Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
August 16, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 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."

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Cleveland Indians 6, Oakland Athletics 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 5 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 5 1 3 1
James lf 4 1 2 0
  Komminsk pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Carter cf,lf 5 0 1 3
O'Brien 1b 4 1 1 0
Snyder rf 5 1 1 0
Young dh 4 0 0 0
Allanson c 4 1 3 1
Fermin ss 3 1 2 1
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Olin p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 14 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 5 1 1 0
Canseco dh 4 0 1 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 2 1
Steinbach c 4 1 1 0
Henderson D. cf 4 0 0 1
Beane rf 2 0 1 0
  Javier ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Weiss ss 4 0 1 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 2 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 2
Cleveland 020 000 1306142
Oakland 010 110 000391
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Black   4.0 8 3 3 2 1
  Olin  W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Jones  SV (28) 2.0 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   5.2 9 2 2 3 5
  Nelson   0.1 1 1 0 0 0
  Honeycutt  L (2-2) 1.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Corsi   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
5
4
6

  E–Browne (10), James (3), Honeycutt (1).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Jacoby (20,off Moore); Snyder (12,off Moore); James (10,off Moore), Oakland McGwire (12,off Black).  SF–Allanson (2,off Moore).  SB–Carter (13,2nd base off Corsi/Steinbach); R Henderson (55,2nd base off Black/Allanson).  CS–Allanson (4,3rd base by Moore/Steinbach).  WP–Moore 2 (9), Nelson (4).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Mark Johnson, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–3:11.  A–29,502.
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