August 16, 1989 Cleveland Indians at Oakland Athletics Box Score and Play by Play

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

Standings at end of play this day

Network Associates Coliseum, Attendance: 29,502

Wednesday, August 16, 1989, 7:07
Time of Game: 3:11

Indians

58-62

Won 1

4th, 4½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         0  2  0   0  0  0   1  3  0    6 14  2
Athletics       0  1  0   1  1  0   0  0  0    3  9  1

W: S Olin (1-0), L: R Honeycutt (2-2), S: D Jones (28)

Athletics

72-48

Lost 1

1st

BATTING

Cleveland Indians            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Browne 2B                   5   0   1   0    0   1  .306  .772   20    1   4   
B Jacoby 3B                   5   1   3   1    0   0  .292  .797   20    1   3   2B
D James LF                    4   1   2   0    1   2  .290  .752   21    1   0   2B
  B Komminsk PR-CF            0   0   0   0    0   0  .264  .784         0   0   
J Carter CF-LF                5   0   1   3    0   1  .250  .775   24    5   0   SB
P O'Brien 1B                  4   1   1   0    1   0  .269  .755   18   10   0   
C Snyder RF                   5   1   1   0    0   0  .222  .621   17    1   0   2B
M Young DH                    4   0   0   0    1   1  .179  .589   12    0   0   
A Allanson C                  4   1   3   1    0   1  .215  .546   22    7   1   CS,SF
F Fermin SS                   3   1   2   1    1   0  .245  .570    8    1   2   

B Black P                                                                0   0
  S Olin P                                                               0   0
  D Jones P                                                              0   0
Totals                       39   6  14   6    4   6              162   27  10

BATTING

2B: B Jacoby (20, off M Moore); C Snyder (12, off M Moore); D James (17, off M Moore).

SF: A Allanson (2, off M Moore).

TB: B Jacoby 4; A Allanson 3; D James 3; C Snyder 2; F Fermin 2; P O'Brien; J Carter; J Browne.

RBI: J Carter 3 (81); B Jacoby (47); F Fermin (16); A Allanson (12).

2-out RBI: J Carter 2; B Jacoby.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 2 for 14.

FIELDING

DP: 2. F Fermin-P O'Brien; B Jacoby-J Browne-P O'Brien.

E: D James (3); J Browne (10).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Carter (13, 2nd base off J Corsi/T Steinbach).

CS: A Allanson (4, 3rd base by M Moore/T Steinbach).

PO: D James (1st base by R Honeycutt).

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Henderson LF                3   0   0   0    2   1  .280  .816   26    1   0   SB
C Lansford 3B                 5   1   1   0    0   1  .335  .823   15    2   2   GDP
J Canseco DH                  4   0   1   0    1   1  .256  .871   20    0   0   
M McGwire 1B                  4   1   2   1    1   1  .237  .789   23   10   1   2B
T Steinbach C                 4   1   1   0    0   1  .303  .732   15    6   1   
D Henderson CF                4   0   0   1    0   0  .248  .681   15    5   0   
B Beane RF                    2   0   1   0    0   0  .279  .628    5    0   0   GDP
  S Javier PH-RF              2   0   0   0    0   1  .245  .633   10    1   0   
W Weiss SS                    4   0   1   0    0   1  .230  .612   11    0   4   
M Gallego 2B                  3   0   2   0    1   0  .252  .667   22    0   1   

M Moore P                                                                2   1
  G Nelson P                                                             0   0
  R Honeycutt P                                                          0   0
  J Corsi P                                                              0   0
Totals                       35   3   9   2    5   7              162   27  10

BATTING

2B: M McGwire (12, off B Black).

TB: M McGwire 3; M Gallego 2; B Beane; W Weiss; J Canseco; C Lansford; T Steinbach.

GIDP: B Beane (2); C Lansford (19).

RBI: D Henderson (57); M McGwire (70).

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 1 for 11.

FIELDING

E: R Honeycutt ().

BASERUNNING

SB: R Henderson (55, 2nd base off B Black/A Allanson).

