The Oakland Athletics couldn't pull it off against the Texas Rangers, 5 to 4, on July 8, 1989.

1989 Oakland Athletics

Final

TEX

Rangers

47-38

5

OAK

Athletics

51-36

4

TEX

OAK

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

1

1

6

0

0

7

1

0

8

0

3

9

2

0

10

1

0

R

5

4

H

14

7

E

1

0

Top 5th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Home run by Steve Buechele.

1

0

Bottom 5th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Double by Rickey Henderson; Tony Phillips scored.

1

1

Top 7th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Steve Buechele grounded out; Julio Franco scored.

2

1

Bottom 8th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Rickey Henderson; Lance Blankenship scored.

2

3

Athletics

Terry Steinbach grounded out; Carney Lansford scored.

2

4

Top 9th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by Thad Bosley; Jack Daugherty and Steve Buechele scored.

4

4

Top 10th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by Julio Franco; Rafael Palmeiro scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Cecil Espy CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1
Sammy Sosa LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rafael Palmeiro 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Ruben Sierra RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Julio Franco 2B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jack Daugherty DH 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Steve Buechele 3B,SS 5 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
Jeff Kunkel SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Thad Bosley PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Sundberg C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chad Kreuter C 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rick Leach PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Stanley PH,3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 14 4 1 1 7 1 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kevin Brown 7.0 4 1 1 3 2 0
Drew Hall 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Jeff Russell (W) 3.0 3 2 1 2 2 1
Totals 10.0 7 4 3 6 4 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF 5 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 7
Carney Lansford 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
Dave Parker DH 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Mark McGwire 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Henderson CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 2B,SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Stan Javier RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Hubbard 2B 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Mike Gallego SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Hassey PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Blankenship PH,2B,RF 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4 1 6 4 2 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stewart 8.0 8 2 2 1 5 1
Todd Burns 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0
Matt Young (L) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0
Gene Nelson 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 10.0 14 5 5 1 7 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

12

Rooker

Brent Rooker

RBI

39

Rooker

Brent Rooker

AVG

.283

Rooker

Brent Rooker

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Spence

Mitch Spence

K

51

Miller

Mason Miller

ERA

2.59

Kelly

Michael Kelly

Team Rankings

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HR

72

4th

R

230

23rd

SO

463

25th

ERA

4.31

23rd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
33 27 .550
Rangers Rangers
28 30 .483 4.0
Astros Astros
26 33 .441 6.5
Athletics Athletics
24 36 .400 9.0
Angels Angels
21 37 .362 11.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/2
OAK OAK
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Tue
6/4
SEA SEA
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Wed
6/5
SEA SEA
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Thu
6/6
SEA SEA
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM
Fri
6/7
TOR TOR
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM

Last Game

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ATL Braves

32-24

9

Final

11

OAK Athletics

24-36

Sat 1 Jun 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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20

Judge

Aaron Judge

19

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

18

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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57

Ramírez

José Ramírez

53

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

49

Bohm

Alec Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

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.340

Arraez

Luis Arraez

.326

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.325

Profar

Jurickson Profar

Hit Leaders

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83

Arraez

Luis Arraez

75

Contreras

William Contreras

75

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

Run Leaders

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52

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

48

Contreras

William Contreras

44

Schwarber

Kyle Schwarber

OBP Leaders

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.420

Profar

Jurickson Profar

.414

Judge

Aaron Judge

.412

Betts

Mookie Betts

SLG Leaders

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.654

Judge

Aaron Judge

.611

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.604

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SB Leaders

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32

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

20

Turang

Brice Turang

20

Caballero

José Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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9

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

9

Lugo

Seth Lugo

8

Sale

Chris Sale

Strikeout Leaders

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95

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

93

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

90

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA Leaders

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1.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

1.72

Lugo

Seth Lugo

1.73

López

Reynaldo López

WHIP Leaders

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0.80

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.82

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.91

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

K/9 Leaders

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12.16

Gray

Sonny Gray

12.01

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

11.97

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

K/BB Leaders

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11.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.50

Kirby

George Kirby

9.00

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

Walk Leaders

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4

Eflin

Zach Eflin

6

Kirby

George Kirby

10

Sale

Chris Sale

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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874.4

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

858.7

Judge

Aaron Judge

840.2

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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669

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

646

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

634

Judge

Aaron Judge

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
5/31
CWS CWS
@
MIL MIL
3-4
Fri
5/31
PIT PIT
@
TOR TOR
8-1
Fri
5/31
CIN CIN
@
CHC CHC
5-7
Fri
5/31
TEX TEX
@
MIA MIA
7-0
Fri
5/31
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
2-5

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/2
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
1:05 PM
Sun
6/2
TBR TBR
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
6/2
OAK OAK
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
6/2
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
1:35 PM
Sun
6/2
PIT PIT
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM