Lamar Johnson drove in three runs and Bruce Kimm added two to account for all the White Sox scoring in a 5-4 victory over the Red Sox. Kimm knocked in his pair with a double in the second inning. Johnson broke a 2-2 tie with a run-scoring single in the fifth and decided the outcome with another single for two runs in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Boston Red Sox 4
Game Played on Saturday, August    9, 1980 (Day game) at Fenway Park
White Sox    0  2  0    0  1  0    2  0  0  -   5 12  2
Red Sox      1  1  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   4 11  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Squires 1b            5   2   3   0     0   0   .284      Burleson ss           4   0   0   0     1   1   .282
Morrison 2b           5   1   2   0     0   0   .269      Stapleton 2b          5   1   2   0     0   1   .309
Molinaro lf           3   0   2   0     1   0   .292      Lynn cf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .314
  Bosley lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Perez 1b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .266
  Nordhagen ph,lf     1   0   0   0     0   1   .277      Fisk c                4   1   2   0     1   1   .295
L. Johnson dh         4   0   2   3     0   1   .269      Yastrzemski lf        4   0   3   1     0   0   .273
Lemon cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .273      Rice dh               3   0   0   0     1   0   .255
Baines rf             4   1   0   0     0   0   .252      Evans rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .262
Pryor 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Hoffman 3b            3   0   1   1     0   1   .290
Kimm c                4   0   1   2     0   0   .249        Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .305
Cruz ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Wolfe 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Proly p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  12   5     1   2             Totals               38   4  11   2     3   6

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 32,719
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Red Sox 10
DP: White Sox 1, Red Sox 2
Errors: Morrison, Cruz, Perez
Doubles: Kimm (10), Molinaro (14), Morrison (33), Hoffman (5), Lynn (27), Yastrzemski (19)
Triples: Stapleton (3)
GIDP: Morrison (14), Lemon (9), Rice (10)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Proly W(2-6)            6.2   8   3   2   0   4   0  27   2.88
Farmer SV(20)           2.1   3   1   1   3   2   0  14   3.12
Totals                  9    11   4   3   3   6   0  41

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko L(6-5)            6.1  11   5   3   1   1   0  31   3.75
Drago                   2.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   8   4.78
Totals                  9    12   5   3   1   2   0  39

Wild Pitches: Proly (2)

Umpires: HP - Rocky Roe, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Dale Ford


WHITE SOX 1ST: Squires singled; Morrison grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Squires out at second];
Molinaro grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson flied out to right; Stapleton tripled;
Proly threw a wild pitch [Stapleton scored]; Lynn singled; Lynn
was picked off first (pitcher to first); Perez struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson struck out; Lemon singled; Baines
reached on an error by Perez [Lemon to third, Baines to second];
Pryor popped to second in foul territory; Kimm doubled [Lemon
scored (unearned), Baines scored (unearned)]; Cruz grounded out
(second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk singled; Yastrzemski singled [Fisk to third,
Yastrzemski to second (on throw to 3b)]; Rice grounded out
(pitcher to first); Evans reached on an error by Morrison [Fisk
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Yastrzemski to third]; Hoffman
struck out; Burleson forced Evans (shortstop to second); 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Squires lined to right; Morrison flied out to
center; Molinaro doubled; L. Johnson popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Stapleton flied out to center; Lynn grounded out
(second to first); Perez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon singled; Baines flied out to center; Pryor
flied out to center; Kimm grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Fisk singled; Yastrzemski singled [Fisk to second];
Rice grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Fisk to third, Yastrzemski out at second]; Evans grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Red
Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Cruz flied out to center; Squires singled;
Morrison flied out to right; Molinaro singled [Squires to
third]; L. Johnson singled [Squires scored, Molinaro to second];
Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 3, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Hoffman grounded out (third to first); Burleson
struck out; Stapleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Red Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Baines grounded out (third to first); Pryor flied
out to right; Kimm flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Lynn grounded out (third to first); Perez grounded
out (shortstop to first); Fisk grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Red Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Cruz flied out to right; Squires singled;
Morrison doubled [Squires to third]; Molinaro was walked
intentionally; L. Johnson singled [Squires scored, Morrison
scored, Molinaro to third]; DRAGO REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING);
Lemon grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [L.
Johnson out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Red
Sox 2.

RED SOX 7TH: BOSLEY REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING LF); Yastrzemski
lined to center; Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans
singled; Hoffman doubled [Evans scored]; FARMER REPLACED PROLY
(PITCHING); Burleson walked; Stapleton forced Burleson
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Red
Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Baines grounded out (second to first); Pryor
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kimm grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Lynn doubled; Perez grounded out (third to first);
Fisk walked; Yastrzemski doubled [Lynn scored, Fisk to third];
Rice was walked intentionally; Evans forced Fisk (pitcher to
catcher) [Yastrzemski to third, Rice to second]; DWYER BATTED
FOR HOFFMAN; Dwyer struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox
5, Red Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: WOLFE REPLACED DWYER (PLAYING 3B); Cruz grounded
out (shortstop to first); Squires flied out to left; Morrison
singled; NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR BOSLEY; Nordhagen struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 9TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Burleson
grounded out (first unassisted); Stapleton singled; Lynn flied
out to center; Perez reached on an error by Cruz [Stapleton to
second]; Fisk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 5, Red Sox 4.