PITCHING

Cleveland Indians             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Black                        4     8   3   3    2   1   0   4.18   22   80-46   30· 2·14    9· 5· 5· 0     33    -     1.19  -0.26
S Olin, W (1-0)                3     1   0   0    2   2   0   1.80   11   44-27   11· 5·11    4· 2· 1· 0          2-0    1.45   0.25
D Jones, S (28)                2     0   0   0    1   4   0   2.55    7   35-23   12· 6· 5    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.69   0.08
Totals                         9     9   3   3    5   7   0          40  159-96   53·13·30   15· 7· 6· 0          2-0

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
M Moore                        5.2   9   2   2    3   5   0   2.40   28  104-64   38·13·11    9· 5· 6· 0     45    -     1.34   0.04
G Nelson, H (9)                0.1   1   1   0    0   0   0   4.30    2    5-4     2· 0· 2    0· 1· 1· 0          2-0    2.52  -0.00
R Honeycutt, BS (3), L (2-2)   1.2   3   3   3    1   0   0   2.57    9   25-16   10· 1· 5    3· 1· 4· 0          1-1    2.16  -0.32
J Corsi                        1.1   1   0   0    0   1   0   2.27    5   13-8     4· 2· 2    2· 2· 0· 0          3-2    0.76  -0.14
Totals                         9    14   6   5    4   6   0          44  147-92   54·16·20   14· 9·11· 0          6-3

B Black faced 3 batters in the 5th inning.
G Nelson faced 1 batter in the 7th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: M Moore 2 (9); G Nelson (4).

IBB: None.

PO: R Honeycutt (2; D James, 1st base).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Mark Johnson, 2B - John Shulock, 3B - Dan Morrison.

Time of Game: 3:11.

Attendance: 29,502.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 62° F, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Cleveland Indians             Oakland Athletics                    
1. J Browne             2B    1. R Henderson          LF 
2. B Jacoby             3B    2. C Lansford           3B 
3. D James              LF    3. J Canseco            DH 
4. J Carter             CF    4. M McGwire            1B 
5. P O'Brien            1B    5. T Steinbach          C  
6. C Snyder             RF    6. D Henderson          CF 
7. M Young              DH    7. B Beane              RF 
8. A Allanson           C     8. W Weiss              SS 
9. F Fermin             SS    9. M Gallego            2B 

   B Black              P        M Moore              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 8   2  3-3  12-  3   27%  76% B Jacoby        R Honeycutt     Single to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Allanson Scores; Fermin to 3B
   t 8   2  3-4  123  2   16%  94% J Carter        J Corsi         Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Jacoby Scores; Fermin Scores; Komminsk to 3B
   b 5   0  2-2  1--  2  -12%  27% J Canseco       B Black         Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Lansford to 3B
   t 7   0  3-2  1--      11%  48% J Carter        R Honeycutt     James Picked off 1B, safe on E1; James to 3B
   t 2   0  0-0  1--  5   11%  65% C Snyder        M Moore         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); O'Brien to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Mike Moore facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   48%  J Browne        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   52%  B Jacoby        Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      -2-  6   49%  D James         Strikeout Swinging
          -2-      49%  J Carter        Wild Pitch; Jacoby to 3B
   O      --3  8   45%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Bud Black facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   48%  R Henderson     Flyball: 1B
   O      ---  2   49%  C Lansford      Lineout: CF (Short CF)
   O      ---  4   50%  J Canseco       Foul Flyball: 3B (3B Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0.

Top of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Mike Moore facing 5-6-7
          ---  1   54%  P O'Brien       Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
          1--  5   65%  C Snyder        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); O'Brien to 3B
          -23  4   68%  M Young         Walk
   RO     123  2   69%  A Allanson      Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); O'Brien Scores; Snyder to 3B; Young to 2B
   RO     -23  1   70%  F Fermin        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B); Snyder Scores; Young to 3B
   O      --3  4   67%  J Browne        Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Behind 0-2, Bud Black facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   61%  M McGwire       Double to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      -2-  7   63%  T Steinbach     Lineout: RF (RF Line); McGwire to 3B
   RO     --3  2   61%  D Henderson     Groundout: SS-1B; McGwire Scores
          ---  4   59%  B Beane         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   62%  W Weiss         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Athletics 1.

Top of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Ahead 2-1, Mike Moore facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  7   60%  B Jacoby        Lineout: P
          ---  4   64%  D James         Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      -2-  3   61%  J Carter        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      -2-  4   57%  P O'Brien       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-2, Bud Black facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   60%  M Gallego       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  5   57%  R Henderson     Walk
   O      1--  1   60%  C Lansford      Flyball: CF (Short CF)
          1--      59%  J Canseco       Henderson Steals 2B
          -2-  5   58%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  3   63%  M McGwire       Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Athletics 1.

Top of the 4th, Indians Batting, Ahead 2-1, Mike Moore facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   61%  C Snyder        Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
   O      ---  3   59%  M Young         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   61%  A Allanson      Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short CF)
          1--  5   63%  F Fermin        Walk; Allanson to 2B
   O      12-  2   58%  J Browne        Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-2, Bud Black facing 5-6-7
          ---  4   50%  T Steinbach     Single to LF (Line Drive); Steinbach to 2B/Adv on E7
          -2-  4   41%  D Henderson     Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Steinbach to 3B
   ROO    1-3  1   49%  B Beane         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B; Steinbach Scores
          ---  4   47%  W Weiss         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  2   45%  M Gallego       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Weiss to 2B
   O      12-  6   50%  R Henderson     Groundout: C-1B (Front of Home)
                  1 run, 3 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Athletics 2.

