[Nick Soulis]

Padres Silenced As A's Move On Behind Davis
Storm Davis Five Hit Shutout Is Enough To End Series

Qualcomm Stadium - As the series has moved to the later games in the spacious grounds of Qualcomm stadium the pitchers have been the forces and the runs have been hard to come by. On this night with everything on the line for the 1998 San Diego Padres, their bats went silent and the 1989 A's complete a dominant series win.

Storm Davis and Joey Hamilton are not at the top of their respective rotations but took advanatge of their chance to start in this series and both pitched good games. In a game that is dominanted by pitching also needs solid defense, and again this is where the Padres fell a little short.

A Ken Caminiti error at third base allowed the A's to score their first run when the third baseman made a bad throw to first. Rickey Henderson then added a two run single to score a second run and the A's had their lead behind Davis in the third inning. The score would stay that way until the 8th when Oakland ended any more drama.

Dan Miceli came on in relief for Hamilton with the bases loaded but walked in a run. After Jose Canseco struck out little Walt Weiss delivered a two run single and the A's were up by five runs.

The real story of the game was Davis however. The 27 year old right hander who had glory days in Baltimore was all that and more as the Padres couldnt get anything going; even Tony Gwynn went hitless in this one.

The Atletics do what most thought they would do and move past the Padres in this series. Tony Larussa and his men now move on to the final 32 of this competition.
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Game 5
1989 Athletics Win Series 4-1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Oakland Athletics 1989 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 5 5 0 San Diego Padres 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Oakland AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI L. Polonia RF 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 C. Lansford 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 R. Henderson LF 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 .000 0 0 M. McGwire 1B 3 1 0 0 1 1 8 .000 0 0 T. Steinbach C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 a-K. Phelps PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 c-J. Quirk C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 d-G. Hubbard 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 S. Javier CF 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 0 0 T. Phillips 2B 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 .000 0 0 b-J. Canseco PH, C 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 0 0 W. Weiss SS 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .000 0 0 S. Davis P 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 .000 0 0 Totals 32 5 5 5 7 3 21 a - K. Phelps pinch hit for T. Steinbach in the 8th b - J. Canseco pinch hit for T. Phillips in the 8th c - J. Quirk substituted for K. Phelps in the 8th d - G. Hubbard substituted for J. Quirk in the 8th BATTING Doubles: C. Lansford (0, 1st Inning off J. Hamilton, 0 on, 1 out) Total Bases: T. Phillips , C. Lansford 2 , W. Weiss 2 , R. Henderson 2-out RBI: W. Weiss Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , S. Davis 2 GIDP: M. McGwire Sac Bunt: S. Davis Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING SB: R. Henderson (0) CS: R. Henderson (0)	San Diego AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI Q. Veras 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 0 0 W. Joyner 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 D. Miceli P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 b-B. Davis PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 D. Wall P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 T. Gwynn Sr RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 K. Caminiti 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 G. Vaughn LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0 S. Finley CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 0 G. Myers C 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 C. Gomez SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 J. Hamilton P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 a-M. Sweeney 1B 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 Totals 31 0 5 0 1 5 11 a - M. Sweeney substituted for J. Hamilton in the 8th b - B. Davis pinch hit for D. Miceli in the 8th BATTING Triples: G. Vaughn (0, 9th Inning off S. Davis, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: G. Myers 2 , K. Caminiti 2 , G. Vaughn 3 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: S. Finley , Q. Veras , B. Davis Sac Bunt: J. Hamilton Team LOB: 6 FIELDING Errors: K. Caminiti 2 Double Plays: 1 (Gomez-Veras-Joyner)
Oakland IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA S. Davis W (1-0) 9.0 5 0 0 1 5 0 110 66 0.00 PITCHING Game Score: S. Davis 81 Batters Faced: S. Davis 33 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: S. Davis 11-11 Pitches - Strikes: S. Davis 110-66	San Diego IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Hamilton L (0-1) 7.1 4 3 1 4 2 0 119 75 1.23 D. Miceli 0.2 1 2 2 3 1 0 33 16 27.03 D. Wall 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 12 0.00 PITCHING Game Score: J. Hamilton 60 Batters Faced: J. Hamilton 31, D. Miceli 6, D. Wall 3 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Hamilton 12-7, D. Miceli 0-1, D. Wall 2-1 Pitches - Strikes: J. Hamilton 119-75, D. Miceli 33-16, D. Wall 18-12 Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Miceli 1-1
GAME NOTES Player of the Game: Storm Davis Ballpark: Qualcomm Stadium Weather: Partly Cloudy (76 degrees), wind blowing in from right at 6 mph Start Time: 7:00 pm Time: 2:45 Attendance: 32899