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1988 AL Championship Series (4-0): Oakland Athletics (104-58) over Boston Red Sox (89-73)

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WS: LAD-OAK / ALCS: OAK-BOS / NLCS: LAD-NYM
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1988 at Fenway Pk (Boston Red Sox)

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

    PITCHERS: OAK - Stewart, Honeycutt (7), Eckersley (8)
              BOS - Hurst

               WP - Rick Honeycutt
	       LP - Bruce Hurst
             SAVE - Dennis Eckersley

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Canseco
              BOS - none

  ATTENDANCE: 34,104

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1988 at Fenway Pk (Boston Red Sox)

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

    PITCHERS: OAK - Davis, Cadaret (7), Nelson (7), Eckersley (9)
              BOS - Clemens, Stanley (8), Smith (8)

               WP - Gene Nelson
	       LP - Lee Smith
             SAVE - Dennis Eckersley

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Canseco
              BOS - Gedman

  ATTENDANCE: 34,605

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1988 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Boston Red Sox               3  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     6 12  0
    Oakland Athletics            0  4  2    0  1  0    1  2  x    10 15  1

    PITCHERS: BOS - Boddicker, Gardner (3), Stanley (8)
              OAK - Welch, Nelson (2), Young (6), Plunk (7), Honeycutt (7), Eckersley (8)

               WP - Gene Nelson
	       LP - Mike Boddicker
             SAVE - Dennis Eckersley

   HOME RUNS: BOS - Greenwell
              OAK - Hassey, Henderson, Lansford, McGwire

  ATTENDANCE: 49,261

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1988 at NetworkAssoc (Oakland Athletics)

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

    PITCHERS: BOS - Hurst, Smithson (5), Smith (7)
              OAK - Stewart, Honeycutt (8), Eckersley (9)

               WP - Dave Stewart
	       LP - Bruce Hurst
             SAVE - Dennis Eckersley

   HOME RUNS: BOS - none
              OAK - Canseco

  ATTENDANCE: 49,406

Series MVP - Dennis Eckersley

Series Batting Stats

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Oakland Athletics

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Don Baylor          2   6  0  0  0  0  0   1  1  2  .000  .125  .000  0 | 264  58  7  .220  .658   0
*Greg Cadaret        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jose Canseco        4  16  4  5  1  0  3   4  1  2  .313  .353  .938  1 | 610 187 42  .307  .960  40
 Storm Davis         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Dennis Eckersley    4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Mike Gallego        4  12  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  .083  .083  .083  0 | 277  58  2  .209  .558   2
*Ron Hassey          4   8  2  4  1  0  1   3  1  1  .500  .556 1.000  0 | 323  83  7  .257  .691   2
 Dave Henderson      4  16  2  6  1  0  1   4  1  7  .375  .412  .625  0 | 507 154 24  .304  .888   2
*Rick Honeycutt      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Stan Javier         2   4  0  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  .500  .600  .500  0 | 397 102  2  .257  .633  20
 Carney Lansford     4  17  4  5  1  0  1   2  0  2  .294  .294  .529  0 | 556 155  7  .279  .687  29
 Mark McGwire        4  15  4  5  0  0  1   3  1  5  .333  .375  .533  0 | 550 143 32  .260  .830   0
 Gene Nelson         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               1
*Dave Parker         3  12  1  3  1  0  0   0  0  4  .250  .250  .333  0 | 377  97 12  .257  .720   0
#Tony Phillips       2   7  0  2  1  0  0   0  1  3  .286  .375  .429  0 | 212  43  2  .203  .627   0
 Eric Plunk          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Luis Polonia        3   5  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  2  .400  .500  .400  0 | 288  84  2  .292  .716  24
 Terry Steinbach     2   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  0  .250  .500  .250  0 | 351  93  9  .265  .736   3
 Dave Stewart        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Walt Weiss          4  15  2  5  2  0  0   2  0  4  .333  .333  .467  0 | 452 113  3  .250  .633   4
 Bob Welch           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Curt Young          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 137 20 41  8  0  7  20 10 35  .299  .345  .511  1 |        156  .263  .732 129

