Athletics @ Rangers
June 9, 1989

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Bottom 6 R H E
Athletics 8 9 1
Rangers 7 12 0
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Athletics 8 9 1
Rangers 7 13 0

Ruben Sierra Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .325
OBP .667 .363
At Bats 3 231
Hits 2 75
• Singles 2 42
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 1 47

Gene Nelson Season Stats

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1 1 0
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Arlington Stadium - June 9, 1989
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Single
Gene Nelson
Terry Steinbach
Mark McGwire
Tony Phillips
Carney Lansford
Mike Gallego
Luis Polonia
Dave Henderson
Stan Javier
Ruben Sierra
Rafael Palmeiro
Count: 2-1, 0 Outs
Count: 2-1, 0 Outs

Sierra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Palmeiro moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Luis Polonia now playing left field. Stan Javier now playing right field. Tony Phillips now playing second base. Palmeiro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Luis Polonia pinch hits for Lance Blankenship. Polonia strikes out.
Top 6 Parker is walked intentionally.
Top 6 The ball gets by Kreuter for a passed ball. Phillips scores. Henderson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Henderson hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Gallego scores. Phillips moves to third.
Top 6 Cecilio Guante now pitching. Tony Phillips pinch hits for Glenn Hubbard. Phillips hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gallego moves to third.
Top 6 Gallego hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Javier hits a line drive towards short. Fletcher reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Blankenship settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Espy hits a line drive into left field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kreuter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Terry Steinbach now catching. Lance Blankenship now playing right field. Stan Javier now playing left field. Buechele hits a fly ball into right field. Blankenship settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McGwire hits a fly ball into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lance Blankenship pinch hits for Ron Hassey. Blankenship strikes out.
Bottom 4 Incaviglia hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Hubbard fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 4 Buddy Bell pinch hits for Rick Leach. Gene Nelson now pitching. Bell takes first base on ball four. Fletcher scores. Sierra moves to third. Franco moves to second.
Bottom 4 Franco is walked intentionally. Sierra moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sierra hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kreuter scores. Fletcher moves to third.
Bottom 4 Greg Cadaret now pitching. Palmeiro strikes out.
Bottom 4 Fletcher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kreuter moves to second.
Bottom 4 Espy bunts towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kreuter takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Palmeiro scoops it up and throws to first, with Hall covering, for the out.
Top 4 Drew Hall now pitching. There goes Henderson. The throw from Kreuter and he is safe. Henderson steals second.
Top 4 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Palmeiro scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hubbard for the out. Javier moves to third.
Top 4 Gallego strikes out.
Top 4 Gary Mielke now pitching. Javier hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Incaviglia. Javier reaches second base with a double. McGwire scores. Steinbach scores.
Top 4 Steinbach hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sierra. Steinbach reaches second base with a double. McGwire moves to third.
Top 4 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Buechele hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Incaviglia hits a popup towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Leach hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sierra tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Franco hits a fly ball into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Palmeiro scores. Sierra moves to third.
Bottom 3 Sierra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Palmeiro moves to second.
Bottom 3 Palmeiro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lansford hits a popup, foul, towards first. Palmeiro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hassey strikes out. There goes Henderson. The throw from Kreuter and Henderson is out. There goes Parker. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 3 Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to second.
Top 3 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Fletcher strikes out.
Bottom 2 Stewart fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Stewart. Espy moves to third.
Bottom 2 Espy bunts towards first. McGwire fields the ball and throws to Stewart covering. Safe. Buechele scores.
Bottom 2 Kreuter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Leach scores. Buechele moves to third.
Bottom 2 Buechele hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Leach moves to third. Buechele moves to second.
Bottom 2 Incaviglia hits a fly ball into right field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Leach moves to second.
Bottom 2 Leach hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Franco hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards third. Buechele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Javier hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sierra hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Stewart covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Palmeiro strikes out.
Bottom 1 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Javier. Fletcher reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Espy hits a fly ball into right field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Steinbach hits a fly ball into right field. Sierra settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McGwire hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 1 Lansford takes first base on ball four. Parker moves to third. Hassey moves to second.
Top 1 Hassey takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Parker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Sierra. Parker reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hough fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Hubbard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.