1988 American League Championship Series
Game 1 @ BOA: Red Sox 2, A's 1 Game 2 @ BOA: A's 8, Red Sox 5 Game 3 @ OAA: A's 4, Red Sox 3 (10 innings) Game 4 @ OAA: Red Sox 1, A's 0 Game 5 @ OAA: A's 15, Red Sox 6 Go to Statistics BOXSCORE: 1988 Oakland A's At 1988 Boston Red Sox 10/4/1988 *** 1988 ALCS Game 1 *** A's AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG D.James LF 4 0 1 0 .250 P.Sheridan CF 4 0 0 0 .000 T.Herr 2B 4 1 1 0 .250 M.Barrett 2B 4 0 0 0 .000 C.Washington DH 4 0 2 1 .500 M.Greenwell LF 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Canseco RF 3 0 1 0 .333 A-T.Benzinger LF 0 0 0 0 ---- M.McGwire 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Evans RF 2 0 0 0 .000 C.Lansford 3B 3 0 1 0 .333 D.Baylor DH 3 1 0 0 .000 S.Javier CF 3 0 0 0 .000 D.Bergman 1B 3 0 2 0 .667 T.Steinbach C 3 0 0 0 .000 A.Ashby C 2 1 0 0 .000 W.Weiss SS 3 0 0 0 .000 B-R.Gedman C 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Ramirez SS 3 0 1 0 .333 A.Newman 3B 0 0 0 1 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 25 2 3 1 A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Greenwell In 8th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Ashby In 8th Inning A's............. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 3 0 A's (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Moore LOSS(0-1) 6 3 2 1 3 4 0 101 1.50 A1 C6 E.Plunk BS(1st) 1 1/3 0 0 0 4 0 0 36 0.00 C7 D6 G.Nelson 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 D7 Totals 8 3 2 1 7 4 0 Red Sox (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Clemens WIN(1-0) 9 6 1 1 1 12 0 110 1.00 A1 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 12 0 ATTENDANCE- 45,811 DATE- Tuesday, October 4th 1988 TIME- Day T- 2:05 LEFT ON BASE- A's: 4 Red Sox: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 1 Red Sox: 2 ERRORS- T.Steinbach DOUBLES- T.Herr(1st), D.Bergman(1st) STOLEN BASES- C.Washington(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- A.Newman-2 WALKS- J.Canseco, T.Benzinger, D.Evans-2, D.Baylor, D.Bergman, A.Ashby, A.Newman STRIKE OUTS- D.James-2, C.Washington-2, J.Canseco, M.McGwire-2, S.Javier-2, T.Steinbach-2, W.Weiss, P.Sheridan-2, D.Evans, D.Baylor GIDP- T.Herr, M.McGwire WILD PITCHES- E.Plunk 2-out RBI- C.Washington BOXSCORE: 1988 Oakland A's At 1988 Boston Red Sox 10/5/1988 *** 1988 ALCS Game 2 *** A's AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG D.James LF 3 1 2 2 .429 P.Sheridan CF,RF 5 1 2 0 .222 A-R.Kittle PH 1 1 1 21.000 M.Barrett 2B 4 1 0 0 .000 B-T.Francona LF 1 0 1 21.000 M.Greenwell LF 5 0 1 0 .125 T.Herr 2B 4 0 0 1 .125 D.Evans RF 3 0 2 0 .400 C.Washington DH 4 0 1 1 .375 F-E.Burks PR,CF 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Canseco RF 3 0 0 0 .167 D.Baylor DH 3 1 0 0 .000 E-G.Wilson RF 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Bergman 1B 5 1 2 4 .500 M.McGwire 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 A.Ashby C 5 1 1 0 .143 C.Lansford 3B 4 0 0 0 .143 R.Ramirez SS 5 0 3 1 .500 S.Javier CF 3 2 1 0 .167 A.Newman 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 T.Steinbach C 3 1 0 0 .000 C-T.Benzinger PH 1 0 1 01.000 W.Weiss SS 3 3 2 0 .333 D-J.Reed 3B 1 0 1 01.000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 8 8 8 Totals 40 5 13 5 A-Pinch Hit For James In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Kittle In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Newman In 7th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Benzinger In 8th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Canseco In 8th Inning F-Pinch Ran For Evans In 8th Inning A's............. 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 - 8 8 0 Red Sox......... 