Using their speed, the A's scored two runs in the seventh inning and defeated the Angels, 5-4. Rickey Henderson led off the stanza with a single and stole second. Dwayne Murphy beat out a bunt, sending Henderson to third in position to score on an infield out by Dave Revering. Wayne Gross then singled to drive in Murphy. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, California Angels 4
Game Played on Saturday, July      12, 1980 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
A's          0  0  1    0  0  2    2  0  0  -   5 10  2
Angels       1  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   4 11  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          3   2   2   0     2   0   .298      Harlow cf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .297
Murphy cf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .304      Lansford 3b           4   1   0   0     1   1   .282
Revering 1b           5   0   2   2     0   0   .291      Carew 1b              5   1   0   0     0   1   .323
Gross 3b              3   1   1   1     1   0   .283      Baylor rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .253
  McKay pr,3b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .193      Thompson dh           4   2   4   2     0   0   .261
Armas rf              5   1   1   2     0   1   .278      Rudi lf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .258
Page dh               4   0   2   0     0   0   .243      Grich 2b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .257
Newman c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .233      Patek ss              4   0   2   0     0   0   .286
Guerrero ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Donohue c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .181
Cox 2b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .270        Thon ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Minetto p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Clear p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  10   5     4   4             Totals               38   4  11   4     1   5

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 32,186
Left on Base: A's 9, Angels 8
DP: A's 1, Angels 1
Errors: Revering, McKay, Patek
Doubles: Newman (12), Patek (9), Grich (10), Thompson (11)
Triples: Page (2)
Home Runs: Armas (17), Thompson (8)
Stolen Bases: Henderson 3 (40)
GIDP: Grich (10)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris W(11-6)          7.2  10   4   2   1   4   1  34   2.54
Jones                   1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.14
Minetto SV(1)           0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9    11   4   2   1   5   1  39

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(3-9)        5     4   3   3   4   2   1  23   5.09
LaRoche                 1.2   3   2   2   0   1   0   8   3.30
Montague                1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.22
Clear                   1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.81
Totals                  9    10   5   5   4   4   1  41

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Dan Morrison, 3B - Joe Brinkman


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Henderson stole second; Murphy
reached on a fielder's choice [Henderson out at third (second to
third to shortstop to second to pitcher), Murphy to second];
Revering grounded out (second to first) [Murphy to third]; Gross
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Harlow lined to second; Lansford walked; Carew
grounded out (second to first) [Lansford to second]; Baylor
singled to left [Lansford scored, Baylor out at second (left to
catcher to second)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels
1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas struck out; Page popped to third; Newman
doubled to right; Guerrero grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Thompson singled to center; Rudi struck out; Grich
popped to second; Patek doubled to center [Thompson to third];
Donohue grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Athletics 0, Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson
walked; Henderson stole second; Murphy walked; Revering singled
to center [Henderson scored, Murphy to third]; Gross hit into a
double play (center to catcher) [Murphy out at home]; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Harlow grounded out (pitcher to first); Lansford
grounded out (third to first); Carew flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas flied out to center; Page singled to
center; Newman was called out on strikes; Guerrero lined to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Baylor lined to center; Thompson homered; Rudi
struck out; Grich doubled to center; Patek singled to third
[Grich to third]; Donohue struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Cox reached on an error by Patek; On a bunt
Henderson forced Cox (first to shortstop); Murphy forced
Henderson (first to shortstop); Revering flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Harlow grounded out (first to pitcher); Lansford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross walked; Armas homered [Gross scored];
LAROCHE REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Page popped to third;
Newman popped to shortstop; Guerrero flied out to right; 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Thompson
singled to right; Rudi singled to left [Thompson to second];
Grich grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Rudi out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Angels
2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Cox struck out; Henderson singled to left;
Henderson stole second; On a bunt Murphy singled to pitcher
[Henderson to third]; Revering grounded out (second to first)
[Henderson scored, Murphy to second]; Gross singled to right
[Murphy scored]; MCKAY RAN FOR GROSS; MONTAGUE REPLACED LAROCHE
(PITCHING); Armas forced McKay (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: MCKAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Patek grounded
out (second to first); Donohue reached on an error by McKay;
Harlow flied out to center; Lansford was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Angels 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Page tripled to right; Newman popped to third;
Guerrero popped to shortstop; Cox grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: Carew reached on an error by Revering (assist by
Norris) [Carew to second]; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to
first); Thompson doubled to center [Carew scored (unearned)];
Rudi popped to shortstop; Grich singled to left [Thompson scored
(unearned)]; JONES REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Patek flied out
to center; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Angels 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: CLEAR REPLACED MONTAGUE (PITCHING); Henderson
singled to center; Murphy flied out to left; Revering singled to
left [Henderson to second]; McKay struck out; Armas forced
Revering (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
5, Angels 4.

ANGELS 9TH: THON BATTED FOR DONOHUE; Thon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Harlow singled to left; Lansford forced
Harlow (shortstop to second); MINETTO REPLACED JONES (PITCHING);
Carew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Angels 4.