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 0
Game Played on Saturday, July      5, 1980 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
A'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.