2012 A's POSTSEASON GUIDE - Oakland Athletics

1988 ALCS
The A’s sweep the Boston Red Sox in four games to win their first American League pennant in 14
years. The A’s hit .299 in the series and the pitching staff posts a 2.00 ERA while holding the Red Sox
to a .206 batting average. Dennis Eckersley was named ALCS MVP after saving all four games and
the bullpen recorded three of the wins. Dave Henderson hit .375 and Jose Canseco hit three of the A’s
seven home runs.
Jose Canseco homers in the fourth inning of Game 1 but Dave Henderson provides the game winning
single in the eighth inning in the A’s 2-1 victory. Game 2 is a scoreless tie until the Red Sox score twice
in the sixth off Storm Davis but Jose Canseco hit a two-run home run and Mark McGwire added a RBI
single in the seventh to give the A’s a 3-2 lead. After the Red Sox tie the game, Walt Weiss has the game
winning RBI single in the ninth. The A’s outscore the Red Sox 10-6 in Game 3 as Carney Lansford,
McGwire and Ron Hassey have three hits each while Hassey drives in three runs. The A’s clinch the
series with a 4-1 win in Game 4 as Dave Stewart allows a run in seven innings for the win. Jose Canseco
homered in the first and Dave Henderson had a RBI single in the third before the A’s score two insurance
runs in the eighth.
FiNAl stAtistics
PlAYeR AVG G AB R h tB 2B 3B hR RBi sh sF hP BB iBB sO sB cs DP e slG OBP
Baylor .000 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .125
canseco .313 4 16 4 5 15 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 .938 .353
Gallego .083 4 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .083 .083
hassey .500 4 8 2 4 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 .556
henderson .375 4 16 2 6 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 2 .625 .412
Javier .500 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .600
lansford .294 4 17 4 5 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .529 .294
McGwire .333 4 15 4 5 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 .533 .375
Parker .250 3 12 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .333 .250
Phillips .286 2 7 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .429 .375
Polonia .400 3 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 .400 .500
steinbach .250 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .500
Weiss .333 4 15 2 5 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .467 .333
totals .299 4 137 20 41 70 8 0 7 20 0 1 0 10 3 35 1 3 1 3 .511 .345
PitcheR W l eRA G Gs cG GF shO sV iP h R eR hR hB BB iBB sO WP BK AVG
cadaret 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
davis 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 4 1 0 .100
eckersley 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 4 0 4 6.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 .053
honeycutt 1 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
nelson 2 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .294
Plunk 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500
stewart 1 0 1.35 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 9 2 2 0 1 6 0 11 0 0 .188
Welch 0 0 27.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 6 5 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .667
Young 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200
totals 4 0 2.00 4 4 0 4 0 4 36.0 26 11 8 2 1 18 0 23 1 1 .206
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