1988 American League Championship Series
1988 American League Championship Series | ||
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Joe Morgan | 89–73, .549, GA: 1 |
Ted Hendry
Tim McClelland
Greg Kosc
Ken Kaiser
John Shulock
ALCS |
The 1988 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series that pitted the East Division champion Boston Red Sox against the West Division champion Oakland Athletics. It was the second meeting between the two in ALCS play. The Athletics swept the Series four games to none and lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1988 World Series.
Summary
Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics
Oakland won the series, 4–0.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 5 | Oakland Athletics – 2, Boston Red Sox – 1 | Fenway Park | 2:55 | 34,104[1] |
2 | October 6 | Oakland Athletics – 4, Boston Red Sox – 3 | Fenway Park | 3:14 | 34,605[2] |
3 | October 8 | Boston Red Sox – 6, Oakland Athletics – 10 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum |
3:14 | 49,261[3] |
4 | October 9 | Boston Red Sox – 1, Oakland Athletics – 4 | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 2:55 | 49,406[4] |
Game summaries
Game 1
Wednesday, October 5, 1988, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
José Canseco (1)BOS: None |
In an interview conducted before Game 1,
The opening game in Fenway Park pitted Bruce Hurst against Oakland's newfound ace, Dave Stewart. The game was scoreless until the fourth when Canseco, coming off the first 40–40 season in major league history, drilled a homer to give the A's a 1-0 lead. It stayed that way until the seventh. In the bottom of the seventh, Jim Rice walked and gave way to pinch-runner Kevin Romine. Jody Reed reached when Stewart hit him with a pitch. A single by Rich Gedman loaded the bases with one out and Stewart gave way to reliever Rick Honeycutt. Honeycutt induced a line out to left field by Wade Boggs that plated Romine and tied the game at one. Marty Barrett grounded out and the game was tied after seven innings.
A Carney Lansford double and a Dave Henderson single gave the A's a 2–1 lead, and Dennis Eckersley held on for the save as the A's prevailed, 2–1. Hurst went the distance allowing only six hits and two runs but wound up with the loss, while Honeycutt got the win.
The victory gave the A's a 1–0 series lead.
Game 2
Thursday, October 6, 1988, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Oakland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
José Canseco (2) (1)
BOS: Rich Gedman |
Game 2 saw
Trailing for the first time in the series, the A's deficit only lasted two batters. Henderson singled and
Boston tied the game in the bottom of the seventh when Rich Gedman hit a home run off Oakland reliever Greg Cadaret. Three ninth-inning singles by Ron Hassey, Tony Phillips, and Walt Weiss scored Hassey with what proved to be the winning run. Eckersley retired the side again in the ninth for his second save and Oakland carried a two games to none lead with them back to California.
Gene Nelson got the win while Boston reliever Lee Smith was the losing pitcher.
Game 3
Saturday, October 8, 1988, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Boston | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 10 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Gene Nelson (2–0) LP: Mike Boddicker (0–1) Sv: Dennis Eckersley (3) Home runs: BOS: Mike Greenwell (1) OAK: Mark McGwire (1), Carney Lansford (1), Ron Hassey (1), Dave Henderson (1) |
After two calm games in Boston, Game 3 saw both teams mount an offense and go wild, scoring 11 runs in the first three innings (the first two games combined saw only 11 runs scored in 18 total innings). Game 3 saw two former post-season heroes square off against one another as Oakland threw Bob Welch, famous for striking out Reggie Jackson to end Game 2 of the 1978 World Series, and Boston turned to Mike Boddicker, the Orioles' post-season hero of 1983. Neither pitcher lasted the first three innings.
The Red Sox began quickly in the first. Ellis Burks singled and went to second on a balk. He reached third when Marty Barrett singled. A Wade Boggs single scored Burks and put Barrett at second. Mike Greenwell then doubled both home, and the Red Sox had a 3–0 lead after only four batters. After a ground out by Jim Rice, Welch promptly loaded the bases with walks to Evans and Gedman. With the bases loaded and only one out, Welch induced short outfield pop flies by Reed and Benzinger to get out of the first trailing only 3–0.
The Red Sox had batted through in the first, so Burks led off the second with a double. Barrett bunted Burks to third, and Burks scored on a sacrifice fly to left by Boggs. Mike Greenwell, who had doubled home two runs in the first, hit a home run to make the score 5–0 and send Welch to the showers. Gene Nelson came on in relief and got Rice to stop the deficit at 5–0.
In the bottom of the second, the A's came back. Mark McGwire led off with a home run. Consecutive fielder's choice grounders put Mike Gallego at first with two outs. Walt Weiss doubled and Carney Lansford homered, and the score after two was Red Sox 5, A's 4.
With two outs in the third, the A's took the lead. Mark McGwire singled, and Ron Hassey drilled a two-run homer to put the A's in front, 6–5. Boddicker left and Wes Gardner came in to relieve.
In the fifth, a McGwire single and Hassey double scored McGwire to make the score, 7–5. In the seventh, Boggs hit a single and went to second on Henderson's error. Boggs then scored on a single by
Gene Nelson got his second win in two games while Eckersley got his third save. Boddicker got the loss.
Game 4
Sunday, October 9, 1988, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
José Canseco (3)
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The Oakland Athletics completed a four-game sweep against the Boston Red Sox to make their first World Series appearance since 1974. They faced the Los Angeles Dodgers who coincidentally were their opponent in that 1974 World Series.
Game 4 was a rematch of Game 1 as
Needing two runs to win, the Red Sox took the field with one series of at-bats left in the bottom of the eighth.
Composite box
1988 ALCS (4–0): Oakland Athletics over Boston Red Sox
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Oakland Athletics | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 41 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Boston Red Sox | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total attendance: 167,376 Average attendance: 41,844 |
References
- ^ "1988 ALCS Game 1 - Oakland Athletics vs. Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "1988 ALCS Game 2 - Oakland Athletics vs. Boston Red Sox". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "1988 ALCS Game 3 - Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ "1988 ALCS Game 4 - Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics". Retrosheet. Retrieved September 13, 2009.