World Series Game 2: 5 Oakland Homers Help Tie Series For A's At 1-1

 GAME 2 World Series

Game MVP:Jose Canseco

Three Rivers Stadium    (03-11-2026 08:07:21)       Time 3:24, 63ø  Night Game

Oct 17, 1990                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1990 Oakland 1-1              0 1 1   1 0 1   0 3 5     12 12  0
1990 Pittsburgh 1-1           0 1 0   0 3 0   0 0 0      4  9  0


Recap

Oak  2nd: Scored 1 run on a hit.
Oak      Jose Canseco hit a solo HR(1) to take the lead.  Oak  1 Pit 0.
Pit  2nd: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 1 run on 3 hits and on one walk.
Pit      Jose Lind doubled  scoring 1 to tie the score.  Oak  1 Pit 1.
Oak  3rd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.
Oak      Dave Henderson hit a fly ball scoring 1 to take the lead.  Oak  2 Pit 1.
Oak  4th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.
Oak      Mark McGwire hit a solo HR(1).  Oak  3 Pit 1.
Pit  5th: Scored 3 runs on 2 hits and on one walk.
Pit      Bobby Bonilla hit a 2 run HR(2) to tie the score.  Oak  3 Pit 3.
Pit      Sid Bream hit a solo HR(1) to take the lead.  Oak  3 Pit 4.
Oak  6th: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk.
Oak      Jose Canseco hit a solo HR(2) to tie the score.  Oak  4 Pit 4.
Oak  8th: Scored 3 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks.
Oak      Rickey Henderson hit a 3 run HR(1) to take the lead.  Oak  7 Pit 4.
Oak  9th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 5 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks.
Oak      Rickey Henderson doubled scoring 2.  Oak  9 Pit 4.
Oak      Jose Canseco hit a 3 run HR(3).  Oak  12 Pit 4.

Oak  Jose Canseco: 3 for 5, 3 HRs, 5 RBI, 3 runs.
Oak  Dave Henderson: 1 for 2, double, 2 runs, 2 W.
Oak  Willie McGee: 4 for 4, 2 doubles, 2 runs.
Pit  Bobby Bonilla: 2 for 5, HR, 2 RBI.

Oak  Todd Burns pitched 2 innings and picked up the win: 2 IP, 1 hit, 1 BB, 1 K. He moves to 1-0 on the season.
Pit  Stan Belinda took the loss: 0 IP, 3 earned runs, 2 hits, 1 BB. He's 1-1 on the season.
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Oakland                        IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc
Welch                         6.0  8  4  4  2  2  2   90  62  28   6.00  27 110(106)       40
 Burns W(1-0)                 2.0  1  0  0  0  1  1   31  22   9   0.00   8   75(83)
 Klink                        1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0   23  14   9   0.00   4   20(27)
                              9.0  9  4  4  2  4  3  144  98  46   4.08  39

Pittsburgh                     IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc
Heaton                        5.0  6  3  3  2  1  3   79  50  29   5.40  22  90(102)       45
 Power BS(1)                  1.0  1  1  1  1  0  1   10   6   4   9.00   3   30(41)
 Landrum                      1.0  0  0  0  0  0  1   10   7   3   0.00   3   25(33)
 Belinda L(1-1)               0.0  2  3  3  1  1  0   16  14   2  13.50   3   20(20)s
 Kipper                       2.0  3  5  5  1  3  1   47  28  19  22.50  11   75(75)
                              9.0 12 12 12  5  5  6  162 105  57   6.00  42
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 2B-Henderson, D(2), Henderson, R(1), Weiss(1), Bonds(1), King(1), Lind(1)
 HR-Oak Canseco,J(1) off Heaton(1) in the 2nd with bases empty, 360 feet
    Oak McGwire(1) off Heaton(2) in the 4th with bases empty, 343 feet
    Oak Canseco,J(2) off Power(1) in the 6th with bases empty, 376 feet
    Oak Henderson, R(1) off Belinda(1) in the 8th with 2 on base, 393 feet
    Oak Canseco,J(3) off Kipper(1) in the 9th with 2 on base, 352 feet
    Pit Bonilla(2) off Welch(1) in the 5th with 1 on base, 385 feet
    Pit Bream(1) off Welch(2) in the 5th with bases empty, 344 feet
 SB-Oak Lansford(1) off Heaton(1) + LaValliere(1), 3rd
    Oak Randolph(1) off Belinda(1) + LaValliere(2), 8th
 CS-Oak Henderson(1) picked off by Power(1) in the 6th Inn
Pickoff(P)-Power(1)
RBI-Oak  - Canseco,J 5(5), Henderson, D(3), Henderson, R 5(5), McGwire(1)
    Pit  - Bonilla 2(3), Bream(1), Lind(1)
IBB-Pit Bream off Burns
 SF-Henderson, D(1)
Great-King(1), Van Slyke(1)
Poor-King(1)
LOB-Oakland 3 Pittsburgh 8
 DP-Oakland 1 Pittsburgh 1
GWRBI-Henderson, R