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...ended the game by striking out A's home run king Jose Canseco, who hit a grand slam in the first game, on a 3-2 pitch with the tying run on first and getting Dave Parker on a foul pop to third...
Dave Henderson, who had four of Oakland's nine hits, doubled home Walt Weiss, who singled, in the seventh. That finished Belcher, and Howell walked Canseco on five pitches before usually reliable shortstop Alfredo Griffin dropped a liner by Dave Parker, loading the bases and bringing up McGwire...
...Athletics escaped a basesloaded, no-out jam in the sixth inning and Rick Honeycutt allowed one hit in the final two innings for the victory. Howell entered in the ninth and retired Jose Canseco on a pop-up before McGwire homered...
Mark McGwire, one of five A's with five or more hits in the series, drove in Canseco with an eighthinning single as the A's added two insurance runs. Don Baylor, playing for a third straight different team AL pennant winner, followed with a sacrifice fly and a weary Eckersley replaced Rick Honeycutt in the ninth to get his record-setting fourth series save...
Eckersley beat out Canseco to win the series Most Valuable Player award. He pitched six shutout innings, giving up only...