Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
October 7, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 7, 1989 at Skydome. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 4 2 2 4
Henderson D. cf 4 1 1 0
Canseco rf 5 1 2 2
McGwire 1b 4 0 2 0
Steinbach dh 3 0 1 0
Phillips 3b 3 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 1 0
Gallego 2b 4 1 1 0
Weiss ss 3 1 1 0
Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 6
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 3 0 2 0
Wilson lf 5 1 1 1
McGriff 1b 5 0 1 1
Bell dh 5 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 5 2 2 0
Whitt c 2 0 0 0
  Borders ph,c 1 0 1 1
  Mulliniks ph 1 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 5 1 4 0
Lee 2b 4 1 1 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
Felix rf 4 0 1 2
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 13 5
Oakland 003 020 1006111
Toronto 000 101 1205130
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (1-0) 5.2 8 2 2 1 4
  Honeycutt   1.2 3 3 3 2 1
  Eckersley  SV (2) 1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
3
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (0-1) 4.1 7 5 5 1 3
  Ward   2.2 4 1 1 1 3
  Cerutti   1.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Acker   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
4
7

  E–R Henderson (1).  DP–Toronto 2.  2B–Oakland Weiss (1,off Flanagan); D Henderson (3,off Ward), Toronto Felix (1,off Welch); Fernandez (3,off Honeycutt).  HR–Oakland R Henderson 2 (2,3rd inning off Flanagan 1 on, 1 out,5th inning off Flanagan 1 on, 1 out); Canseco (1,3rd inning off Flanagan 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Weiss (1,off Flanagan).  SB–Weiss (1,3rd base off Flanagan/Whitt); Moseby (1,2nd base off Welch/Hassey); Gruber (1,2nd base off Welch/Hassey); Fernandez (3,2nd base off Welch/Hassey).  WP–Honeycutt (1).  U–Derryl Cousins, Rick Reed, Steve Palermo, Dave Phillips, Dale Ford, Dan Morrison.  T–3:29.  A–50,076.
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