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 13 0 A's (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Welch WIN(1-0) 6 2/3 10 5 5 5 4 1 142 6.75 A1 D9 E.Plunk HOLD(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 0.00 E1 E4 D.Eckersley SAVE(1st) 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 3 0 22 0.00 E5 Totals 9 13 5 5 5 8 1 Red Sox (1-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Boddicker 6 2/3 3 5 5 2 4 1 104 6.75 A1 C9 B.Stanley L(0-1) BS(1st) 1 2/3 3 3 3 1 0 1 36 16.20 D1 D9 B.Havens 0 2/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 E1 Totals 9 8 8 8 3 4 2 ATTENDANCE- 48,676 DATE- Wednesday, October 5th 1988 TIME- Day T- 3:16 LEFT ON BASE- A's: 4 Red Sox:14 DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 0 Red Sox: 0 DOUBLES- T.Francona(1st), P.Sheridan(1st), D.Evans-2(2nd), A.Ashby(1st), T.Benzinger(1st) TRIPLES- M.Greenwell(1st) HOME RUNS- D.James(1st), R.Kittle(1st), D.Bergman(1st) STOLEN BASES- S.Javier-2(2nd), T.Steinbach(1st), W.Weiss(1st) SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Washington WALKS- T.Herr, J.Canseco, S.Javier, P.Sheridan, M.Barrett, D.Evans-2, D.Baylor HIT BY PITCH- T.Steinbach, W.Weiss, D.Baylor STRIKE OUTS- C.Lansford, S.Javier-2, T.Steinbach, P.Sheridan-2, M.Greenwell, D.Baylor-2, A.Ashby, A.Newman-2 BALKS- B.Welch 2-out RBI- D.Bergman-2, R.Kittle-2 BOXSCORE: 1988 Boston Red Sox At 1988 Oakland A's 10/7/1988 *** 1988 ALCS Game 3 *** Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG A's AB R H RBI AVG P.Sheridan CF 5 1 2 0 .286 P.Runge 3B 4 1 1 0 .250 M.Barrett 2B 3 1 1 0 .091 A-C.Lansford 3B 1 0 1 0 .250 M.Greenwell LF 4 0 0 0 .083 T.Herr 2B 4 0 0 1 .083 D.Evans RF 3 0 0 0 .250 J.Canseco RF 4 0 2 1 .300 D.Baylor DH 4 1 2 3 .200 B-D.James RF 1 0 0 0 .375 D.Bergman 1B 4 0 0 0 .333 M.McGwire 1B 5 1 2 0 .154 A.Ashby C 4 0 1 0 .182 T.Steinbach C 4 0 0 0 .000 R.Ramirez SS 4 0 0 0 .333 R.Kittle DH 4 1 2 0 .600 A.Newman 3B 2 0 0 0 .000 G.Wilson LF 4 0 1 0 .250 C-J.Reed PH,3B 2 0 1 0 .667 D-C.Washington PH 1 0 1 1 .444 S.Javier CF 4 0 2 1 .300 W.Weiss SS 2 1 1 0 .375 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 3 7 3 Totals 38 4 13 4 A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Runge In 8th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Canseco In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Newman In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Wilson In 10th Inning Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 7 0 A's............. 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - 4 13 1 Red Sox (1-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Hurst 6 8 3 3 1 3 0 99 4.50 A1 C9 B.Havens 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 0.00 D1 D6 K.Tekulve LOSS(0-1) 1 1/3 4 1 1 0 0 0 32 6.75 D7 E6 B.Stanley 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 E7 Totals 9 1/3 13 4 4 1 4 0 A's (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET T.Burns 8 5 2 2 2 7 0 98 2.25 A1 D2 D.Eckersley W(1-0)B(1st) 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 33 2.70 D3 Totals 10 7 3 3 2 10 1 ATTENDANCE- 46,302 DATE- Friday, October 7th 1988 TIME- Day T- 2:48 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 4 A's:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 A's: 3 ERRORS- T.Steinbach DOUBLES- P.Runge(1st), M.McGwire(1st), R.Kittle(1st) HOME RUNS- D.Baylor(1st) SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Herr WALKS- M.Barrett, D.Evans, W.Weiss HIT BY PITCH- T.Steinbach, R.Kittle, W.Weiss STRIKE OUTS- P.Sheridan-2, M.Greenwell, D.Evans, D.Bergman, A.Ashby-3, R.Ramirez, A.Newman, T.Herr, T.Steinbach, R.Kittle-2 GIDP- M.Barrett, M.Greenwell, D.Bergman, T.Herr WILD PITCHES- B.Hurst 2-out RBI- D.Baylor-3 BOXSCORE: 1988 Boston Red Sox At 1988 Oakland A's 10/8/1988 *** 1988 ALCS Game 4 *** Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG A's AB R H RBI AVG P.Sheridan CF 3 1 0 0 .235 D.James LF 4 0 1 0 .333 M.Barrett 2B 2 0 0 0 .077 T.Herr 2B 3 0 0 0 .067 M.Greenwell LF 3 0 2 1 .200 D-R.Kittle PH 1 0 0 0 .500 A-T.Benzinger LF 0 0 0 01.000 C.Washington DH 3 0 1 0 .417 D.Evans RF 4 0 1 0 .250 J.Canseco RF 3 0 0 0 .231 D.Baylor DH 4 0 0 0 .143 M.McGwire 1B 3 0 0 0 .125 D.Bergman 1B 4 0 0 0 .250 C.Lansford 3B 3 0 0 0 .182 A.Ashby C 3 0 1 0 .214 S.Javier CF 3 0 0 0 .231 B-R.Gedman C 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Steinbach C 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Ramirez SS 3 0 0 0 .267 W.Weiss SS 2 0 1 0 .400 A.Newman 3B 3 0 1 0 .125 C-T.Francona PH 1 0 0 0 .500 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 29 1 5 1 Totals 29 0 3 0 A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Greenwell In 8th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Ashby In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Weiss In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Herr In 9th Inning Red Sox......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 A's............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Red Sox (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET O.Boyd WIN(1-0) 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 69 0.00 A1 C2 B.Havens HOLD(1st) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0.00 C3 C8 B.Stanley SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10.13 C9 Totals 9 3 0 0 0 2 0 A's (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Moore LOSS(0-2) 6 2/3 5 1 1 7 2 0 121 1.42 A1 D3 D.Smith 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.00 D4 D7 E.Plunk 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 D8 Totals 9 5 1 1 7 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 49,496 DATE- Saturday, October 8th 1988 TIME- Day T- 2:19 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9 A's: 2 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 A's: 1 DOUBLES- M.Greenwell(1st), D.James(1st), C.Washington(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- P.Sheridan WALKS- P.Sheridan, M.Barrett-2, M.Greenwell, A.Ashby, R.Ramirez, A.Newman STRIKE OUTS- D.Evans, D.Baylor, D.Bergman, R.Ramirez, T.Herr, J.Canseco GIDP- R.Ramirez BOXSCORE: 1988 Boston Red Sox At 1988 Oakland A's 10/9/1988 *** 1988 ALCS Game 5 *** Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG A's AB R H RBI AVG P.Sheridan CF 5 1 2 0 .273 D.James LF 3 3 0 0 .267 M.Barrett 2B 5 1 2 0 .167 T.Herr 2B 6 2 2 0 .143 M.Greenwell LF 4 2 2 0 .263 C.Washington DH 6 3 4 2 .500 D.Evans RF 4 1 3 4 .375 J.Canseco RF 5 2 2 4 .278 D.Baylor DH 3 1 0 0 .118 M.McGwire 1B 4 2 3 7 .250 D.Bergman 1B 4 0 2 0 .300 C.Lansford 3B 4 1 1 0 .200 A.Ashby C 4 0 0 0 .167 S.Javier CF 3 0 0 0 .188 R.Ramirez SS 4 0 1 1 .263 T.Steinbach C 4 1 3 2 .176 A.Newman 3B 4 0 0 0 .083 W.Weiss SS 4 1 1 0 .357 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 6 12 5 Totals 39 15 16 15 Red Sox......... 