1990 ALCS, Game 1: Athletics @ Red Sox

1990 ALCS, Game 1: Athletics @ Red Sox

Oakland Athletics 9 at Boston Red Sox 1, F -- Two-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens matched up against 20-game winner Dave Stewart in a Game 1 battle of the aces. Clemens held the A's scoreless for six innings, but the Oakland managed to break through against the bullpen, scoring one run in the 7th and another in 8th, to take the lead. Though trailing by only one run, the Red Sox saw their hopes dashed in the 9th, when Rickey Henderson helped spark a seven-run inning for Oakland. Dennis Eckersley closed it out for the A's, as they took a 1-0 series lead.