Top of the 5th, Indians Batting, Tied 2-2, Mike Moore facing 2-3-4
          ---  1   55%  B Jacoby        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   50%  D James         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  2   48%  J Carter        Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home); Jacoby to 2B
          -2-  7   49%  P O'Brien       Walk
          12-      51%  C Snyder        Wild Pitch; Jacoby to 3B; O'Brien to 2B
   O      -23  4   44%  " "             Foul Flyball: 1B (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Athletics 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Tied 2-2, Bud Black facing 2-3-4
          ---  5   39%  C Lansford      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
          1--  2   27%  J Canseco       Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Lansford to 3B
   R      1-3  5   20%  M McGwire       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Lansford Scores; Canseco to 2B
                  Steve Olin replaces Bud Black pitching
   O      12-  3   25%  T Steinbach     Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  5   28%  D Henderson     Flyball: CF; Canseco to 3B; McGwire to 2B
                  Stan Javier pinch hits for Billy Beane batting 7th
   O      -23  5   33%  S Javier        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Athletics 3.

Top of the 6th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-3, Mike Moore facing 7-8-9
                  Stan Javier moves to RF
   O      ---  1   29%  M Young         Foul Flyball: 3B
          ---  5   33%  A Allanson      Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   40%  F Fermin        Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Allanson to 2B
   O      12-      29%  J Browne        Allanson Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B)
          1--  4   32%  " "             Single to SS (Ground Ball to P's Right); Fermin to 2B
                  Gene Nelson replaces Mike Moore pitching
          12-      35%  B Jacoby        Wild Pitch; Fermin to 3B; Browne to 2B
   O      -23  3   25%  " "             Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Athletics 3.

Bottom of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 3-2, Steve Olin facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   27%  W Weiss         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   25%  M Gallego       Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
          1--  8   22%  R Henderson     Walk; Gallego to 2B
   OO     12-  2   30%  C Lansford      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Athletics 3.

Top of the 7th, Indians Batting, Behind 2-3, Gene Nelson facing 3-4-5
          ---  2   37%  D James         Single to LF (Line Drive)
                  Rick Honeycutt replaces Gene Nelson pitching
          1--      48%  J Carter        James Picked off 1B, safe on E1; James to 3B
   RO     --3  2   46%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B; James Scores/unER
   O      ---  1   43%  P O'Brien       Lineout: RF (CF-RF)
   O      ---  2   41%  C Snyder        Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Tied 3-3, Steve Olin facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   45%  J Canseco       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  6   41%  M McGwire       Walk
   O      1--  1   46%  T Steinbach     Lineout: CF
   O      1--  4   50%  D Henderson     Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 3.

Top of the 8th, Indians Batting, Tied 3-3, Rick Honeycutt facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   45%  M Young         Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
          ---  5   50%  A Allanson      Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   57%  F Fermin        Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Allanson to 2B
   O      12-  3   49%  J Browne        Lineout: CF
   R      12-  3   76%  B Jacoby        Single to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Allanson Scores; Fermin to 3B
          1-3  6   78%  D James         Walk; Jacoby to 2B
                  Jim Corsi replaces Rick Honeycutt pitching; Brad Komminsk pinch runs for Dion James batting 3rd
   RR     123  2   94%  J Carter        Single to RF (Fly Ball to Short RF); Jacoby Scores; Fermin Scores; Komminsk to 3B
          1-3      94%  P O'Brien       Carter Steals 2B
   O      -23  3   92%  " "             Flyball: LF
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Indians 6, Athletics 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Behind 3-6, Doug Jones facing 7-8-9
                  Doug Jones replaces Steve Olin pitching; Joe Carter moves to LF; Brad Komminsk moves to CF
   O      ---  5   95%  S Javier        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  1   96%  W Weiss         Groundout: 2B-1B
          --- 10   95%  M Gallego       Walk
   O      1--  5   97%  R Henderson     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Athletics 3.

Top of the 9th, Indians Batting, Ahead 6-3, Jim Corsi facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   97%  C Snyder        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   96%  M Young         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   96%  A Allanson      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Athletics 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Behind 3-6, Doug Jones facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   98%  C Lansford      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4  100%  J Canseco       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5  100%  M McGwire       Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Athletics 3.

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