The Oakland Athletics came up just a bit short against the Texas Rangers, 5 to 4, on July 8, 1989.

1989 Oakland Athletics

Final

TEX

Rangers

47-38

5

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

1

1

6

0

0

7

1

0

8

0

3

9

2

0

10

1

0

R

5

4

H

14

7

E

1

0

Top 5th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Home run by Steve Buechele.

1

0

Bottom 5th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Double by Rickey Henderson; Tony Phillips scored.

1

1

Top 7th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Steve Buechele grounded out; Julio Franco scored.

2

1

Bottom 8th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Rickey Henderson; Lance Blankenship scored.

2

3

Athletics

Terry Steinbach grounded out; Carney Lansford scored.

2

4

Top 9th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by Thad Bosley; Jack Daugherty and Steve Buechele scored.

4

4

Top 10th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by Julio Franco; Rafael Palmeiro scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Cecil Espy CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
Sammy Sosa LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rafael Palmeiro 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Ruben Sierra RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Julio Franco 2B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jack Daugherty DH 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Steve Buechele 3B,SS 5 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
Jeff Kunkel SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Thad Bosley PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Sundberg C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chad Kreuter C 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rick Leach PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Stanley PH,3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 14 4 1 1 7 1 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kevin Brown 7.0 4 1 1 3 2 0
Drew Hall 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Jeff Russell (W) 3.0 3 2 1 2 2 1
Totals 10.0 7 4 3 6 4 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF 5 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 7
Carney Lansford 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
Dave Parker DH 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Mark McGwire 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Henderson CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 2B,SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Stan Javier RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Hubbard 2B 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Mike Gallego SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Hassey PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Blankenship PH,2B,RF 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4 1 6 4 2 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stewart 8.0 8 2 2 1 5 1
Todd Burns 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0
Matt Young (L) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0
Gene Nelson 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 10.0 14 5 5 1 7 1

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More Athletics Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

4

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

RBI

9

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

AVG

.303

Nevin

Tyler Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Kelly

Michael Kelly

K

18

Stripling

Ross Stripling

ERA

1.08

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

Team Rankings

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HR

17

19th

R

56

29th

SO

151

21st

ERA

3.72

9th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Rangers Rangers
11 9 .550
Angels Angels
9 10 .474 1.5
Mariners Mariners
9 10 .474 1.5
Athletics Athletics
8 11 .421 2.5
Astros Astros
6 14 .300 5.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
7:10 PM
Sat
4/20
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Sun
4/21
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
1:40 PM
Mon
4/22
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
1:05 PM
Tue
4/23
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM

Last Game

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6

Final

3

Wed 17 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/17
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Wed
4/17
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
5-4
Wed
4/17
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
9-7
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
1-2
Tue
4/16
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
2-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/18
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
9:45 PM
Fri
4/19
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
4/19
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM