The Oakland Athletics squeaked out a win over the Kansas City Royals, 3 to 2, on September 17, 1988.

1988 Oakland Athletics

Final

KCR

Royals

79-69

2

1

0

0

2

0

3

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

1

0

7

1

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

2

3

H

7

7

E

1

0

Bottom 2nd

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Terry Steinbach; Mark McGwire scored.

0

2

Athletics

Single by Luis Polonia; Walt Weiss scored.

0

3

Top 6th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by George Brett; Kevin Seitzer scored.

1

3

Top 7th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Bill Buckner; Jim Eisenreich scored.

2

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Gary Thurman CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Kevin Seitzer 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
George Brett 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Pat Tabler DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Danny Tartabull RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Eisenreich RF,LF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Bo Jackson LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Frank White PH,2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bill Pecota SS,RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Brad Wellman 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Buckner PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Quirk C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Owen C 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Luis de los Santos PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dave Owen SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2 0 3 10 0 1 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Gordon (L) 6.0 5 3 3 4 6 1
Israel Sanchez 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Montgomery 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Don Gleaton 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 8.0 7 3 3 4 7 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Luis Polonia LF 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2
Dave Henderson PH,CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stan Javier CF,LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Jose Canseco RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
Dave Parker DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Doug Jennings PH,1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Hassey C 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 3B,1B 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Tony Phillips 2B,3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Walt Weiss SS 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3 1 4 7 3 2 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Otto 3.0 3 0 0 1 2 0
Eric Plunk (W) 3.1 4 2 2 0 4 0
Rick Honeycutt 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dennis Eckersley (S) 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Totals 9.0 7 2 2 3 10 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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AVG

.500

Bleday

JJ Bleday

Team Pitching Leaders

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K

3

Wood

Alex Wood

ERA

9.00

Kelly

Michael Kelly

Team Rankings

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HR

0

20th

R

0

25th

SO

7

19th

ERA

8.00

22nd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Rangers Rangers
1 0 1.000
Athletics Athletics
0 1 .000 1.0
Angels Angels
0 1 .000 1.0
Astros Astros
0 1 .000 1.0
Mariners Mariners
0 1 .000 1.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Sat
3/30
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
4:07 PM
Sun
3/31
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
4:07 PM
Mon
4/1
BOS BOS
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Tue
4/2
BOS BOS
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM

Last Game

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0

Final

8

Thu 28 Mar 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2024 Betting

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
3/27
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3-11
Wed
3/27
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
5-4
Wed
3/27
COL COL
@
ARI ARI
1-16
Wed
3/27
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
1-0
Wed
3/27
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
MIL MIL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Fri
3/29
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
3:05 PM
Fri
3/29
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Fri
3/29
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
3/29
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM