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Rangers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 28, 1989
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers, played on September 28, 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 28, 1989 |
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Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 28, 1989 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brad Arnsberg |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Stewart |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 21,127 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Dale Ford 1B: John Hirschbeck 2B: (none) 3B: Greg Kosc |
Texas Rangers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Fred Manrique | Second Baseman |
Rick Leach | First Baseman |
Harold Baines | DH |
Ruben Sierra | Right Fielder |
Thad Bosley | Left Fielder |
Mike Stanley | Catcher |
Scott Coolbaugh | Third Baseman |
Juan Gonzalez | Center Fielder |
Jeff Kunkel | Shortstop |
Bobby Valentine | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lance Blankenship | Second Baseman |
Stan Javier | Center Fielder |
Carney Lansford | Third Baseman |
Dave Parker | DH |
Terry Steinbach | Catcher |
Ken Phelps | First Baseman |
Felix Jose | Right Fielder |
Doug Jennings | Left Fielder |
Walt Weiss | Shortstop |
Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rangers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 28, 1989
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Manrique vs. Stewart
Manrique hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Leach vs. Stewart
Leach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blankenship scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Manrique moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baines vs. Stewart
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phelps scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baines for the out. Manrique moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sierra vs. Stewart
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blankenship scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Blankenship vs. Arnsberg
Blankenship hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coolbaugh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Arnsberg
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Arnsberg
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bosley vs. Stewart
Bosley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blankenship fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Stewart
Stanley takes first base on ball four. Bosley moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Coolbaugh vs. Stewart
Coolbaugh strikes out. There goes Bosley. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Stanley. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Gonzalez vs. Stewart
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Kunkel vs. Stewart
Kunkel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Manrique vs. Stewart
Manrique hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Weiss fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Arnsberg
Parker hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Arnsberg
Steinbach hits a fly ball into left field. Bosley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Phelps vs. Arnsberg
Phelps hits a fly ball into left field. Bosley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jose vs. Arnsberg
Jose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Jennings vs. Arnsberg
Jennings strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Stewart
Leach hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Stewart
Baines hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Sierra vs. Stewart
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blankenship fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Bosley vs. Stewart
Stewart fires to first and picks off Sierra. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Arnsberg
Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Manrique fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Blankenship vs. Arnsberg
Blankenship hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bosley. Blankenship reaches second base with a double. Weiss goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Javier vs. Arnsberg
Javier bunts in front of the plate. Stanley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Blankenship moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Lansford vs. Arnsberg
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kunkel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Blankenship scores. Javier moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Parker vs. Arnsberg
Parker hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Javier scores. Lansford moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Steinbach vs. Arnsberg
There's a wild pitch. Lansford scores. Parker moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Steinbach vs. Arnsberg
Steinbach hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Phelps vs. Arnsberg
Phelps takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Jose vs. Arnsberg
Jose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Arnsberg fields it and throws to second for the out. Parker moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Jennings vs. Arnsberg
Jennings hits a line drive into left field. Bosley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bosley vs. Stewart
Bosley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jose. Bosley reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Stanley vs. Stewart
Stanley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Coolbaugh vs. Stewart
Coolbaugh strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Gonzalez vs. Stewart
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Kunkel vs. Stewart
Kunkel strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Arnsberg
Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leach scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weiss for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blankenship vs. Arnsberg
Blankenship hits a line drive into left field. Bosley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Arnsberg
Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Manrique scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Manrique vs. Stewart
Manrique strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Stewart
Leach hits a line drive into right field. Jose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Stewart
Baines hits a line drive into center field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Arnsberg
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Manrique misplays the ball. That's an error on Manrique. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Arnsberg
Parker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leach fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Arnsberg covering. It's a double play. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Arnsberg
Steinbach hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Phelps vs. Hall
Drew Hall now pitching.
Phelps hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Manrique scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Burns
Todd Burns now pitching.
Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blankenship scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bosley vs. Burns
Bosley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Burns
Stanley hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Jose vs. Hall
Jose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Manrique scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Beane vs. Hall
Billy Beane pinch hits for Doug Jennings.
Beane strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Hall
Weiss takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Blankenship vs. Hall
Blankenship hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Weiss moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Javier vs. Hall
Javier takes first base on ball four. Weiss moves to third. Blankenship moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 123
Phillips vs. Hall
Tony Phillips pinch hits for Carney Lansford.
Phillips hits a line drive into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Coolbaugh vs. Burns
Tony Phillips now playing third base. Billy Beane now playing left field.
Coolbaugh hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Burns
Gonzalez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blankenship settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Kunkel vs. Burns
Kunkel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gallego vs. Hall
Mike Gallego pinch hits for Dave Parker.
Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coolbaugh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Steinbach vs. Hall
Steinbach hits a popup towards first. Leach settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phelps vs. Hall
Phelps hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Manrique scoops it up and throws to first, with Hall covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Manrique vs. Young
Matt Young now pitching.
Manrique hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blankenship scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Palmer vs. Young
Dean Palmer pinch hits for Rick Leach.
Palmer strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Young
Baines strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jose vs. Hall
Pete Incaviglia now playing left field. Rafael Palmeiro now playing first base.
Jose strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Beane vs. Hall
Beane hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Hall
Weiss hits a fly ball into left field. Incaviglia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sierra vs. Young
Sierra hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Incaviglia vs. Young
Incaviglia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Young
Stanley hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Jose who is chasing the ball. Stanley reaches third base with a triple. Incaviglia goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Coolbaugh vs. Eckersley
Dennis Eckersley now pitching.
Coolbaugh hits a fly ball into center field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stanley tags and scores. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Espy vs. Eckersley
Cecil Espy pinch hits for Juan Gonzalez.
Espy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blankenship scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Daugherty vs. Eckersley
Jack Daugherty pinch hits for Jeff Kunkel.
Daugherty hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phelps scoops it up and throws to first, with Eckersley covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/28/1989 -- Texas at Oakland (D) Texas AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Manrique F, 2b 4 0 1 0 Blankenship L, 2b 4 1 2 1 Leach R, 1b 3 0 0 0 Javier S, cf 3 1 1 0 Palmer D, ph 1 0 0 0 Lansford C, 3b 3 1 1 1 Palmeiro R, 1b 0 0 0 0 Phillips T, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Baines H, dh 4 0 1 0 Parker D, dh 3 1 2 2 Sierra R, rf 4 1 1 1 Gallego M, ph 1 0 0 0 Bosley T, lf 3 0 2 0 Steinbach T, c 4 0 1 0 Incaviglia P, lf 0 1 0 0 Phelps K, 1b 3 0 0 0 Stanley M, c 2 1 1 1 Jose F, rf 4 0 1 0 Coolbaugh S, 3b 3 0 1 1 Jennings D, lf 2 0 0 0 Gonzalez J, cf 3 0 0 0 Beane B, ph-lf 2 0 0 0 Espy C, ph 1 0 0 0 Weiss W, ss 3 1 1 0 Kunkel J, ss 2 0 0 0 Daugherty J, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 3 7 3 33 5 9 4 Texas 000 000 003 -- 3 Oakland 014 000 00x -- 5 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Arnsberg B (L) 4.2 8 5 5 1 1 Hall D 3.1 1 0 0 2 2 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Stewart D (W) 5.0 4 0 0 3 6 Burns T 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 Young M* 1.0 2 3 3 1 2 Eckersley D (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 3 batters in 9th E -- Manrique F DP -- Texas 1, Oakland 1 LOB -- Texas 6, Oakland 7 2B -- Blankenship L, Bosley T 3B -- Stanley M HR -- Parker D, Sierra R SB -- Stanley M, Bosley T SF -- Coolbaugh S WP -- Arnsberg B T -- 2:29 A -- 21127
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