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Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: 29,167 |
Thursday, September 8, 1988, 7:35 Time of Game: 2:32 |
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| Athletics
5
89-52
Won 2
1st
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Athletics 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 10 1
Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 0
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Royals
1
74-66
Lost 1
3rd, 14½ GB
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Oakland Athletics AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit PO A Details L Polonia LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 .285 .699 11 1 0 3B D Henderson PH-CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .305 .912 3 0 0 S Javier CF-LF 4 1 1 1 1 0 .269 .655 20 4 0 J Canseco RF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .305 .947 9 0 0 D Parker DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 .722 11 0 0 M McGwire 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 .252 .809 16 9 2 C Lansford 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .291 .715 20 0 0 GDP T Steinbach C 4 1 1 1 0 2 .256 .700 12 8 0 2B G Hubbard 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 .667 9 2 4 W Weiss SS 2 1 2 1 1 0 .245 .622 17 2 6 SF C Young P 0 1 G Cadaret P 0 0 D Eckersley P 1 0 Totals 35 5 10 5 2 4 128 27 13
Kansas City Royals AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit PO A Details W Wilson CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .273 .638 14 7 0 K Seitzer 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 .303 .786 20 1 1 CS G Brett 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .315 .930 18 3 0 P Tabler LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .277 .700 12 2 0 D Tartabull DH 3 1 1 1 0 1 .268 .870 19 0 0 HR F White 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .628 10 4 2 GDP B Jackson RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .251 .768 8 2 0 B Pecota SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .553 9 3 1 L de los Santos PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 2 0 0 B Wellman SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 .546 0 0 L Owen C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207 .499 1 2 0 R Palacios PH-C 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500 1.000 10 3 0 B Saberhagen P 0 0 T Gordon P 0 1 M Lee P 0 0 Totals 31 1 6 1 0 8 123 27 5
Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA C Young, W (9-8) 8 4 1 1 0 7 1 4.58 26 103-71 44·12·15 12· 7· 0· 0 77 - 0.61 0.30 G Cadaret 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.37 4 12-8 3· 2· 3 2· 1· 0· 0 0-0 0.86 0.00 D Eckersley, S (39) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.66 1 4-2 1· 1· 0 1· 0· 0· 0 2-0 0.58 0.01 Totals 9 6 1 1 0 8 1 31 119-81 48·15·18 15· 8· 0· 0 2-0
Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA B Saberhagen, L (13-14) 6 9 5 5 2 2 0 3.91 28 90-57 46· 4· 7 4·11· 9· 0 34 - 0.81 -0.20 T Gordon 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 6 24-14 4· 5· 5 1· 3· 0· 0 0-0 0.08 0.01 M Lee 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 13-9 8· 0· 1 1· 2· 1· 0 0-0 0.08 0.00 Totals 9 10 5 5 2 4 0 38 127-80 58· 9·13 6·16·10· 0 -
Oakland Athletics Kansas City Royals 1. L Polonia LF 1. W Wilson CF 2. S Javier CF 2. K Seitzer 3B 3. J Canseco RF 3. G Brett 1B 4. D Parker DH 4. P Tabler LF 5. M McGwire 1B 5. D Tartabull DH 6. C Lansford 3B 6. F White 2B 7. T Steinbach C 7. B Jackson RF 8. G Hubbard 2B 8. B Pecota SS 9. W Weiss SS 9. L Owen C C Young P B Saberhagen P
Inn Out Score RoB Pt wWPA wWE Batter Pitcher Play Detail +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ t 3 0 0-0 1-- 6 17% 71% L Polonia B Saberhagen Triple to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Weiss Scores t 3 1 0-2 12- 2 8% 82% M McGwire B Saberhagen Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Javier Scores; Canseco to 2B t 3 1 0-3 1-3 5 -7% 77% C Lansford B Saberhagen Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B t 1 1 0-0 1-3 3 -7% 50% D Parker B Saberhagen Foul Popfly: 2B (1B Foul) t 1 1 0-0 1-- 2 6% 57% J Canseco B Saberhagen Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Javier to 3B
Top of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Bret Saberhagen facing 1-2-3 Scr/Out RoB Pt wWE Batter Play Detail +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ O --- 1 48% L Polonia Lineout: 3B --- 6 50% S Javier Walk 1-- 2 57% J Canseco Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Javier to 3B O 1-3 3 50% D Parker Foul Popfly: 2B (1B Foul) O 1-3 7 45% M McGwire Strikeout Swinging 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Curt Young facing 1-2-3 O --- 5 47% W Wilson Strikeout Swinging --- 8 45% K Seitzer Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF) O 1-- 49% G Brett Seitzer Caught Stealing 2B (P-1B-SS) O --- 4 50% " " Groundout: 1B unassisted (Deep 1B) 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. Top of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Bret Saberhagen facing 6-7-8 O --- 5 48% C Lansford Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF) O --- 1 46% T Steinbach Lineout: RF (Short RF) O --- 3 45% G Hubbard Flyball: RF (RF Line) 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Curt Young facing 4-5-6 O --- 4 47% P Tabler Strikeout Swinging O --- 9 49% D Tartabull Strikeout Swinging O --- 2 50% F White Groundout: SS-1B 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. Top of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Bret Saberhagen facing 9-1-2 --- 4 54% W Weiss Single to CF (Fly Ball to CF-RF) R 1-- 6 71% L Polonia Triple to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Weiss Scores R --3 1 75% S Javier Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Polonia Scores 1-- 2 79% J Canseco Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS); Javier to 2B O 12- 1 75% D Parker Lineout: CF (CF-RF) R 12- 2 82% M McGwire Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Javier Scores; Canseco to 2B 12- 84% C Lansford Wild Pitch; Canseco to 3B OO 1-3 5 77% " " Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B 3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 0. Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-3, Curt Young facing 7-8-9 O --- 4 79% B Jackson Foul Popfly: SS (3B Foul) O --- 5 81% B Pecota Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B) O --- 1 82% L Owen Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B) 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 0. Top of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 3-0, Bret Saberhagen facing 7-8-9 O --- 4 81% T Steinbach Strikeout Swinging O --- 3 80% G Hubbard Popfly: SS (Deep SS) --- 6 81% W Weiss Walk O 1-- 2 79% L Polonia Flyball: CF 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 0. Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-3, Curt Young facing 1-2-3 O --- 5 82% W Wilson Strikeout Swinging O --- 2 83% K Seitzer Groundout: 2B-1B O --- 4 84% G Brett Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B) 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 0. Top of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 3-0, Bret Saberhagen facing 2-3-4 O --- 7 83% S Javier Flyball: LF (Deep LF) O --- 1 82% J Canseco Flyball: CF O --- 2 82% D Parker Popfly: 2B (Short RF) 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 0. Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-3, Curt Young facing 4-5-6 --- 2 77% P Tabler Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B) O 1-- 9 81% D Tartabull Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF) OO 1-- 6 87% F White Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 0. Top of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 3-0, Bret Saberhagen facing 5-6-7 O --- 4 86% M McGwire Popfly: SS (Deep 2B) --- 6 87% C Lansford Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF) R 1-- 1 93% T Steinbach Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Lansford Scores -2- 1 94% G Hubbard Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Steinbach to 3B RO 1-3 2 95% W Weiss Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Short CF-RF); Steinbach Scores O 1-- 2 95% L Polonia Groundout: 2B-1B 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 0. Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-5, Curt Young facing 7-8-9 O --- 2 96% B Jackson Flyball: CF (Deep CF) O --- 4 97% B Pecota Strikeout Looking Rey Palacios pinch hits for Larry Owen batting 9th --- 97% R Palacios E2 on Foul Ball O --- 5 97% " " Strikeout Swinging 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 0. Top of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 5-0, Tom Gordon facing 2-3-4 Tom Gordon replaces Bret Saberhagen pitching; Rey Palacios moves to C O --- 3 97% S Javier Flyball: CF (Deep CF) O --- 4 97% J Canseco Strikeout Swinging O --- 5 96% D Parker Popfly: SS (Deep SS) 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 0. Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-5, Curt Young facing 1-2-3 O --- 1 97% W Wilson Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B) O --- 6 98% K Seitzer Strikeout Swinging O --- 6 98% G Brett Groundout: 2B-1B 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 0. Top of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 5-0, Tom Gordon facing 5-6-7 O --- 3 98% M McGwire Groundout: P-1B O --- 3 98% C Lansford Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home) O --- 6 98% T Steinbach Strikeout Looking 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 0. Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-5, Curt Young facing 4-5-6 O --- 2 99% P Tabler Flyball: CF (CF-RF) R --- 1 97% D Tartabull Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) O --- 2 98% F White Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF) --- 2 98% B Jackson Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole) Luis de los Santos pinch hits for Bill Pecota batting 8th O 1-- 2 99% L de los Santos Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1. Top of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 5-1, Mark Lee facing 8-9-1 Mark Lee replaces Tom Gordon pitching; Brad Wellman replaces Luis de los Santos playing SS batting 8th O --- 2 98% G Hubbard Flyball: LF (LF-CF) --- 5 99% W Weiss Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF) Dave Henderson pinch hits for Luis Polonia batting 1st O 1-- 3 98% D Henderson Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF) O 1-- 3 98% S Javier Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1. Bottom of the 9th, Royals Batting, Behind 1-5, Greg Cadaret facing 9-1-2 Greg Cadaret replaces Curt Young pitching; Stan Javier moves to LF; Dave Henderson moves to CF --- 4 96% R Palacios Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B) O 1-- 3 98% W Wilson Strikeout Swinging 1-- 4 96% K Seitzer Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Palacios to 2B O 12- 1 99% G Brett Flyball: LF (LF Line) Dennis Eckersley replaces Greg Cadaret pitching O 12- 4 100% P Tabler Groundout: 1B-P 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1.
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