Rick Langford pitched his 17th consecutive complete game and gained his ninth straight victory as the A's rolled over the Mariners, 11-3. Tony Armas hit two homers for the A's accounting for four runs. Joe Simpson and Willie Horton produced the M's runs with round-trippers. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 11, Seattle Mariners 3

Game Played on Friday, August 15, 1980 (Night game) at Kingdome

A's 5 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 11 11 1 Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 - 3 6 3 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 3 2 3 2 1 0 .309 Cruz 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Gonzalez 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Simpson rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .259 Murphy cf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .273 Meyer lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .278 Page dh 5 2 1 0 0 1 .238 Bochte dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .290 Revering 1b 3 1 1 2 0 1 .301 Beniquez cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Heath lf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .221 Paciorek 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Milbourne 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .237 McKay 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Armas rf 4 2 2 4 0 0 .254 Horton ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .217 Newman c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .231 J. Anderson ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Guerrero ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .244 L. Cox c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Cox 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .241 Narron c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .087 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 11 11 9 2 5 Totals 34 3 6 3 1 4 Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 6,238 Left on Base: A's 2, Mariners 5 DP: A's 0, Mariners 1 Errors: Guerrero, Cruz, Paciorek, Milbourne Doubles: Henderson (18), Page (9) Home Runs: Armas 2 (26), Simpson (3), Horton (5) Stolen Bases: Henderson (61), Murphy (20) GIDP: Murphy (7) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(13-9) 9 6 3 3 1 4 2 35 3.04 Totals 9 6 3 3 1 4 2 35 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott L(8-8) 6 9 10 7 2 4 2 29 3.79 D. Roberts 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 11 4.12 Totals 9 11 11 8 2 5 2 40 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mark Johnson, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Dan Morrison ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to left; Murphy singled to right [Henderson to second]; Page reached on an error by Cruz [Henderson to third, Murphy to second, Page to first]; Revering singled to left [Henderson scored, Murphy scored, Page to second]; Gross struck out; Armas homered [Page scored (unearned), Revering scored]; Newman struck out; Guerrero made an out to first; 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz reached on an error by Guerrero [Cruz to second]; Simpson flied out to center; Meyer grounded out (first unassisted) [Cruz to third]; Bochte walked; Beniquez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Cox grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson walked; Murphy singled to left [Henderson to second]; Henderson stole third and Murphy stole second [Henderson scored (error by Milbourne) (unearned), Murphy scored (unearned)]; Page struck out; Revering struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Paciorek flied out to right; Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); Mendoza struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas homered; Newman grounded out (pitcher to first); Guerrero flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: L. Cox flied out to left; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Simpson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson singled to center; Murphy grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Henderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8, Mariners 0. MARINERS 4TH: Meyer struck out; Bochte made an out to shortstop; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering flied out to left; Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8, Mariners 0. MARINERS 5TH: Paciorek struck out; Milbourne singled to center; Mendoza made an out to third; L. Cox flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 8, Mariners 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: NARRON REPLACED L. COX (PLAYING C ); Armas flied out to right; Newman flied out to left; Guerrero singled to left; Cox walked [Guerrero to second]; Henderson doubled to left [Guerrero scored, Cox scored]; Murphy flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 10, Mariners 0. MARINERS 6TH: HEATH REPLACED REVERING (PLAYING LF); GONZALEZ REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING 1B); Cruz grounded out (second to first); Simpson homered; Meyer struck out; Mariners Manager Maury Wills ejected by HP umpire Ken Kaiser after Kaiser warned pitcher Glenn Abbott; Bochte singled to center; Beniquez forced Bochte (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 10, Mariners 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: D. ROBERTS REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Page made an out to third; Heath grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross reached on an error by Paciorek [Gross to first]; Armas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 10, Mariners 1. MARINERS 7TH: Paciorek singled to left; Milbourne forced Paciorek (pitcher to shortstop); HORTON BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Horton homered [Milbourne scored]; Narron singled to right; Cruz forced Narron (second to shortstop); Simpson made an out to first; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 10, Mariners 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: J. ANDERSON REPLACED HORTON (PLAYING SS); Newman struck out; Guerrero flied out to right; Cox flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, Mariners 3. MARINERS 8TH: Meyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochte made an out to second; Beniquez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, Mariners 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Gonzalez flied out to right; Murphy grounded out (second to first); Page doubled to right; Heath singled to left [Page scored, Heath out at second (left to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 11, Mariners 3. MARINERS 9TH: MCKAY REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); Paciorek grounded out (third to first); Milbourne grounded out (second to first); J. Anderson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 11, Mariners 3.

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