1989 World Series

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1 Series Information
2 Box Scores
3 Trivia
4 External Links

Series Information

Oakland Athletics (99-63) vs. San Francisco Giants (92-70) The 1989 World Series featured two teams from California. In fact, the two teams were just across San Francisco Bay from each other. The Oakland A's were appearing in their second straight Fall Classic after being beaten by the LA Dodgers in 5 games the year before. The A's had the best record in baseball and were fueled by the bash brothers Mark McGuire and Jose Canseco and the leagues best pitching led by Dave Stewart. The A's cruised through the regular season and won the AL West by 7 games. They then beat the Toronto Blue Jays four games to one in the ALCS to advance to the World Series. The A's cross Bay rivals, the San Francisco Giants, had won the NL West by 3 games over the San Diego Padres with a balanced attack of hitting and pitching. The Giants then went on to beat the Chicago Cubs four games to one in the NLCS.

In the World Series the A's batters crushed the Giants pitchers while their pitching silenced the Giants bats. The A's rolled over the Giants sweeping the series 4-0. However, this Bay Series ended up being over shadowed by the massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit the area before game 3 and caused chaos and destruction in the two cities.

Managers: Tony LaRussa (Oakland) and Roger Craig (San Francisco)
Venues: Oakland Coliseum (Oakland, CA) and Candlestick Park (San Francisco, CA)
MVP: Dave Stewart

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Box Scores

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Game One: Saturday, October 14, 1989 at Oakland Coliseum

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco Giants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Oakland A’s	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	5	11	1
W: Dave Stewart (1-0) L: Scott Garrelts (0-1) Sv: None
HR: OAK – Dave Parker (1), Walt Weiss (1) SFG – None
Attendance: 49,385

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Game Two: Sunday, October 15, 1989 at Oakland Coliseum

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
San Francisco Giants	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Oakland A’s	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	X	5	7	0
W: Mike Moore (1-0) L: Rick Reuschel (0-1) Sv: None
HR: OAK – Terry Steinbach (1) SFG – None
Attendance: 49,388

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Game Three: Friday, October 27, 1989 at Candlestick Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland A’s	2	0	0	2	4	1	0	4	0	13	14	0
San Francisco Giants	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	7	10	3
W: Dave Stewart (2-0) L: Scott Garrelts (0-2) Sv: None
HR: OAK – Dave Henderson 2 (2), Tony Phillips (1), Jose Canseco (1), Carney Lansford (1) SFG – Matt Williams (1), Bill Bathe (1)
Attendance: 62,038

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Game Four: Satday, October 28, 1989 at Candlestick Park

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland A’s	1	3	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	9	12	0
San Francisco Giants	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	6	9	0
W: Mike Moore (2-0) L: Don Robinson (0-1) Sv: Dennis Eckersley
HR: OAK – Ricky Henderson (1) SFG – Kevin Mitchell (1), Greg Litton (1)
Attendance: 62,032

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Trivia

Game 3 was delayed 10 days when the 7.1 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake hit the Bay area. The earthquake killed 67 people and caused billions of dollars in damage
The Giants hit for the cycle as a team in Game 4, but still lost 9-6.
During the Series, the Giants did not lead a game once. The A's did not have a lead for only two innings
This was the first time a team was swept in the World Series since 1976 when the Cincinnati Reds swept the New York Yankees
Series MVP Dave Stewart went 2-0 with a 1.69 ERA. Stewart allowed only 10 hits and 3 runs in 16 innings pitched while striking out 14.

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