The Oakland Athletics couldn't pull it off against the Texas Rangers, 5 to 4, on July 8, 1989.

1989 Oakland Athletics

Final

TEX

Rangers

47-38

5

OAK

Athletics

51-36

4

TEX

OAK

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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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

RBI

12

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

AVG

.279

Nevin

Tyler Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Spence

Mitch Spence

K

25

Miller

Mason Miller

ERA

2.03

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

Team Rankings

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HR

29

7th

R

77

29th

SO

212

21st

ERA

3.94

18th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
14 12 .538
Rangers Rangers
14 13 .519 0.5
Athletics Athletics
11 16 .407 3.5
Angels Angels
10 16 .385 4.0
Astros Astros
7 19 .269 7.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Mon
4/29
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Tue
4/30
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Wed
5/1
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM

Last Game

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BAL Orioles

16-9

2

Final

3

OAK Athletics

11-16

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.382

Betts

Mookie Betts

.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

Mookie Betts

40

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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28

Betts

Mookie Betts

24

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

Mookie Betts

SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

337

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM