ALCS Game 6 - Miracle Season For Baltimore Comes To End. Oakland Moves On To Face Pittsburgh In World Series

 GAME 6:

It was a rematch of game 2...Bob Welch vs. Dave Johnson. This time it was Oakland's turn to get off to a quick start on Jose Canseco's 2-run, 1st inning homerun. Steve Finley's homerun in the 3rd cut the lead in half. In the 5th, Harold Baines pushed the lead back to 2 with an RBI single, then Mark McGwire gave them a lot of breathing room with a long 3-run shot to left center. In the 8th, Dave Henderson's pinch hit RBI double scored another, then Carney Lansford really put the game away with a 3-run homer of his own. Welch held the Orioles to 1 run over 6+ innings, and Rick Honeycutt and Gene Nelson finished up to send Oakland to the World Series.

Oakland 10  Baltimore 1

W: Welch  L: Johnson

It was a very interesting series in which the home team won only once. Jose Canseco was named the series MVP, hitting .318 with 3 HRs, 5 runs, and 7 RBI. Mark McGwire only hit .208, but he made his hits count with 3 HRs and 6 RBI. Other good performances were turned in by Walt Weiss (.333), Terry Steinbach (.318), and Rickey Henderson (.280, .400 OBP, HR, 5 SB). Cal Ripken Jr. led the way for Baltimore (.333, 3 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI), assisted by Randy Milligan (2 HR, 5 RBI), Steve Finley (.368), Joe Orsulak (.348, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 4 runs), and Billy Ripken (.333). On the pitching side, Dave Stewart had a 1.15 ERA over 15+ innings, but managed to lose 1 of his 2 starts. Bob Welch won both of his starts with a 2.77 ERA. For Baltimore, Ben McDonald had 1 great start, and Pete Harnisch and Bob Milacki didn't pitch too badly. The big difference was the bullpens. Oakland's pen allowed only 6 his and 2 walks over 13 scoreless innings. For Baltimore, Gregg Olson threw 4 scoreless innings, but the rest of the bullpen allowed 13 hits and 10 runs over 10 2/3 innings. 

Game MVP:Carney Lansford

Memorial Stadium    (03-08-2026 22:55:40)       Time 3:13, 64ø, Cloudy, Light Rain  Day Game

Oct 13, 1990                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1990 Oakland 4-2              2 0 0   0 4 0   0 4 0     10 16  0
1990 Baltimore 2-4            0 0 1   0 0 0   0 0 0      1  5  1

Recap

Oak  1st: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits.
Oak      Jose Canseco hit a 425 foot 2 run HR(3) to take the lead.  Oak  2 Bal 0.
Bal  3rd: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk.
Bal      Steve Finley hit a solo HR(1).  Oak  2 Bal 1.
Oak  5th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 4 hits.
Oak      Harold Baines singled scoring McGee.  Oak  3 Bal 1.
Oak      Mark McGwire hit a 417 foot 3 run HR(3).  Oak  6 Bal 1.
Oak  8th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 3 hits and on one walk.
Oak      Dave Henderson doubled  scoring 1.  Oak  7 Bal 1.
Oak      Carney Lansford hit a 3 run HR(1).  Oak  10 Bal 1.

Oak  Jose Canseco: 2 for 5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs.
Oak  Willie McGee: 4 for 4, 2 doubles, 2 runs.
Bal  Ron Kittle: 1 for 1, HR, 2 RBI.

Oak  Bob Welch pitched 6.2 innings and picked up the win: 6.2 IP, 1 earned run, 4 hits, 4 BB, 4 K. He's 2-0 on the year.
Bal  Dave Johnson pitched 7 innings and took the loss: 7 IP, 6 earned runs, 12 hits, 1 BB, 3 K. He's 0-2 on the year.

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Oakland                        IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc
Welch W(2-0)                  6.2  4  1  1  1  4  4  112  66  46   2.77  26 110(111)       62
 Honeycutt                    1.1  1  0  0  0  0  1   19  11   8   0.00   5   20(24)
 Nelson                       1.0  0  0  0  0  0  1   11   8   3   0.00   3   25(25)
                              9.0  5  1  1  1  4  6  142  85  57   2.62  34

Baltimore                      IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc
Johnson,D L(0-2)              7.0 12  6  6  2  1  3  114  88  26   6.75  36 115(119)       31
 Ballard                      2.0  4  4  4  1  1  1   40  24  16  18.00  11   75(75)
                              9.0 16 10 10  3  2  4  154 112  42   4.80  47

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  E-Hulett(1)
 2B-Henderson, D(1), Henderson, R(1), McGee 2(3), Orsulak(2), Ripken, B(2), Ripken Jr.(3)
 HR-Oak Canseco,J(3) off Johnson(4) in the 1st with 1 on base, 425 feet
    Oak McGwire(3) off Johnson(5) in the 5th with 2 on base, 417 feet
    Oak Lansford(1) off Ballard(1) in the 8th with 2 on base, 324 feet
    Bal Finley(1) off Welch(1) in the 3rd with bases empty, 325 feet
RBI-Oak  - Baines(2), Canseco,J 2(7), Henderson, D(5), Lansford 3(3), McGwire 3(6)
    Bal  - Finley(1)
HBP-Steinbach(Oak) by Johnson(Bal)
 SH-Ripken, B(2)
Great-Henderson, D(1), Ripken, B(2)
Poor-Orsulak(1)
LOB-Oakland 10 Baltimore 6
 DP-Oakland 2
GWRBI-Canseco,J