World Series Game 5:
It was win-or-go-home time for the Pirates, but at least they had their ace Doug Drabek on the mound, facing the A's #4 starter Mike Moore. Oakland broke through first in the 3rd. Carney Lansford walked and went to 3rd on Walt Weiss hit-and-run single. Willie Randolph followed with a perfectly placed squeeze bunt to make it 1-0. They doubled their lead in the next inning when Harold Baines doubled and came around to score when Terry Steinbach singled and Bobby Bonilla fumbled the ball. Mike Moore pitched brilliantly, allowing only 1 hit and 2 walks over 5 1/3 scoreless innings. When the Pirates had several lefties coming up, Rick Honeycutt replace Moore. The way Moore had been pitching, that turned out tobe a mistake. Andy Van Slyke singled and Bonilla followed with a homerun lined down the left field line to tie the score. Pittsburgh got 2 more singles in the inning, but Honeycutt managed to escape any further damage. That's the way things stayed until the 7th. With 2 outs, Randolph, Rickey Henderson, and Willie McGee all singled, to make it 3-2. Gene Nelson replaced Honeycutt to start the 7th and retired 6 of the 7 batters he faced. In the 8th, Jose Canseco led off with a walk, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on a long fly ball, and scored on a sac fly to push the lead to 2. Dennis Eckersley entered in the 9th to close things out, and he quickly got the first 2 outs. Jay Bell lined one into the gap for a double to bring the tying run to the plate. Eckersley got Jose Lind to hit an easy ground ball to 3rd. Carney Lansford threw the ball to Mark McGuire, and the A's were World Champs!
Jose Canseco was named the MVP (.333, 3 HR, .429, .833, 6 R, 6 RBI). Dave Henderson was stellar in part-time action (.444/.571/1.000, 5 R, 6 RBI all in only 14 PA), Willie Randolph hit .389, Mark McGuire had 2 HR and 5 RBI, despite hitting .222. Rickey Henderson hit only .222 and no SB, yet still produced 4 R and 6 RBI. Carney Lansford hit only .188, yet scored all 6 times he got on base. For Pittsburgh, Bobby Bonilla (.400/.429/1.000, 3 doubles, 3 HR, 5 R, 5 RBI) got serious consideration for MVP, but the voters went with the hot hand on the winning team. Jay Bell hit .353, but didn't score or get any RBI. Andy Van Slyke hit .300/.364/.500). Oakland hit only a little better than the Pirates, but they outscored Pittsburgh 34-13 in the Series. Scott Sanderson tossed a beautiful 3-hit shutout in game 3 to lead the pitching.
Game MVP:Mike Moore Oakland Coliseum I (03-15-2026 03:10:45) Time 2:42, 74ø, Wind: 2 MPH Right to Left Night Game
Oct 21, 1990 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1990 Pittsburgh 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 1 1990 Oakland 4-1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 - 4 6 0================
Recap Oak 3rd: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk. Oak Willie Randolph bunted scoring Lansford to take the lead. Pit 0 Oak 1. Oak 4th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits, on one walk and an error. Oak Terry Steinbach singled scoring Baines, E9. Pit 0 Oak 2. Pit 6th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 4 hits. Pit Bobby Bonilla hit a 2 run HR(3) to tie the score. Pit 2 Oak 2. Oak 7th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits. Oak Willie McGee singled scoring Randolph to take the lead. Pit 2 Oak 3. Oak 8th: Scored 1 run on on one walk. Oak Mark McGwire hit a fly ball scoring 1. Pit 2 Oak 4. Pit Andy Van Slyke: 3 for 4. Oak Gene Nelson pitched 2 innings and picked up the win: 2 IP, 1 hit, 0 BB, 1 K. He's 1-0 on the year. Oak Dennis Eckersley got the save, his 2nd of the year. Pit Doug Drabek pitched 8 solid innings but took the loss: 3 earned runs, 6 hits, 4 BB, 3 K. He drops to 0-1 on the season.Pittsburgh IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Drabek L(0-1) 8.0 6 4 3 0 4 3 116 75 41 1.80 33 120(113) - 55 8.0 6 4 3 0 4 3 116 75 41 5.79 33 Oakland IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Moore, M 5.1 1 0 0 0 2 1 74 48 26 0.00 18 110(111) 65 Honeycutt BS(1) 0.2 4 2 2 1 0 0 19 16 3 27.00 6 20(27) Nelson W(1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 22 17 5 0.00 7 25(24) + Eckersley S(2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 9 2 0.00 4 25(28) 9.0 7 2 2 1 2 3 126 90 36 2.62 35================E-Bonilla(1) 2B-Bell, J(1), Baines(1) HR-Pit Bonilla(3) off Honeycutt(1) in the 6th with 1 on base, 349 feet SB-Oak Canseco(1) off Drabek(1) + LaValliere(4), 8th CS-Oak McGee picked off by Drabek(1) in the 7th Inn Pickoff(P)-Drabek(1) RBI-Pit - Bonilla 2(5) Oak - McGee(1), McGwire(5), Randolph(2) SF-McGwire(1) SH-Randolph(1) WP-Moore, M(1) Great-Weiss(3) Poor-Lansford(2) LOB-Pittsburgh 6 Oakland 5 DP-Oakland 1 GWRBI-McGee
