The remarkable A's reached the .500 mark at 52-52 with a 2-1 victory over the Indians, in contrast to last season when their record was 31-77 on August 1. Jim Essian drove in one run and scored another to enable the A's to gain their fifth straight victory and snap the Indians' eight-game winning streak. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 2, Cleveland Indians 1

Game Played on Friday, August 1, 1980 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

A's 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 Indians 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 3 0 2 0 0 1 .302 Dilone lf,cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Murphy cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .277 Orta rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .307 Essian c 3 1 0 1 1 0 .229 Hargrove 1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .299 Armas rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .262 Newman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Charboneau dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .295 Heath dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .220 Hassey c 2 1 1 1 0 0 .308 Guerrero ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .224 Alexander ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 McKay 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .203 Diaz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Cox 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .272 Brohamer 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Kingman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bannister ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Manning cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gray ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Beard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rosello 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Dybzinski ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 7 2 3 4 Totals 30 1 4 1 2 4 Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 16,439 Left on Base: A's 7, Indians 4 DP: A's 0, Indians 1 Doubles: Hargrove (12) Home Runs: Hassey (4) Sacrifice Hits: Murphy (16), Henderson (4), Guerrero (5) GIDP: Essian (8) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kingman W(6-11) 6 3 1 1 1 2 1 21 3.50 Jones 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.21 Lacey 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 3.00 Beard SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 4 1 1 2 4 1 32 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits L(7-10) 8.1 7 2 2 3 3 0 34 4.78 Monge 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.67 Totals 9 7 2 2 3 4 0 36 Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Derryl Cousins ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson was called out on strikes; Murphy walked; Essian grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Dilone singled to shortstop; Dilone was picked off first (pitcher to first); Orta popped to third in foul territory; Hargrove walked; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas struck out; Newman flied out to left; Heath singled to shortstop; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Charboneau flied out to right; Hassey lined to left; Brohamer lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: McKay flied out to left; Cox flied out to center; Henderson singled to third; Murphy flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Manning was called out on strikes; Dybzinski flied out to left; Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Essian walked; Armas singled to left [Essian to second]; Newman flied out to right [Essian to third, Armas to second]; Heath reached on a fielder's choice [Essian scored, Armas out at third (shortstop unassisted)]; Guerrero singled to center [Heath to second]; McKay flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Orta grounded out (pitcher to third to first); Hargrove doubled to right; Harrah flied out to left; Charboneau grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Cox walked; Henderson singled to right [Cox to second]; Murphy out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Cox to third, Henderson to second]; Essian reached on a fielder's choice [Cox scored, Henderson out at third (shortstop to third)]; Armas grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Hassey homered; Brohamer flied out to right; Manning flied out to center; Dybzinski struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman flied out to left; Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 6TH: Dilone grounded out (second to first); Orta flied out to right; Hargrove flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: McKay singled to center; Cox forced McKay (third to second); Henderson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cox to second]; Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 7TH: JONES REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Harrah lined to left; Charboneau struck out; LACEY REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); ALEXANDER BATTED FOR HASSEY; Alexander flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: DIAZ REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING C ); Essian grounded out (third to first); Armas lined to shortstop; Newman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 8TH: BANNISTER BATTED FOR BROHAMER; Bannister grounded out (first unassisted); GRAY BATTED FOR MANNING; Gray struck out; Dybzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); DILONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); ROSELLO REPLACED GRAY (PLAYING 2B); Heath singled to left; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Heath to second]; MONGE REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); McKay popped to first in foul territory; Cox was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 9TH: Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta grounded out (first unassisted); Hargrove singled to left; Harrah walked [Hargrove to second]; BEARD REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Charboneau lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 1.

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