Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
August 15, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 2, Oakland Athletics 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 4 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 2 2
James lf 3 0 2 0
  Komminsk ph,cf 1 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
Carter cf,lf 5 0 0 0
O'Brien 1b 3 0 1 0
Snyder rf 4 0 0 0
Young dh 2 0 0 0
Skinner c 3 0 0 0
  Belle ph 1 0 0 0
  Allanson c 0 0 0 0
Fermin ss 4 2 4 0
Nichols p 0 0 0 0
  Olin p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 3 1 1 1
Lansford 3b 2 1 2 0
Canseco rf 4 1 2 2
  Javier rf 0 0 0 0
Parker dh 3 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 0 0
Henderson D. cf 4 1 1 0
Hassey c 2 1 1 1
  Steinbach ph,c 1 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 1 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 4
Cleveland 001 000 1002101
Oakland 100 121 00x590
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Nichols  L (3-2) 5.1 8 5 4 3 4
  Olin   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
4
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  W (13-5) 6.0 5 1 1 3 5
  Burns   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Honeycutt   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Eckersley  SV (24) 1.1 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
4
7

  E–Carter (7).  DP–Cleveland 2, Oakland 1.  2B–Cleveland Fermin (7,off Davis); Jacoby (19,off Burns), Oakland D Henderson (17,off Nichols); Hassey (10,off Nichols).  HR–Oakland R Henderson (8,1st inning off Nichols 0 on, 0 out); Canseco (6,5th inning off Nichols 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Browne (9,off Davis); Phillips (5,off Nichols).  HBP–Hassey (1,by Nichols).  IBB–Parker (8,by Olin).  SB–Jacoby (2,2nd base off Davis/Hassey); Young (1,2nd base off Davis/Hassey); R Henderson (54,2nd base off Nichols/Skinner); Lansford (24,2nd base off Olin/Skinner).  CS–Weiss (1,2nd base by Olin/Skinner).  HBP–Nichols (1,Hassey).  IBB–Olin (1,Parker).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:29.  A–28,459.
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