Greg Maddux continued his amazing run in the Best of the 1990s Tournament, holding the 1990 Oakland Athletics to 4 hits on his way to his 3rd shutout in 5 starts. It nearly wasn’t enough. Oakland’s Bob Welch had the best start of his tournament, matching Maddux inning for inning into the 8th. With two outs, Michael Tucker singled to center and took 2nd when Willie McGee couldn’t make a clean stop. Walt Weiss followed with a double to drive in the game’s only run, as the 1998 Atlanta Braves won it 1-0. Oakland had their chance earlier in the 6th when Keith Lockhart misplayed McGee’s grounder. José Canseco singled to put runners on the corners with no outs. But Maddux struck out Mark McGwire and got Dave Henderson to pop up. Oakland’s Walt Weiss grounded out to end the inning. Maddux improved to 4-1 in the tournament, striking out 10 and lowering his ERA to 0.89. Oakland hopes to bounce back in Game 2 tomorrow.