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 12 1 A's............. 3 2 0 1 0 3 6 0 - 15 16 0 Red Sox (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET A.Nipper LOSS(0-1) 5 1/3 11 9 9 4 0 2 126 15.19 A1 D4 B.Havens 1 2 4 4 3 0 0 36 6.35 D5 E3 K.Tekulve 1 2/3 3 2 2 1 0 1 40 9.00 E4 Totals 8 16 15 15 8 0 3 A's (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Welch 3 7 5 5 2 1 1 83 9.31 A1 B9 G.Nelson WIN(1-0) 3 1/3 3 0 0 2 2 0 49 0.00 C1 D6 E.Plunk SAVE(1st) 2 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 29 1.50 D7 Totals 9 12 6 6 4 4 1 ATTENDANCE- 47,062 DATE- Sunday, October 9th 1988 TIME- Day T- 3:34 LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 8 A's: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 A's: 2 ERRORS- A.Newman DOUBLES- D.Evans(3rd), J.Canseco(1st) TRIPLES- M.Greenwell(2nd) HOME RUNS- D.Evans(1st), C.Washington(1st), J.Canseco(1st), M.McGwire(1st) STOLEN BASES- J.Canseco(1st), W.Weiss(2nd) WALKS- M.Greenwell, D.Evans, D.Baylor-2, D.James-3, M.McGwire, S.Javier-2, T.Steinbach, W.Weiss HIT BY PITCH- C.Lansford STRIKE OUTS- M.Barrett, D.Evans, D.Baylor, A.Newman GIDP- D.Baylor, A.Ashby, W.Weiss BALKS- A.Nipper WILD PITCHES- E.Plunk 2-out RBI- M.McGwire-7, T.Steinbach-2, R.Ramirez, C.Washington
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB +-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+ Tom Herr 5 21 3 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 .143 .174 .190 0 Mark McGwire 5 20 3 5 1 0 1 7 1 2 .250 .286 .450 0 Jose Canseco 5 18 2 5 1 0 1 5 2 2 .278 .350 .500 1 Claudell Washington 5 18 3 9 1 0 1 5 0 2 .500 .474 .722 1 Terry Steinbach 5 17 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 .176 .300 .176 1 Stan Javier 5 16 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 4 .188 .316 .188 2 Carney Lansford 5 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .250 .200 0 Dion James 5 15 4 4 1 0 1 2 3 2 .267 .389 .533 0 Walt Weiss 5 14 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 .357 .500 .357 2 Ron Kittle 3 6 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 .500 .571 1.167 0 Glenn Wilson 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 0 Terry Francona 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 0 Paul Runge 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 0 Pitcher G ERA W-L SV GS IP H ER BB SO +-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ Bob Welch 2 9.31 1-0 0 2 9.2 17 10 7 5 Gene Nelson 2 0.00 1-0 0 0 4.0 3 0 2 2 Dennis Eckersley 2 2.70 1-0 1 0 3.1 4 1 0 6 Todd Burns 1 2.25 0-0 0 1 8.0 5 2 2 7 Eric Plunk 4 1.50 0-0 1 0 6.0 3 1 4 3 Dave Smith 1 0.00 0-0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 1 Mike Moore 2 1.42 0-2 0 2 12.2 8 2 10 6
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB +-------------------+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+ Pat Sheridan 5 22 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 6 .273 .333 .318 0 Dave Bergman 5 20 1 6 1 0 1 4 1 2 .300 .333 .500 0 Rafael Ramirez 5 19 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 .263 .300 .263 0 Mike Greenwell 5 19 2 5 1 2 0 1 2 2 .263 .333 .526 0 Marty Barrett 5 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 .167 .318 .167 0 Alan Ashby 5 18 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .250 .222 0 Don Baylor 5 17 4 2 0 0 1 3 4 5 .118 .318 .294 0 Dwight Evans 5 16 1 6 3 0 1 4 6 4 .375 .545 .750 0 Al Newman 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 .083 .214 .083 0 Todd Benzinger 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 Jody Reed 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 0 Rich Gedman 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Ellis Burks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 Pitcher G ERA W-L SV GS IP H ER BB SO +-------------------+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+ Roger Clemens 1 1.00 1-0 0 1 9.0 6 1 1 12 Oil Can Boyd 1 0.00 1-0 0 1 6.0 3 0 0 2 Mike Boddicker 1 6.75 0-0 0 1 6.2 3 5 2 4 Bruce Hurst 1 4.50 0-0 0 1 6.0 8 3 1 3 Brad Havens 4 6.35 0-0 0 0 5.2 4 4 3 1 Al Nipper 1 15.19 0-1 0 1 5.1 11 9 4 0 Kent Tekulve 2 9.00 0-1 0 0 3.0 7 3 1 0 Bob Stanley 3 10.12 0-1 1 0 2.2 4 3 1 0