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May 21, 1989

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Red Sox 4 10 1
Athletics 5 7 1
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Red Sox 4 10 1
Athletics 5 7 1

Mike Greenwell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .321
OBP .250 .418
At Bats 3 156
Hits 0 50
• Singles 0 36
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 1 23
RBI’s 0 25

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 13
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - May 21, 1989
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Dennis Eckersley
Ron Hassey
Mark McGwire
Tony Phillips
Carney Lansford
Mike Gallego
Luis Polonia
Stan Javier
Lance Blankenship
Mike Greenwell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 4 10 1 9
Oakland Athletics 5 7 1 7
Winning Pitcher Todd Burns
Losing Pitcher Roger Clemens
Save Dennis Eckersley
Game Winning RBI Dave Parker
Attendance 44,505
Time of Game 3 hours 4 minutes
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Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Eckersley covering, for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Burks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hassey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dennis Eckersley now pitching. Wade Boggs pinch hits for Marty Barrett. Boggs is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Gallego strikes out.
Bottom 8 Blankenship is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Phillips hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Lansford moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hassey strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rich Gedman now catching. Danny Heep now playing first base. Lansford takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Reed hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Romero hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Plunk fields it and throws to first for the out. Gedman moves to second.
Top 8 Rich Gedman pinch hits for Rick Cerone. Gedman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mark McGwire now playing first base. Danny Heep pinch hits for Nick Esasky. Heep 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 7 Steinbach hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Barrett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Parker hits a line drive towards third. Romero reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Javier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Eric Plunk now pitching. Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Cadaret fires to first and has Burks trapped. There's the throw to Gallego who tags Burks for the out.
Top 7 Greg Cadaret now pitching. Greenwell hits a fly ball into center field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Barrett moves to third.
Top 7 Burks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Barrett moves to second.
Top 7 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gallego is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Blankenship hits a line drive into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Reed hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Romero hits a line drive into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cerone strikes out.
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Phillips for the out.
Bottom 5 Hassey hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lansford hits a popup, foul, towards first. Esasky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Esasky hits a fly ball into right field. Blankenship settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Greenwell scores.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Greenwell moves to second.
Top 5 Greenwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Burks bunts towards the mound. Burns fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Parker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gallego scores. Polonia scores. Javier moves to third.
Bottom 4 Javier takes first base on ball four. Gallego moves to third. Polonia moves to second.
Bottom 4 Polonia hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Phillips scores. Gallego moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gallego is hit by the pitch. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 4 Blankenship hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Phillips hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hassey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Romero fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Barrett hits a popup towards short. Gallego settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Reed takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There goes Romero. The throw from Hassey and he is out, Gallego applying the tag.
Top 4 Romero hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cerone hits a line drive into right field. Blankenship settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Steinbach hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Parker takes first base on ball four. Javier moves to second.
Bottom 3 Javier is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 There goes Polonia. The throw from Cerone and he is out, Reed applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Reed.
Bottom 3 Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Esasky hits a popup, foul, towards first. Steinbach settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Todd Burns now pitching. Evans is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Polonia. Rice reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Greenwell strikes out.
Bottom 2 Blankenship is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lansford scores.
Bottom 2 Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hassey for the out. Lansford moves to second.
Bottom 2 Lansford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Steinbach hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Barrett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Phillips fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 2 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Steinbach juggles the ball. That's an error on Steinbach. Romero moves to third. Reed moves to second.
Top 2 Reed hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cerone scores. Romero moves to second.
Top 2 Romero hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cerone moves to second.
Top 2 Cerone takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Esasky hits a fly ball into right field. Blankenship settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Evans hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Rice is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Parker strikes out.
Bottom 1 Javier hits a fly ball towards center. Burks catches it and throws to Barrett who relays to Esasky to double up Polonia.
Bottom 1 Polonia hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Greenwell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Reed scores.
Top 1 Barrett bunts towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out. Reed moves to third.
Top 1 Reed hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Blankenship. Reed reaches second base with a double.