The A's scored on a balk and a theft of home to defeat the White Sox, 2-0, with Brian Kingman gaining the decision in a duel with Britt Burns. Mike Heath singled in the sixth inning and Jeff Cox beat out an infield hit. Dave McKay sacrificed. After Rob Picciolo went out, Rickey Henderson walked to load the bases. Burns then balked, allowing Heath to score, and on his next pitch Cox stole home. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Friday, July      4, 1980 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .300      Molinaro dh           3   0   0   0     1   0   .306
Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Kimm c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .282
Armas rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .279      Baines rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .267
Revering dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .298      Nordhagen lf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .298
Newman 1b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .235      L. Johnson 1b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .263
Heath c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .230      Morrison 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .254
Cox 2b                3   1   2   0     0   0   .400      Bosley cf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .219
McKay 3b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .213      Bell 3b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .138
Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Cruz ss               2   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Squires ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .264
                                                            Pryor ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .254
                                                          Burns p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   7   0     1   5             Totals               29   0   5   0     3   4

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 11,428
Left on Base: A's 4, White Sox 5
DP: A's 1, White Sox 1
Doubles: Henderson (12)
Triples: Newman (1)
Stolen Bases: Cox (2), Henderson (34)
Caught Stealing: Newman (3), Cruz (1)
Sacrifice Hits: McKay (4)
GIDP: Newman (6), Morrison (7)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman W(4-8)          9     5   0   0   3   4   0  32   3.62
Totals                  9     5   0   0   3   4   0  32

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burns L(9-6)            9     7   2   2   1   5   0  33   2.06
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   5   0  33

Balks: Burns (3)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Ken Kaiser


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson doubled to center; Murphy flied out to
center; Armas struck out; Revering grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Molinaro walked; Molinaro was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Kimm made an out to shortstop; Baines struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman struck out; Heath singled to left; Cox
forced Heath (shortstop to second); McKay struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen walked; L. Johnson forced Nordhagen
(shortstop to second); Morrison grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [L. Johnson out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first);
Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bosley grounded out (third to first); Bell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz singled to center; Cruz
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas grounded out (pitcher to first); Revering
flied out to center; Newman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Molinaro grounded out (first unassisted); Kimm
grounded out (pitcher to first); Baines singled to first;
Nordhagen flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Heath singled to right; Cox singled to third
[Heath to second]; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Heath to third, Cox to second]; Picciolo flied out to
left; Henderson was walked intentionally; Burns balked [Heath
scored, Cox to third, Henderson to second]; Cox stole home and
Henderson stole third; Murphy flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: L. Johnson flied out to left; Morrison singled to
left; Bosley made an out to shortstop; Bell flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Armas singled to right; Revering struck out;
Newman grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Armas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Cruz flied out to left; Molinaro grounded out
(third to first); Kimm made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Heath made an out to shortstop; Cox singled to
right; McKay grounded out (pitcher to first) [Cox to second];
Picciolo flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Baines struck out; Nordhagen grounded out
(pitcher to first); L. Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Henderson grounded out (second to first); Murphy
grounded out (second to first); Armas flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Morrison flied out to center; Bosley walked; Bell
singled to left [Bosley to second]; SQUIRES BATTED FOR CRUZ;
Squires struck out; Molinaro made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: PRYOR REPLACED SQUIRES (PLAYING SS); Revering
made an out to shortstop; Newman tripled to center; Newman was
caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); Heath grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Kimm singled to left; Baines made an out to
third; Nordhagen flied out to center; L. Johnson flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 0.