Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
October 8, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 8, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson R. lf 3 1 1 1
Phillips 3b 4 0 0 0
Canseco rf 3 0 1 1
Parker dh 4 0 0 0
Henderson D. cf 3 1 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 0
Steinbach c 4 0 1 1
Weiss ss 2 1 0 0
Gallego 2b 1 0 0 1
Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 4 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 4 1 2 1
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell dh 4 1 2 1
Fernandez ss 4 1 2 0
Whitt c 4 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 3 0 1 1
Felix rf 4 0 1 0
Liriano 2b 3 0 1 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Oakland 101 000 200440
Toronto 000 000 012390
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Stewart  W (2-0) 8.0 8 2 2 0 3
  Eckersley  SV (3) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  L (0-2) 6.0 4 4 4 4 4
  Acker   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Henke   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
4
4
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Toronto Gruber (1,off Stewart).  3B–Oakland R Henderson (1,off Stieb).  HR–Toronto Moseby (1,8th inning off Stewart 0 on, 1 out); Bell (1,9th inning off Stewart 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gallego 2 (2,off Stieb,off Acker).  SF–Gruber (1,off Eckersley).  SB–R Henderson (8,2nd base off Stieb/Whitt); Liriano (3,2nd base off Stewart/Steinbach); Fernandez 2 (5,2nd base off Stewart/Steinbach,2nd base off Eckersley/Steinbach).  CS–Canseco (2,2nd base by Stieb/Whitt).  U–Rick Reed, Steve Palermo, Dave Phillips, Dan Morrison, Derryl Cousins, Dale Ford.  T–2:52.  A–50,024.
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