1988 American League Championship Series

The 1988 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series that pitted the Eastern Division Champion Boston Red Sox against the Western Division Champion Oakland Athletics. The Athletics swept the Series 4 games to 0 and would go on to lose to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1988 World Series.

Managers: Tony LaRussa, Oakland; Joe Morgan, Boston

Umpires: Don Denkinger, Ted Hendry, Tim McClelland, Greg Kosc, Ken Kaiser, John Shulock

Series MVP: Dennis Eckersley, Oakland

Television: ABC (Gary Bender, Reggie Jackson and Joe Morgan announcing)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	0
Boston	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0
W: Rick Honeycutt (1-0) L: Bruce Hurst (0-1) S: Dennis Eckersley (1)
HR: OAK – Jose Canseco (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	10	1
Boston	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	4	1
W: Gene Nelson (1-0) L: Lee Smith (0-1) S: Dennis Eckersley (2)
HR: OAK – Jose Canseco (2) BOS – Rich Gedman (1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	12	0
Oakland	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	2	X	10	15	1
W: Gene Nelson (2-0) L: Mike Boddicker (0-1) S: Dennis Eckersley (3)
HR: OAK – Mark McGwire (1) Carney Lansford (1) Ron Hassey (1) Dave Henderson (1) BOS – Mike Greenwell (1)