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The 1988 World Series matched the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored A's to win the Series in five games. The most memorable moment of the 1988 World Series was when injured Dodgers MVP Kirk Gibson hit a pinch-hit, game winning home run off of Athletics closer and future Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley in Game 1.

Managers: Tony LaRussa (Oakland), Tommy Lasorda (Los Angeles)

Umpires: Doug Harvey (NL), Larry McCoy (AL), Bruce Froemming (NL), Durwood Merrill (AL), Jerry Crawford (NL), Derryl Cousins (AL)

Series MVP: Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles

Television: NBC (Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola announcing)

Radio CBS Radio (Jack Buck and Bill White announcing)

Game 1

October 15, 1988 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  4  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     4  7  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2     5  7  0


    PITCHERS: OAK - Stewart, Eckersley (9)
              LAD - Belcher, Leary (3), Holton (6), Pena (8)


               WP - Pena
	       LP - Eckersley
             SAVE - none


   HOME RUNS: OAK - Canseco
              LAD - Hatcher, Gibson


  ATTENDANCE: 55,983

Game 2

October 16, 1988 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  5    1  0  0    0  0  X     6 10  1


    PITCHERS: OAK - S. Davis, Nelson (4), Young (6), Plunk (7), Honeycutt (8)
              LAD - Hershiser


               WP - Hershiser
	       LP - S. Davis
             SAVE - none


   HOME RUNS: OAK - none
              LAD - Marshall


  ATTENDANCE: 56,051

Game 3

October 18, 1988 at Oakland Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  8  1
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1     2  5  0


    PITCHERS: LAD - Tudor, Leary (2), Pena (6), J. Howell (9)
              OAK - Welch, Cadaret (6), Nelson (6), Honeycutt (8)


               WP - Honeycutt
	       LP - J. Howell
             SAVE - none


   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              OAK - McGwire


  ATTENDANCE: 49,316

Game 4

October 19, 1988 at Oakland Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          2  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0     4  8  1
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0     3  9  2


    PITCHERS: LAD - Belcher, J. Howell (7)
              OAK - Stewart, Cadaret (7), Eckersley (9)


               WP - Belcher
	       LP - Stewart
             SAVE - J. Howell


   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              OAK - none


  ATTENDANCE: 49,317

Game 5

October 20, 1988 at Oakland Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - Los Angeles Dodgers 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 8 0 Oakland Athletics 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0

PITCHERS: LAD - Hershiser OAK - S. Davis, Cadaret (5), Nelson (5), Honeycutt (8), Plunk (9), Burns (9)

WP - Hershiser LP - S. Davis SAVE - none

HOME RUNS: LAD - Hatcher, M. Davis OAK - none

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