Rich Wortham and Ed Farmer combined on a four-hitter as the White Sox trimmed the Royals, 2-0. The White Sox scored their first run in the second inning on a double by Chet Lemon and single by Wayne Nordhagen. Junior Moore singled home the other run in the eighth. Farmer recorded his league-leading eighth save with two innings of one-hit relief. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 2, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Tuesday, May 6, 1980 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 White Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 2 7 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Bannister lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .190 White 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .241 Moore 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .188 Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .050 Morrison 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .278 McRae lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .256 L. Johnson 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .329 Porter dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Squires 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Wathan c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .412 Lemon cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .264 Aikens 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .205 Nordhagen dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 .367 Chalk 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .200 Baines rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Detherage rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Kimm c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .298 G. Brett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Chappas pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .208 Hurdle rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Foley c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Washington ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Pryor ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wortham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 0 4 0 3 3 Totals 28 2 7 2 2 0 Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 7,938 Left on Base: Royals 4, White Sox 5 DP: Royals 0, White Sox 2 Errors: Baines Doubles: Lemon (6) Stolen Bases: Morrison (1) Caught Stealing: L. Johnson (2), Lemon (1) Sacrifice Hits: Pryor (2) GIDP: Aikens (4) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura L(3-2) 7.2 7 2 2 2 0 0 30 1.84 Quisenberry 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.93 Totals 8 7 2 2 2 0 0 31 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wortham W(3-0) 7 3 0 0 3 2 0 24 3.96 Farmer SV(8) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 1.27 Totals 9 4 0 0 3 3 0 31 Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); White flied out to center; McRae singled to center [McRae out at second (center to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister flied out to right; Moore flied out to center; Morrison made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter grounded out (second to first); Wathan grounded out (third to first); Aikens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson lined to center; Lemon doubled to left; Nordhagen singled to center [Lemon scored, Nordhagen to second (on throw to home)]; Baines grounded out (first to pitcher) [Nordhagen to third]; Kimm lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. ROYALS 3RD: Chalk struck out; Detherage flied out to right; Washington flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor lined to center; Bannister flied out to right; Moore grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. ROYALS 4TH: Wilson flied out to right; White flied out to right; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Morrison lined to left; L. Johnson walked; L. Johnson was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Lemon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. ROYALS 5TH: Porter flied out to left; Wathan singled to center; Aikens singled to right [Wathan to third (error by Baines)]; Chalk walked [Aikens to second]; Detherage lined into a double play (second unassisted) [Aikens out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Nordhagen made an out to shortstop; Baines flied out to left; Kimm walked; Pryor lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. ROYALS 6TH: Washington grounded out (third to first); Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); White walked; McRae flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore grounded out (second to first); Morrison singled to left; Morrison stole second; L. Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. ROYALS 7TH: Porter flied out to right; Wathan walked; Aikens grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wathan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon singled to left; Lemon was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Nordhagen popped to second in foul territory; Baines popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. ROYALS 8TH: SQUIRES REPLACED L. JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); FARMER REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING); Chalk lined to right; G. BRETT BATTED FOR DETHERAGE; G. Brett grounded out (second to first); Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: HURDLE REPLACED G. BRETT (PLAYING RF); Kimm singled to center; CHAPPAS RAN FOR KIMM; Pryor out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Chappas to second]; Bannister grounded out (third to first); Moore singled to left [Chappas scored]; Morrison singled to right [Moore to third]; QUISENBERRY REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Squires forced Morrison (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 2. ROYALS 9TH: FOLEY REPLACED CHAPPAS (PLAYING C ); Wilson singled to right; BRAUN BATTED FOR WHITE; Braun made an out to shortstop; McRae grounded out (first unassisted) [Wilson to second]; Porter flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 2.

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