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Saturday April 12, 1980
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A seven-run outburst in the sixth inning carried the White Sox to an 8-2 victory over the Orioles. Lamar Johnson, who had four hits in the game, led off the outburst with a homer and, batting for the second time in the stanza, drove in another run with a single. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 8, Baltimore Orioles 2

Game Played on Saturday, April 12, 1980 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  5  1
White Sox    0  0  0    0  1  7    0  0  x  -   8 11  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .300      Squires 1b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .000
Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Bannister 3b          4   1   0   1     1   0   .250
  Kelly ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Molinaro lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .300        Nordhagen ph        0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
Murray 1b             4   1   0   0     0   2   .167        Bosley ph,lf        2   1   1   2     0   1   .333
Lowenstein lf         4   1   1   0     0   1   .167      L. Johnson dh         5   1   4   2     0   0   .636
DeCinces 3b           3   0   2   2     1   0   .545      Lemon cf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .300
May dh                4   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Baines rf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .000
Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Morrison 2b           3   1   1   0     1   1   .222
Dauer 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .100      Kimm c                4   1   2   2     0   0   .375
Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pryor ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .100
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dotson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   5   2     2   7             Totals               35   8  11   8     4   2

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 15,060
Left on Base: Orioles 5, White Sox 8
DP: Orioles 0, White Sox 0
Errors: Singleton
Doubles: Bumbry (2), DeCinces (1)
Triples: Kimm (1)
Home Runs: L. Johnson (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Squires (1)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone L(0-1)            5     7   3   3   1   1   1  23   5.40
T. Martinez             0.2   1   4   4   3   0   0   6  54.00
Kerrigan                2.1   3   1   1   0   1   0  11   3.86
Totals                  8    11   8   8   4   2   1  40

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dotson W(1-0)           9     5   2   2   2   7   0  34   2.00
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   7   0  34

Wild Pitches: T. Martinez (1)

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - John Shulock, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Terry Cooney


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry doubled to right; Belanger flied out to
left; Singleton flied out to left; Murray flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Squires flied out to left; Bannister flied out to
left; Molinaro flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Lowenstein struck out; DeCinces flied out to left;
May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson singled to center; Lemon flied out to
right; Baines flied out to left; Morrison singled to left [L.
Johnson to second]; Kimm forced Morrison (second to shortstop);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer
lined to third; Bumbry lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor lined to second; Squires lined to
shortstop; Bannister lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Belanger grounded out (second to first); Singleton
popped to first; Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Molinaro flied out to center; L. Johnson singled
to left; Lemon forced L. Johnson (shortstop to second); Baines
walked [Lemon to second]; Morrison struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted);
DeCinces singled to left; May grounded out (third to first)
[DeCinces to second]; Dempsey flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Kimm singled to left; Pryor singled to left [Kimm
to second]; Squires out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Kimm to third, Pryor to second]; Bannister grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Kimm scored, Pryor to third]; Molinaro
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox
1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Dauer grounded out (pitcher to first); Bumbry
walked; Belanger grounded out (second to first) [Bumbry to
second]; Singleton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: L. Johnson homered; Lemon singled to center; T.
MARTINEZ REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Baines forced Lemon (first
to shortstop); Morrison walked [Baines to second]; Kimm tripled
to right [Baines scored, Morrison scored]; Pryor reached on a
fielder's choice [Kimm out at home (third to catcher)]; Squires
walked [Pryor to second]; T. Martinez threw a wild pitch [Pryor
to third, Squires to second]; Bannister was walked
intentionally; NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR MOLINARO; KERRIGAN REPLACED
T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); BOSLEY BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Bosley
singled to left [Pryor scored, Squires scored, Bannister to
second]; L. Johnson singled [Bannister scored, Bosley to
second]; Lemon singled to left [Bosley scored, L. Johnson to
second]; Baines grounded out (pitcher to first); 7 R, 6 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 8.

ORIOLES 7TH: BOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Murray struck
out; Lowenstein flied out to left; DeCinces walked; May popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 8.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Morrison reached on an error by Singleton
[Morrison to second]; Kimm flied out to center [Morrison to
third]; Pryor grounded out (pitcher to first); Squires grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, White
Sox 8.

ORIOLES 8TH: Dempsey grounded out (third to first); Dauer struck
out; Bumbry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, White
Sox 8.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bosley struck out; L. Johnson lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, White Sox 8.

ORIOLES 9TH: KELLY BATTED FOR BELANGER; Kelly struck out;
Singleton singled to center; Murray forced Singleton (third to
second); Lowenstein singled to center [Murray to third];
DeCinces doubled to left [Murray scored, Lowenstein scored]; May
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, White Sox 8.



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