Getting three-hit pitching from Rich Dotson, the White Sox defeated the Blue Jays, 5-1. Todd Cruz batted in two runs, getting one RBI on a grounder with the bases loaded in the second inning and the other with a single in the third. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Game Played on Saturday, August 23, 1980 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Blue Jays 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 2 White Sox 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 10 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .246 Sutherland lf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .304 Bailor rf 2 1 0 0 2 1 .220 Squires 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .272 Mayberry 1b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .237 Lemon cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Ault pr,1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .213 L. Johnson dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .269 Howell 3b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .263 Morrison 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Braun dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Baines rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .251 Moseby lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .225 Borgmann c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Iorg 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Bell 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .196 Ainge cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .264 Cruz ss 4 0 1 2 0 0 .240 Velez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Dotson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Whitt c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Kucek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barlow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 4 1 3 8 Totals 35 5 10 4 2 2 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 10,768 Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, White Sox 9 DP: Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0 Errors: Griffin, Iorg, Bell Doubles: Baines (16), Sutherland (2), Squires (8) Stolen Bases: Sutherland (4) Sacrifice Hits: Morrison (7) Sacrifice Flies: Howell (4) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kucek L(3-6) 2.2 7 5 2 2 2 0 19 7.83 Garvin 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.69 McLaughlin 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 4.32 Barlow 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.15 Totals 8 10 5 2 2 2 0 38 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dotson W(10-8) 9 4 1 1 3 8 0 35 4.15 Totals 9 4 1 1 3 8 0 35 Wild Pitches: Dotson (5) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Joe Brinkman BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin struck out; Bailor was called out on strikes; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Sutherland was called out on strikes; Squires walked; Lemon forced Squires (shortstop to second); L. Johnson singled to shortstop [Lemon to second]; Morrison flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Howell struck out; Braun grounded out (third to first); Moseby grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Baines doubled to right; Borgmann singled to left [Baines to third]; Bell singled to pitcher [Baines stayed at third, Borgmann to second]; Cruz reached on an error by Griffin [Baines scored, Borgmann scored (no RBI), Bell to second]; Sutherland forced Bell (pitcher to third) [Cruz to second]; Squires forced Sutherland (first to shortstop) [Cruz to third]; Lemon struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Iorg popped to first in foul territory; Ainge struck out; Whitt flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: L. Johnson walked; Morrison out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [L. Johnson to second]; Baines reached on an error by Iorg; Borgmann flied out to center [L. Johnson to third]; Bell singled to left [L. Johnson scored (unearned), Baines to second]; Cruz singled to center [Baines scored (unearned), Bell to second]; Sutherland doubled to right [Bell scored (unearned), Cruz to third]; GARVIN REPLACED KUCEK (PITCHING); Squires grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Griffin struck out; Bailor walked; Mayberry singled to center [Bailor to third]; AULT RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Howell hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bailor scored]; Braun reached on an error by Bell [Ault to third, Braun to second]; Moseby struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 4TH: AULT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); L. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Morrison flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Iorg grounded out (shortstop to first); Ainge walked; Whitt forced Ainge (first to shortstop); Griffin singled to right [Whitt to second]; Bailor walked [Whitt to third, Griffin to second]; Ault forced Bailor (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 5TH: Baines grounded out (second to first); Borgmann grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell grounded out (pitcher to first); