Two homers by Wayne Nordhagen lifted the White Sox to a 5-3 triumph over the Royals. Nordhagen snapped a 3-3 tie with a round-tripper in the sixth inning and provided insurance with a circuit clout in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Sunday, August    3, 1980 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       0  0  1    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  0
White Sox    1  2  0    0  0  1    0  1  x  -   5 10  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .342      Squires 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .271
McRae dh              4   1   1   2     0   0   .308      Pryor 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .270
G. Brett 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .386      Morrison 2b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .270
Porter c              4   1   1   0     0   1   .299      L. Johnson dh         3   0   0   1     0   1   .261
Aikens 1b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .275      Nordhagen rf          4   2   2   2     0   0   .290
  Torres pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Lemon cf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .274
  LaCock 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .197      Pruitt lf             2   1   1   0     0   0   .264
Otis cf               4   0   0   1     0   1   .248        Bosley ph,lf        2   0   0   0     0   2   .236
Hurdle rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .297      Kimm c                3   0   2   1     0   0   .260
White 2b              2   1   1   0     1   0   .271      Cruz ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .251
  Quirk ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Dotson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Mulliniks ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  Washington ph,ss    2   0   0   0     0   1   .269
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Martin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   7   3     2   4             Totals               31   5  10   5     2   3

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 14,329
Left on Base: Royals 6, White Sox 5
DP: Royals 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Cruz
Home Runs: McRae (9), Nordhagen 2 (14)
Stolen Bases: Morrison (7)
Caught Stealing: Lemon (4)
Sacrifice Flies: L. Johnson (5)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(8-8)       5     9   4   4   1   0   1  24   4.66
Martin                  3     1   1   1   1   3   1  10   4.46
Totals                  8    10   5   5   2   3   2  34

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dotson W(8-6)           9     7   3   2   2   4   1  36   4.14
Totals                  9     7   3   2   2   4   1  36

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Rick Reed


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); McRae
grounded out (third to first); G. Brett grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Squires popped to second; Pryor singled to left;
Morrison singled to center [Pryor to third]; L. Johnson hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Pryor scored]; Nordhagen forced Morrison
(third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter grounded out (first unassisted); Aikens lined
to center; Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon singled to left; Pruitt singled to right
[Lemon to third]; Kimm singled to right [Lemon scored, Pruitt to
second]; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [Pruitt to third,
Kimm to second]; Squires popped to shortstop; Pryor singled to
right [Pruitt scored, Kimm out at home (right to catcher)]; 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Hurdle was called out on strikes; White singled to
right; Mulliniks reached on a fielder's choice [White to second
(error by Cruz)]; Wilson walked [White to third, Mulliniks to
second]; McRae forced Wilson (second to shortstop) [White scored
(unearned), Mulliniks to third]; G. Brett flied out to left; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Morrison lined to right; L. Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter singled to right; Aikens singled to center
[Porter to third]; Otis reached on a fielder's choice [Porter
scored, Aikens to second]; Hurdle popped to third; White popped
to first; Mulliniks popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Pruitt
flied out to center; Kimm singled to center; Cruz flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, White Sox 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Wilson popped to catcher in foul territory; McRae
homered; G. Brett singled to right; Porter hit into a double
play (first to second to first to third) [G. Brett out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Squires flied out to left; Pryor grounded out
(pitcher to first); Morrison walked; Morrison stole second; L.
Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3,
White Sox 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Aikens singled to right [Aikens out at second (right
to shortstop)]; Otis lined to right; Hurdle popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Nordhagen homered; Lemon singled to center;
MARTIN REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); BOSLEY BATTED FOR PRUITT;
Lemon was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Bosley
was called out on strikes; Kimm lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 4.

ROYALS 7TH: BOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); White walked;
WASHINGTON BATTED FOR MULLINIKS; Washington grounded out
(shortstop to first) [White to second]; Wilson grounded out
(shortstop to first) [White to third]; McRae flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Cruz
flied out to right; Squires flied out to left; Pryor popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 4.

ROYALS 8TH: G. Brett popped to shortstop; Porter was called out
on strikes; Aikens singled to right; TORRES RAN FOR AIKENS; Otis
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: LACOCK REPLACED TORRES (PLAYING 1B); Morrison
popped to third; L. Johnson was called out on strikes; Nordhagen
homered; Lemon walked; Bosley struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 3, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Hurdle lined to right; QUIRK BATTED FOR WHITE; Quirk
flied out to right; Washington was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, White Sox 5.