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August 30, 1989

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Top 7	R	H	E
Athletics	5	7	1
Yankees	7	9	1

Top 7	R	H	E
Athletics	5	7	1
Yankees	7	9	1

Rickey Henderson Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.667	.288
OBP	.667	.419
At Bats	3	451
Hits	2	130
• Singles	2	95
• Doubles	0	23
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	10
Walks	0	102
RBI’s	0	52

Lance McCullers Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	3	1

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Yankee Stadium - August 30, 1989

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Out

Lance McCullers

Bob Geren

Don Mattingly

Steve Sax

Randy Velarde

Alvaro Espinoza

Mel Hall

Roberto Kelly

Jesse Barfield

Rickey Henderson

Count: 3-2, 0 Outs

Count: 3-2, 1 Out

Lance McCullers now pitching. Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 6 Sax hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Velarde hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Geren scores. Velarde moves to second. That run is unearned.

Bottom 6 Kelly hits a line drive into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Geren moves to second.

Bottom 6 Geren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss misplays the ball. That's an error on Weiss.

Bottom 6 Balboni hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Bottom 6 Barfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hall moves to second.

Bottom 6 Hall hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Mattingly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Weiss hits a line drive into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Phillips hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 6 Steinbach hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Henderson hits a fly ball into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Espinoza strikes out.

Bottom 5 Sax hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Velarde hits a fly ball into right field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 5 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza fields it and throws to home to get Lansford. Canseco moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 5 Canseco hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hall. Canseco reaches second base with a double. Henderson scores. Lansford moves to third. That run is unearned.

Top 5 Lansford hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Weiss scores. Henderson moves to third.

Top 5 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Velarde juggles the ball. That's an error on Velarde. Weiss moves to third.

Top 5 Weiss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 4 Geren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Balboni strikes out.

Top 4 Phillips hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Geren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Steinbach hits a line drive into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Henderson hits a line drive into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Barfield strikes out.

Bottom 3 Hall takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Mattingly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Espinoza strikes out.

Top 3 Hassey hits a fly ball into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Parker strikes out.

Top 3 Canseco hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Top 3 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Espinoza fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Weiss moves to third.

Top 3 Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Weiss moves to second.

Top 3 Weiss takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Sax strikes out.

Bottom 2 Velarde hits a fly ball into right field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Velarde fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Steinbach hits a line drive into left field. Hall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Geren strikes out.

Bottom 1 Balboni hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mattingly scores.

Bottom 1 Barfield strikes out.

Bottom 1 Hall hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Espinoza tags and scores. Mattingly tags and moves to third.

Bottom 1 Mattingly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Mattingly reaches second base with a double. Sax scores. Espinoza moves to third.

Bottom 1 Espinoza hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sax moves to second.

Bottom 1 Sax hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Hassey hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Parker takes first base on ball four. Canseco moves to second.

Top 1 Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Velarde fields it and has Henderson trapped. There's the throw to Sax who throws back to Velarde who tags Henderson for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 1 There goes Henderson. The throw from Geren and he is safe. Henderson steals second.

Top 1 Lansford hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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Lance McCullers now pitching. Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Athletics @ Yankees
August 30, 1989