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Boston Red Sox

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Marty Barrett       4  15  2  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .067  .125  .067  0 | 612 173  1  .283  .667   7
#Todd Benzinger      4  11  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  3  .091  .167  .091  0 | 405 103 13  .254  .718   2
 Mike Boddicker      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
*Wade Boggs          4  13  2  5  0  0  0   3  3  4  .385  .444  .385  0 | 584 214  5  .366  .966   2
 Ellis Burks         4  17  2  4  1  0  0   1  0  3  .235  .235  .294  0 | 540 159 18  .294  .848  25
 Roger Clemens       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Dwight Evans        4  12  1  2  1  0  0   1  3  5  .167  .333  .250  0 | 559 164 21  .293  .862   5
 Wes Gardner         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Rich Gedman         4  14  1  5  0  0  1   1  2  1  .357  .438  .571  0 | 299  69  9  .231  .647   0
*Mike Greenwell      4  14  2  3  1  0  1   3  3  0  .214  .353  .500  0 | 590 192 22  .325  .947  16
*Bruce Hurst         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Spike Owen          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 | 257  64  5  .249  .694   0
 Larry Parrish       3   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |+406  88 14  .217  .630   0
 Jody Reed           4  12  0  3  1  0  0   0  2  1  .250  .400  .333  0 | 338  99  1  .293  .756   1
 Jim Rice            4  13  0  2  0  0  0   1  2  4  .154  .267  .154  0 | 485 128 15  .264  .736   1
 Ed Romero           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  75  18  0  .240  .552   0
 Kevin Romine        2   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  78  15  1  .192  .541   2
 Lee Smith           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Mike Smithson       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Bob Stanley         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 126 11 26  4  0  2  10 18 23  .206  .306  .286  0 |        124  .283  .775  65

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Oakland Athletics

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Dave Stewart        2   1.35 1-0  0  0 13.3  9  2  6 11 | 21-12 276  3.23  1.27 192   
 Storm Davis         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  6.3  2  0  5  4 | 16-7  202  3.70  1.50 127   
 Dennis Eckersley    4   0.00 0-0  4  0  6.0  1  0  2  5 |  4-2   73  2.35  0.87  70 45
 Gene Nelson         2   0.00 2-0  0  0  4.7  5  0  1  0 |  9-6  112  3.06  1.17  67  3
 Bob Welch           1  19.29 0-0  0  0  2.3  6  5  2  0 | 17-9  245  3.64  1.30 158   
*Rick Honeycutt      3   0.00 1-0  0  0  2.0  0  0  2  0 |  3-2   80  3.50  1.24  47  7
*Curt Young          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  1  0  0  2 | 11-8  156  4.14  1.36  69   
*Greg Cadaret        1  27.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  1  0  0 |  5-2   72  2.89  1.34  64  3
 Eric Plunk          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  1  0  0  1 |  7-2   78  3.00  1.29  79  5
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.96 4-0  4  0 36.7 26  8 18 23 |            3.44 1.300   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Boston Red Sox

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Bruce Hurst         2   2.77 0-2  0  1 13.0 10  4  5 12 | 18-6  217  3.66  1.32 166   
 Roger Clemens       1   3.86 0-0  0  0  7.0  6  3  0  8 | 18-12 264  2.93  1.06 291   
 Wes Gardner         1   5.79 0-0  0  0  4.7  6  3  2  8 |  8-6  149  3.50  1.23 106  2
 Lee Smith           2   8.10 0-1  0  0  3.3  6  3  1  4 |  4-5   84  2.80  1.30  96 29
 Mike Boddicker      1  20.25 0-1  0  0  2.7  8  6  1  2 |+13-15 236  3.39  1.32 156   
 Mike Smithson       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.3  3  0  0  1 |  9-6  127  5.97  1.47  73   
 Bob Stanley         2   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  2  1  1  0 |  6-4  102  3.19  1.17  57  5
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   5.29 0-4  0  1 34.0 41 20 10 35 |            3.97 1.340   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: LAD-OAK / ALCS: OAK-BOS / NLCS: LAD-NYM

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