Athletics @ Rangers
August 23, 1989

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Athletics 5 10 2
Rangers 4 8 0
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Athletics 5 10 2
Rangers 4 8 0

Ruben Sierra Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .308
OBP .333 .346
At Bats 2 490
Hits 1 151
• Singles 0 88
• Doubles 0 30
• Triples 0 11
• Home Runs 1 22
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 3 90

Rick Honeycutt Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 12
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Arlington Stadium - August 23, 1989
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Rick Honeycutt
Terry Steinbach
Mark McGwire
Tony Phillips
Carney Lansford
Walt Weiss
Rickey Henderson
Stan Javier
Jose Canseco
Ruben Sierra
Count: 3-0, 2 Outs
Count: 3-0, 2 Outs

Sierra takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Baines hits a fly ball into center field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stan Javier now playing center field. Rick Honeycutt now pitching. Daugherty hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Phillips strikes out.
Top 8 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rogers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Chad Kreuter now catching. Henderson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Espy strikes out.
Bottom 7 Buechele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Leach scores.
Bottom 7 Manrique hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Leach moves to third.
Bottom 7 Leach hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Leach reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 McGwire strikes out.
Top 7 Blankenship strikes out.
Top 7 Kenny Rogers now pitching. Lance Blankenship pinch hits for Ron Hassey. There goes Lansford. The throw from Petralli and he is out, Buechele applying the tag. Canseco moves to second.
Top 7 Canseco hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Henderson scores. Lansford moves to second.
Top 7 Lansford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to third.
Top 7 The ball gets by Petralli for a passed ball. Henderson moves to second.
Top 7 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Daugherty fields the ball and throws to Brown covering. Safe.
Bottom 6 Petralli hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Stewart covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Franco strikes out.
Bottom 6 Sierra hits a fly ball towards center field. Henderson fields the ball and throws to home. Steinbach drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Steinbach. Daugherty tags and scores. Baines tags and moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Baines hits a ball on the ground into center field. Henderson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Henderson. Daugherty moves to third.
Bottom 6 Daugherty hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Phillips hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Henderson scores.
Top 6 Steinbach hits a line drive into center field. Espy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McGwire tags and scores.
Top 6 Henderson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Espy. Henderson reaches second base with a double. Hassey scores. McGwire moves to third.
Top 6 McGwire takes first base on ball four. Hassey moves to second.
Top 6 Hassey takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Manrique scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Espy strikes out.
Bottom 5 Buechele strikes out.
Bottom 5 Manrique hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Henderson strikes out.
Top 5 Weiss strikes out.
Bottom 4 Leach strikes out.
Bottom 4 Petralli hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Franco moves to second.
Bottom 4 Franco hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sierra strikes out.
Top 4 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Steinbach strikes out. There goes Henderson. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards short. Manrique scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Baines hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Daugherty strikes out.
Bottom 3 Espy bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Steinbach settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Manrique scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Canseco hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Weiss scores.
Top 3 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Weiss moves to third.
Top 3 Henderson takes first base on ball four. Weiss moves to second.
Top 3 Weiss bunts in front of the plate. Petralli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Buechele hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Manrique hits a line drive beyond second. Phillips can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 2 Leach hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Petralli hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Petralli for the out.
Top 2 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Steinbach strikes out.
Top 2 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Franco hits a line drive into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sierra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Baines hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Daugherty 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 1 Espy hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McGwire strikes out.
Top 1 Hassey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Canseco moves to third.
Top 1 Canseco takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Franco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brown fires to first and picks off Henderson.
Top 1 Henderson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.