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October 18, 1988

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 1 8 1
Athletics 1 4 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 1 8 1
Athletics 2 5 0

Mark McGwire Postseason Stats

  Game Postseason
Average .000 .208
OBP .000 .296
At Bats 3 24
Hits 0 5
• Singles 0 4
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 3

Jay Howell Postseason Stats

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0 1 0
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - October 18, 1988
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Home Run
Jay Howell
Mike Scioscia
Tracy Woodson
Steve Sax
Jeff Hamilton
Alfredo Griffin
Danny Heep
John Shelby
Mickey Hatcher
Mark McGwire

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Los Angeles Dodgers 1 8 1 10
Oakland Athletics 2 5 0 4
Winning Pitcher Rick Honeycutt
Losing Pitcher Jay Howell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mark McGwire
Attendance 49,316
Time of Game 3 hours 21 minutes
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Count: 2-2, 1 Out
Count: 2-2, 1 Out

End of Game

McGwire hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Tracy Woodson now playing first base. Jay Howell now pitching. Canseco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sax settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tracy Woodson pinch hits for Franklin Stubbs. Woodson hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sax hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Griffin strikes out.
Bottom 8 Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Polonia hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sax settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Weiss hits a fly ball into center field. Shelby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hassey takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Hamilton strikes out.
Top 8 Scioscia hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rick Honeycutt now pitching. Dave Anderson pinch hits for Mike Davis. Anderson strikes out.
Top 8 Shelby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Hubbard hits a fly ball into center field. Shelby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lansford hits a popup towards first. Stubbs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Steinbach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 McGwire strikes out.
Top 7 Heep hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heep for the out.
Top 7 Hatcher hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Polonia. Hatcher reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Stubbs strikes out.
Top 7 Sax hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Canseco strikes out.
Bottom 6 Henderson hits a popup towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Alejandro Pena now pitching. Polonia strikes out.
Top 6 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Griffin for the out.
Top 6 Gene Nelson now pitching. Hamilton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to home to get Heep. Shelby moves to third. Davis moves to second.
Top 6 Greg Cadaret now pitching. Scioscia hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Shelby hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Heep moves to third. Shelby moves to second.
Top 6 Heep hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Heep reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Weiss hits a line drive towards the mound. Leary catches it and throws to first to double up Hassey.
Bottom 5 Hassey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hamilton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hatcher hits a line drive towards the mound. Welch reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Stubbs hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Stubbs reaches second base with a double. Hamilton scores.
Top 5 Sax hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Griffin bunts towards the mound. Welch fields it and throws to first for the out. Hamilton moves to second.
Top 5 Hamilton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lansford hits a fly ball into right field. Hatcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Steinbach hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hatcher. Steinbach reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Shelby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mickey Hatcher now playing right field. Danny Heep now playing left field. Canseco hits a fly ball into right field. Hatcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Scioscia strikes out.
Top 4 Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Shelby moves to third.
Top 4 There goes Shelby. The throw from Hassey and he is safe. Shelby steals second.
Top 4 Shelby takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Luis Polonia now playing left field. Danny Heep pinch hits for Mike Marshall. Heep strikes out.
Bottom 3 Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Luis Polonia pinch hits for Tony Phillips. Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hassey moves to third.
Bottom 3 Weiss hits a popup, foul, towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 The umpire calls a balk on Leary Hassey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hassey hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hubbard scores.
Bottom 3 There goes Hubbard. The throw from Scioscia and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 3 Hubbard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hatcher hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stubbs strikes out.
Top 3 Sax hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Tim Leary now pitching. Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leary fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 McGwire strikes out.
Top 2 Griffin strikes out.
Top 2 Hamilton takes first base on ball four. Scioscia moves to second.
Top 2 Scioscia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Shelby strikes out.
Bottom 1 Canseco hits a popup into left field. Hatcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stubbs scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henderson for the out.
Bottom 1 Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stubbs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Marshall strikes out.
Top 1 Hatcher strikes out.
Top 1 Stubbs strikes out.
Top 1 Sax hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.