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Oakland Athletics @ Toronto Blue Jays

1989-05-02 · Night game · Exhibition Stadium · Att: 23439 · 44°F, night, drizzle, wet · Wind 22 mph L to R · 3:26

Oakland Athletics defeated Toronto Blue Jays 8–5. Oakland Athletics put up 4 in the 9th. Rick Honeycutt earned the win and Eric Plunk picked up the save. Mark McGwire went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	8	10
TOR	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8

W: Rick Honeycutt L: Duane Ward SV: Eric Plunk

Umpires — HP: Dave Phillips · 1B: Rick Reed · 2B: Mark Johnson · 3B: Al Clark · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Polonia	5	1	2	1	0	2
Dave Henderson	3	1	2	0	1	0
Dave Parker	4	1	2	1	1	0
Mark McGwire	5	1	1	4	0	0
Ron Hassey	4	0	1	0	1	0
Carney Lansford	2	1	0	0	2	0
Tony Phillips	3	1	1	1	1	2
Stan Javier	4	2	1	1	0	1
Walt Weiss	4	0	0	0	0	2

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Moseby	5	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Fernandez	5	1	1	0	0	0
Fred McGriff	4	1	0	0	0	1
George Bell	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ernie Whitt	2	0	0	0	1	1
Rance Mulliniks	3	1	1	4	0	1
Pat Borders	3	0	1	1	1	1
Nelson Liriano	3	0	1	0	1	1
Rob Ducey	4	0	2	0	0	2
Tom Lawless	1	1	0	0	1	1
Bob Brenly	0	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Welch	6.0	6	2	6
Rick Honeycutt	2.2	2	2	2
Gene Nelson	0.0	0	0	0
Eric Plunk	0.1	0	0	1

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Stieb	6.0	6	3	2
David Wells	0.2	1	1	2
Duane Ward	2.0	2	1	3
Tom Henke	0.1	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Polonia: 13/G1S
Dave Henderson: HP
Dave Parker: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Lloyd Moseby: K
Tony Fernandez: D8/G4M
Fred McGriff: HP
George Bell: S9/F9S.1-2;2-3
Ernie Whitt: K
Rance Mulliniks: HR/F7S.3-H;2-H;1-H
Pat Borders: W
Nelson Liriano: K

Top 2

Mark McGwire: 13/G15
Ron Hassey: S8/G4M
Carney Lansford: PB.1-2
Carney Lansford: W
Tony Phillips: K
Stan Javier: 3/G3

Bot 2

Rob Ducey: D7/L5D
Lloyd Moseby: 63/G6
Tony Fernandez: 2/G2
Fred McGriff: 3/G34

Top 3

Walt Weiss: 63/G6
Luis Polonia: K
Dave Henderson: D7/L78
Dave Parker: 53/G5

Bot 3

George Bell: 8/L8
Ernie Whitt: 31/G34
Rance Mulliniks: K

Top 4

Mark McGwire: 4/P
Ron Hassey: E4
Carney Lansford: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Pat Borders: E5/TH
Nelson Liriano: S9/G34.1-2
Rob Ducey: K
Lloyd Moseby: 7/F7S
Tony Fernandez: 43/G4

Top 5

Tony Phillips: W
Stan Javier: 36(1)/FO
Walt Weiss: 43/G34.1-2
Luis Polonia: S8/L8S.2-H
Dave Henderson: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Fred McGriff: 31/G3
George Bell: 2/F2F
Ernie Whitt: W
Rance Mulliniks: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Dave Parker: S9/L9S
Mark McGwire: 6/P6D
Ron Hassey: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Pat Borders: K
Nelson Liriano: 43/G4M
Rob Ducey: S8/L78
Lloyd Moseby: 9/F89S

Top 7

Carney Lansford: W
Tony Phillips: T7/L78.1-H
Stan Javier: S7/L7S.3-H
Walt Weiss: K+SB2
Luis Polonia: K
Dave Henderson: I
Dave Parker: S8/L8S.2-H;1-2
Mark McGwire: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Tony Fernandez: 8/F8
Fred McGriff: K
George Bell: S8/L8S
Ernie Whitt: CS2(26)

Top 8

Ron Hassey: W
Carney Lansford: 6(1)3/GDP
Tony Phillips: K

Bot 8

Tom Lawless: W
Bob Brenly: 13/SH.1-2
Pat Borders: S8/L78S.2-H
Nelson Liriano: W.1-2
Rob Ducey: K
Lloyd Moseby: 31/G3

Top 9

Stan Javier: K
Walt Weiss: K
Luis Polonia: S9/G34
Dave Henderson: S9/G34.1-3
Dave Parker: W.1-2
Mark McGwire: HR/F7D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Ron Hassey: 63/G6

Bot 9

Tony Fernandez: 7/F78
Fred McGriff: 13/G1
George Bell: HP
Tom Lawless: K

Notes & reviews

George Bell charged the mound and both benches cleared; Bell and Blue Jays manager Jimy Williams ejected by HP umpire Dave Phillips; pitcher Gene Nelson was injured in the fight

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