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Philadelphia 9 Milwaukee 4
The Athletics will be looking for their second sweep of the season, their first since the second series of the season against Pittsburgh and the first on the road after defeating Milwaukee 9-4 in game two of this series.
Andy Price (2-1) won for the second time since he joined the starting rotation. Price went 5.2 innings (8 hits 2 runs (earned) walked 3 struck out 3.
Milwaukee used four pitchers out of their bullpen; Rube Vatcher went one inning allowed two hits and one run. Mike Alou retired one batter allowed one hit. Chris Jasper pitched the eighth and john Blackwell the ninth.
The A's never trailed after coming back from a 1-0 deficit in the 2nd inning to take a 3-1 lead.
Two singles with no one out by Henry Perezchica and Geroge Blakely off Fausto Gonzalez set the Athletics up to a first and third situation. Gonzalez walked Scheer to load the bases. pitcher Andy Price singled softly down the right field line driving in both Perezchica and Blakely without a throw.
The inning was not over, although Pitkovec struck out. Veteran shortstop Lenny Gassaway walked. Allan Burch reached on a error on third baseman Juan Myers.
Scheer scored on the play.
3-1 Philadelphia.
Philadelphia scored in the 4th on a double by John Pitkovec and a run scoring single by Gassaway, a waiver wire pickup after being released by Texas (They brought up 3B Joe Leovich now batting .337 2 homers 14 runs batted in).
Milwaukee began chipping away at the lead. RBI single by Sterling Macha made it 4-2 in the 6th.
Mickey Kirby led off the 7th with a double. Ed Marshall's one out single plated Kirby to make the score 4-3 after seven.
Philadelphia broke the game open in the in the top of the 9th with five runs off former A Vance Dean.
Roy Jones singled to center. Burch reached on Milwaukee's second error of the game, this one by Myers, his second of the game. Gary McCollough hit a three run homerun to make the error hurt.
Marquis Smith replaced Dean. Charlie Scheer singled to center field driving in a run
Steve Elmore reached on an error by Josh Sexton. Pinch hitter Keith Mapes double scored Scheer.
Milwaukee scored an unearned run in the 9th but the A's held on for a 9-4 Final to move one over .500.