Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
June 2, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 5, Oakland Athletics 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 3 1 2 1
McDowell lf 5 0 0 0
Carter cf 4 1 1 2
Snyder rf 5 1 2 1
O'Brien 1b 4 1 0 0
Jacoby 3b 3 1 2 0
Clark dh 5 0 2 0
Allanson c 3 0 0 0
Fermin ss 3 0 1 0
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Blankenship rf 5 1 2 0
Lansford 3b 3 1 1 0
  Hubbard 2b 1 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 1 1 0
McGwire 1b 2 0 1 0
Steinbach c 3 0 0 1
Beane dh 3 0 3 1
  Parker ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Phillips 2b,3b 4 0 1 0
Javier lf 4 0 0 0
Gallego ss 3 0 1 0
  Polonia ph 1 0 0 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Cadaret p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 2
Cleveland 020 020 1005101
Oakland 200 000 0103101
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  W (6-1) 7.1 9 3 3 2 3
  Jones  SV (12) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (6-4) 4.1 5 4 4 5 2
  Cadaret   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Nelson   3.1 3 1 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
8
6

  E–Allanson (3), D Henderson (3).  DP–Cleveland 1, Oakland 2.  PB–Steinbach (2).  2B–Oakland Beane (5,off Swindell); McGwire (6,off Swindell); Phillips (8,off Jones).  HR–Cleveland Snyder (6,2nd inning off Moore 0 on, 0 out); Carter (7,5th inning off Moore 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Jacoby (2,by Cadaret).  SF–Steinbach (1,off Jones).  SB–Browne (4,2nd base off Nelson/Steinbach); Lansford 2 (10,2nd base off Swindell/Allanson,3rd base off Swindell/Allanson); Blankenship (1,3rd base off Swindell/Allanson).  WP–Moore 2 (4).  IBB–Cadaret (1,Jacoby).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:59.  A–28,052.
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