Network: ABC
Announcers: Al Michaels, Jim Palmer, Tim McCarver
Format: DVD (3 disks)
Quality: 8.75
Notes: Most commercials edited out.
Alternate Version: KABC version - Converted Beta Master -... 3 Disks, commercials edited out... Ghosting lowers grade from 8.75 to 8.25.

Dave Stewart, A's start strong with a 5-0 rout of the Giants.

Stewart blanks San Francisco on 5 hits as Oakland takes the opener of the Battle of the Bay. The Giants don't get 2 runs on base until the ninth when they spark a brief uprising with 2 runners reaching scoring position before the rally is doused.

Meanwhile, the Oakland bats, which slumbered through the '88 World Series, awaken against Scott Garrelts. The A's strike for 3 runs in the 2nd inning, with a pair of RBI singles by Tony Phillips and Ricky Henderson sandwiched around a run-scoring Fielder's Choice when Terry Kennedy drops the ball as Terry Steinbach scores.


Starting pitchers:
Giants - Garrelts
A's - Stewart

Winning pitcher: Stewart
Losing pitcher: Garrelts