Wednesday August 6, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Homers by Ken Singleton and Eddie Murray powered the Orioles to a 4-1 victory over the White Sox. The Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Al Bumbry singled, went to second on a single by Rich Dauer and scored on a double by Singleton. Dauer doubled and Singleton homered in the third. Murray hit a solo swat in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 4, Chicago White Sox 1

Game Played on Wednesday, August 6, 1980 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

White Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 Orioles 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 x - 4 7 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molinaro dh 3 0 0 0 0 3 .286 Bumbry cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .316 Bell ph,dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .180 Dauer 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .268 Pryor 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .271 Singleton rf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .299 Morrison 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .270 Lowenstein lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304 L. Johnson 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .264 Murray 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .294 Nordhagen rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Ayala dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .306 Pruitt lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Roenicke lf,rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .268 Kimm c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .253 DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Bosley cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .224 Dempsey c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Cruz ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .249 Garcia ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .217 Burns p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stoddard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 6 1 1 8 Totals 29 4 7 4 3 2 Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 21,538 Left on Base: White Sox 4, Orioles 5 DP: White Sox 1, Orioles 3 Errors: Garcia Doubles: Pryor (16), L. Johnson (17), Singleton (16), Dauer (17) Home Runs: Singleton (14), Murray (18) GIDP: Morrison (12), Pruitt (3), Nordhagen (11), DeCinces (11) Hit by Pitch: Roenicke (3,by Burns) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Burns L(10-10) 8 7 4 4 3 2 2 33 2.77 Totals 8 7 4 4 3 2 2 33 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan W(12-8) 8 5 1 1 1 8 0 29 3.79 Stoddard SV(16) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.38 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 8 0 32 Hit by Pitch: Burns (3) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Jim Evans WHITE SOX 1ST: Molinaro struck out; Pryor singled; Morrison grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Pryor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled; Dauer singled to left [Bumbry to second]; Singleton doubled to right [Bumbry scored, Dauer out at home (right to first to catcher)]; Murray flied out to left; Ayala struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Orioles 1. WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson walked; Nordhagen flied out to center; Pruitt struck out; Kimm forced L. Johnson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 2ND: Roenicke was hit by a pitch; DeCinces popped to first; Dempsey grounded out (first unassisted) [Roenicke to second]; Garcia walked; Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Orioles 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Bosley grounded out (second to first); Cruz struck out; Molinaro struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer doubled; Singleton homered [Dauer scored]; Murray flied out to right; Ayala walked; Roenicke singled [Ayala to second]; DeCinces grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Roenicke out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Orioles 3. WHITE SOX 4TH: Pryor doubled; Morrison struck out; L. Johnson doubled to center [Pryor scored]; Nordhagen reached on an error by Garcia [L. Johnson to third]; Pruitt grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nordhagen out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 4TH: Dempsey flied out to center; Garcia popped to third; Bumbry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Orioles 3. WHITE SOX 5TH: Kimm popped to shortstop; Bosley struck out; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Orioles 3. ORIOLES 5TH: Dauer flied out to center; Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first); Murray homered; Ayala flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Orioles 4. WHITE SOX 6TH: Molinaro struck out; Pryor flied out to right; Morrison flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 6TH: Roenicke popped to catcher in foul territory; DeCinces grounded out (third to first); Dempsey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Orioles 4. WHITE SOX 7TH: L. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Nordhagen popped to first; Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 7TH: Garcia grounded out (pitcher to first); Bumbry walked; Dauer flied out to left; Singleton forced Bumbry (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Orioles 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: Kimm grounded out (third to first); Bosley was called out on strikes; Cruz singled to left; BELL BATTED FOR MOLINARO; Bell singled to right [Cruz to second]; Pryor flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Orioles 4. ORIOLES 8TH: BELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Murray popped to first; Ayala grounded out (second to first); Roenicke flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Orioles 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: STODDARD REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); LOWENSTEIN REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING LF); ROENICKE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Morrison singled to center; L. Johnson flied out to center; Nordhagen grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Morrison out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Orioles 4.

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