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After suffering six straight defeats in complete games, Rick Langford pitched the A's to a 5-0 victory over the White Sox, allowing only four hits. Rickey Henderson clinched the decision with a three-run homer in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News] Oakland Athletics 5, Chicago White Sox 0Game Played on Saturday, July 5, 1980 (Day game) at Comiskey Park IA's 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 - 5 10 0 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 4 2 2 3 1 0 .303 Squires 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Murphy cf 4 0 2 1 1 0 .303 Kimm c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Page dh 5 0 0 1 0 0 .236 Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Revering 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .293 Seilheimer c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gross 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .273 Baines rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Armas rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .278 Nordhagen lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .297 Heath c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .232 R. Johnson dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Cox 2b 3 1 3 0 1 0 .500 Lemon cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .264 McKay ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Morrison 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .252 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .131 Cruz ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Dotson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 10 5 5 3 Totals 30 0 4 0 2 3 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 20,559 Left on Base: A's 10, White Sox 5 DP: A's 1, White Sox 0 Errors: Bell Doubles: Murphy (7) Home Runs: Henderson (4) Stolen Bases: Armas (2) Caught Stealing: Cox (2) Sacrifice Hits: McKay 2 (6) GIDP: Nordhagen (6) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(5-9) 9 4 0 0 2 3 0 32 3.33 Totals 9 4 0 0 2 3 0 32 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dotson L(7-4) 8 10 5 4 5 3 1 39 3.76 Hoffman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.00 Totals 9 10 5 4 5 3 1 42 Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - George Maloney ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to shortstop; Murphy singled to right [Henderson to third]; Page grounded out (second to first) [Henderson scored, Murphy to second]; Revering grounded out (first unassisted) [Murphy to third]; Gross grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Squires grounded out (second to first); Kimm struck out; Baines flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Heath singled to shortstop; Cox singled to left [Heath to third]; McKay reached on a fielder's choice [Heath out at home (first to catcher), Cox to second]; Cox was picked off and caught stealing third (pitcher to second to third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen singled to third; R. Johnson made an out to third; Debut game for Randy Johnson; Lemon forced Nordhagen (shortstop to second); Morrison grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson grounded out (first unassisted); Murphy doubled to left; Page grounded out (second to first); Revering walked; Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz struck out; Squires made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas reached on an error by Bell [Armas to first]; Armas stole second; Heath struck out; Cox walked; McKay flied out to left; Henderson walked [Armas to third, Cox to second]; Murphy walked [Armas scored (unearned), Cox to third, Henderson to second]; Page flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Kimm flied out to right; Baines singled to right; Nordhagen grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Baines out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Revering grounded out (second to first); Gross was called out on strikes; Armas singled to right; Heath forced Armas (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: R. Johnson flied out to left; Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Morrison walked; Bell made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Cox singled to left; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Cox to second]; Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Squires flied out to right; Kimm grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Page flied out to center; Revering flied out to right; Gross singled to left; Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 7TH: Baines made an out to third; Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); R. Johnson singled to right; Lemon walked [R. Johnson to second]; Morrison made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 8TH: Heath walked; Cox singled to first [Heath to second]; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Heath to third, Cox to second]; Henderson homered [Heath scored, Cox scored]; Murphy grounded out (third to first); Page grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 8TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Cruz singled to left; Squires flied out to right; MOLINARO BATTED FOR KIMM; Molinaro grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 9TH: SEILHEIMER REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING C ); HOFFMAN REPLACED DOTSON (PITCHING); Revering grounded out (second to first); Debut game for Ricky Seilheimer; Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 9TH: Baines flied out to center; Nordhagen struck out; R. Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 0. |
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