Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
September 20, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1989 at Cleveland Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians 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)
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Oakland Athletics 8, Cleveland Indians 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 3 3 2 1
Lansford 3b 4 1 0 0
Canseco rf 3 0 0 2
  Javier rf 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 1 1 0
Henderson D. cf 4 2 2 1
Parker dh 3 1 1 1
Steinbach c 4 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 3 0 2 3
Gallego ss 4 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 8 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 4 2 2 1
Fermin ss 2 0 1 0
  Snyder ph 1 0 0 0
  Zuvella ss 1 0 0 0
Carter lf 3 1 2 3
Belle rf 4 0 2 1
O'Brien 1b 4 0 1 1
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Clark dh 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Allred ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Komminsk cf 4 2 1 0
Skinner c 0 0 0 0
  Magrann c 2 0 0 0
  Higgins ph 1 1 0 0
  Allanson c 1 0 0 0
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Olin p 0 0 0 0
  Kaiser p 0 0 0 0
  Seanez p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Oakland 110 005 100883
Cleveland 001 110 3006100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  W (18-7) 5.0 7 3 2 1 4
  Honeycutt   1.1 1 3 0 1 0
  Burns   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Young   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Nelson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Eckersley  SV (30) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
2
2
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  L (13-6) 5.1 5 5 5 2 3
  Olin   0.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Kaiser   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Seanez   1.0 0 1 1 2 0
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
8
8
6
7

  E–Steinbach (10), Phillips (14), Gallego (19).  DP–Oakland 2, Cleveland 2.  3B–Oakland Phillips (6,off Kaiser).  HR–Oakland R Henderson (12,1st inning off Swindell 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Canseco 2 (5,off Swindell,off Seanez); Carter (5,off Davis).  SH–Fermin (28,off Davis).  SB–R Henderson 4 (73,2nd base off Swindell/Magrann,3rd base off Swindell/Magrann,2nd base off Seanez/Magrann,3rd base off Seanez/Magrann); Komminsk (8,2nd base off Davis/Steinbach).  CS–R Henderson (14,2nd base by Jones/Allanson); Fermin (4,2nd base by Davis/Steinbach).  WP–Swindell (2).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Craft, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–3:05.  A–6,186.
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