Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Round 01–“87 A’s Bash ‘01 Friars in 3 stright

bash_brothersGame 1:

San Diego held Oakland scoreless through 5 when Mark McGwire (the skinny version) blasted a 2-run shot for the first of 8 Athletic's homers in the series. Pinch hitting for Dave Stewart in the 7th, Dwayne Murphy added another 2-run homer and the A's cruised to an opening game 5-1 win.

Game 2:

On the first pitch of the game Carney Lansford homered to start the A's power offense moving. Mike Davis added two solo shots and the A's again cruised to a 7-2 victory.

Game 3:

After 5 batters the Padres were already down 3-0 as both Jose Canseco and Mike Davis hit homeruns in the first inning. Mark McGwire showed power in the 2nd inning hitting a two-run double and the A's banged their way to a 12-5 win in game three and a sweep of the series.

Stats from the series: 

The Athletics hit 8 homeruns. The Padres hit 2. 

The A's had four players with 3 or more RBI's (McGwire had 7). Only two Padres even reached 2-RBIs (Nevin and Gonzalez).

Oakland outscored San Diego 24-8.

--submitted by Keith MacDonald--  Click here to view series box scores

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