch facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   47%  J Reed          Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
          ---  3   45%  C Quintana      Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS)
   OO     1--  5   50%  W Boggs         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Greg Harris facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   48%  M McGwire       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   46%  R Hassey        Groundout: P-1B (2B-1B)
          ---  3   48%  W Randolph      Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  3   45%  M Gallego       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Bob Welch facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   47%  E Burks         Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      ---  1   49%  M Greenwell     Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
          ---  3   47%  T Brunansky     Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  4   50%  M Marshall      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Greg Harris facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   54%  R Henderson     Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      1--  4   50%  W McGee         Strikeout Swinging
          1--  4   60%  D Jennings      Double to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line); Henderson to 3B
   RR     -23  1   72%  H Baines        Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Henderson Scores; Jennings Scores
   O      1--  4   69%  C Lansford      Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   RR     1--  2   84%  M McGwire       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Baines Scores
   O      ---  1   84%  R Hassey        Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-4, Bob Welch facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  1   86%  T Pena          Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   84%  M Barrett       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  5   86%  J Reed          Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  1   88%  C Quintana      Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 4-0, Greg Harris facing 8-9-1
          ---  4   89%  W Randolph      Walk
   O      1--  3   89%  M Gallego       Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Randolph to 2B
   O      -2-  2   87%  R Henderson     Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      -2-  2   86%  W McGee         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-4, Bob Welch facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   88%  W Boggs         Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  2   89%  E Burks         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  2   87%  M Greenwell     Triple to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      --3  6   90%  T Brunansky     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 4-0, Greg Harris facing 3-4-5
   R      ---  2   94%  D Jennings      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
          ---  6   95%  H Baines        Walk
   OO     1--  2   93%  C Lansford      Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
          ---  5   93%  M McGwire       Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
          1--  3   94%  R Hassey        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); McGwire to 2B
   O      12-  6   93%  W Randolph      Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-5, Bob Welch facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   94%  M Marshall      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   95%  T Pena          Flyball: CF
   O      ---  3   95%  M Barrett       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 5-0, Greg Harris facing 9-1-2
          ---  5   96%  M Gallego       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
          1--  5   97%  R Henderson     Walk; Gallego to 2B
                  Daryl Irvine replaces Greg Harris pitching
          12-  9   98%  W McGee         Walk; Gallego to 3B; Henderson to 2B
   RO     123  4   98%  D Jennings      Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep LF-CF); Gallego Scores
   OO     12-  3   97%  H Baines        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-6, Bob Welch facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   98%  J Reed          Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
   O      ---  5   98%  C Quintana      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   98%  W Boggs         Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 6-0, Daryl Irvine facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   98%  C Lansford      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   98%  M McGwire       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   98%  R Hassey        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-6, Bob Welch facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   99%  E Burks         Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B)
   O      ---  3   99%  M Greenwell     Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
   O      ---  1   99%  T Brunansky     Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 6-0, Daryl Irvine facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   99%  W Randolph      Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  1   99%  M Gallego       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  3   99%  R Henderson     Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  4   99%  W McGee         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-6, Bob Welch facing 7-8-9
          ---  3   98%  M Marshall      Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2   99%  T Pena          Flyball: CF
   O      1--  3   99%  M Barrett       Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
   O      1--  5  100%  J Reed          Popfly: 1B (P's Left)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Red Sox 0.

Top of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 6-0, Rob Murphy facing 3-4-5
                  Rob Murphy replaces Daryl Irvine pitching; Lance Blankenship pinch hits for Doug Jennings batting 3rd
          ---  5  100%  L Blankenship   Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
                  Terry Steinbach pinch hits for Harold Baines batting 4th
          1--  1  100%  T Steinbach     Reached on E1 (throw) (Ground Ball); Blankenship to 3B; Steinbach to 1B
   R      1-3  3  100%  C Lansford      Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Blankenship Scores; Steinbach to 2B
          12-     100%  M McGwire       Passed Ball; Steinbach to 3B; Lansford to 2B
   RR     -23  3  100%  " "             Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Steinbach Scores/unER; Lansford Scores
   O      -2-  2  100%  R Hassey        Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   R      -2-  4  100%  W Randolph      Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); McGwire Scores/No RBI/unER; Randolph to 1B
          1--  1  100%  M Gallego       Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Randolph to 3B
                  Wes Gardner replaces Rob Murphy pitching; Darren Lewis pinch hits for Rickey Henderson batting 1st
   O      -23  5  100%  D Lewis         Strikeout Looking
   O      -23  2  100%  W McGee         Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 10, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-10, Steve Chitren facing 2-3-4
                  Steve Chitren replaces Bob Welch pitching; Mike Bordick replaces Carney Lansford playing 3B batting 5th; Darren Lewis moves to LF; Lance Blankenship moves to RF; Scott Cooper pinch hits for Carlos Quintana batting 2nd
   O      ---  5  100%  S Cooper        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  9  100%  W Boggs         Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
                  Phil Plantier pinch hits for Ellis Burks batting 4th
          ---  7  100%  P Plantier      Walk
                  Danny Heep pinch hits for Mike Greenwell batting 5th; Randy Kutcher pinch runs for Phil Plantier batting 4th
   O      1--  6  100%  D Heep          Flyball: RF (Short RF)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 10, Red Sox 0.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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