Going the distance for the third time in five starts, rookie Britt Burns scattered nine hits in pitching the White Sox to an 8-2 victory over the Royals. The White Sox scored three runs in the second inning on a single by Chet Lemon, triple by Wayne Nordhagen, single by Claudell Washington, a stolen base, an infield out and sacrifice fly by Greg Pryor. Royals starter Paul Splittorff was kayoed in the fifth during a three-run uprising that featured a sacrifice fly by Lamar Johnson, RBI single by Washington and an error by shortstop U. L. Washington. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Thursday, May       8, 1980 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  9  1
White Sox    0  3  0    0  3  0    1  1  x  -   8 13  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson cf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .277      Bannister lf          5   0   1   0     0   0   .191
Washington ss         4   0   2   0     0   0   .299      Moore 3b              5   2   2   0     0   0   .240
Chalk 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .217      Morrison 2b           4   1   2   0     1   0   .286
McRae lf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .245      L. Johnson 1b         4   0   1   2     0   0   .321
Porter dh             3   0   1   0     1   1   .235      Lemon cf              3   2   1   0     2   0   .265
Wathan c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .400      Nordhagen dh          4   2   2   1     1   0   .357
White 2b              4   1   2   2     0   1   .261      Washington rf         4   1   3   2     0   0   .333
Terrell 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Baines ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Detherage rf          3   0   0   0     0   2   .304      Kimm c                2   0   1   0     1   0   .333
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bosley ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Chappas ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Busby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pryor ss              2   0   0   1     0   0   .205
                                                            Molinaro ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .364
                                                            Foley c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .240
                                                          Burns p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   9   2     1   8             Totals               36   8  13   6     5   1

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance:  7,410
Left on Base: Royals 6, White Sox 11
DP: Royals 0, White Sox 2
Errors: Washington, Washington
Doubles: Morrison (10), Nordhagen (3), Moore (1)
Triples: Nordhagen (3)
Home Runs: White (1)
Stolen Bases: Washington (3)
Caught Stealing: Porter (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Pryor (1), L. Johnson (3)
GIDP: Chalk (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(3-2)       4.2   8   6   5   3   0   0  25   3.75
Pattin                  1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.25
Busby                   2     4   2   2   2   1   0  12  16.88
Totals                  8    13   8   7   5   1   0  43

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burns W(3-2)            9     9   2   2   1   8   1  35   1.60
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   8   1  35

Wild Pitches: Busby 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Ted Hendry


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to right; Washington grounded out
(second to first) [Wilson to second]; Chalk grounded out (second
to first) [Wilson to third]; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister popped to first in foul territory;
Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); Morrison singled to
left; L. Johnson made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter struck out; Wathan grounded out (third to
first); White homered; Terrell popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon singled to center; Nordhagen tripled to
right [Lemon scored]; Washington singled to right [Nordhagen
scored]; Washington stole second; Kimm grounded out (first
unassisted) [Washington to third]; Pryor hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Washington scored]; Bannister singled; Moore grounded out
(second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Detherage grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson
struck out; Washington singled to left; Chalk flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Morrison grounded out (third to first); L.
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon walked;
Nordhagen made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
1, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae struck out; Porter walked; Wathan struck out
while Porter was caught stealing second (catcher to second to
first to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Washington flied out to left; Kimm walked; Pryor
grounded out (third to first) [Kimm to second]; Bannister
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
1, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 5TH: White struck out; Terrell grounded out (third to
first); Detherage struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Moore singled to right; Morrison doubled to left
[Moore to third]; L. Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Moore
scored]; Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Nordhagen was
walked intentionally; Washington singled to left [Morrison
scored, Nordhagen to second]; PATTIN REPLACED SPLITTORFF
(PITCHING); Kimm singled to left [Nordhagen to third, Washington
to second]; Pryor reached on an error by Washington [Nordhagen
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Washington to third, Kimm to second,
Pryor to first]; Bannister popped to catcher in foul territory;
3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 6.

ROYALS 6TH: Wilson singled to right; Washington singled to right
[Wilson to second]; Chalk grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Wilson to third, Washington out at second];
McRae flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White
Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Moore grounded out (second to first); Morrison
grounded out (first to pitcher); L. Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox
6.

ROYALS 7TH: Porter flied out to left; Wathan singled to right
[Wathan to second (error by Washington)]; White flied out to
center; Terrell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: BUSBY REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Lemon walked;
Nordhagen doubled to left [Lemon to third]; Washington singled
[Lemon stayed at third, Nordhagen stayed at second]; BOSLEY
BATTED FOR KIMM; Busby threw a wild pitch [Lemon scored,
Nordhagen to third, Washington to second]; Bosley struck out;
MOLINARO BATTED FOR PRYOR; Molinaro flied out to center;
Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 7.

ROYALS 8TH: CHAPPAS REPLACED BOSLEY (PLAYING SS); FOLEY REPLACED
MOLINARO (PLAYING C ); Detherage struck out; Wilson flied out to
center; Washington flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Moore doubled to right; Morrison walked; L.
Johnson singled to left [Moore scored, Morrison to second];
Busby threw a wild pitch [Morrison to third, L. Johnson to
second]; Lemon flied to left in foul territory; Nordhagen
grounded out (pitcher to first); BAINES BATTED FOR WASHINGTON;
Baines grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, White Sox 8.

ROYALS 9TH: BAINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Chalk singled to
center; McRae struck out; Porter singled to right [Chalk to
second]; Wathan flied out to center; White singled to left
[Chalk scored, Porter to second]; Terrell flied out to right; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 8.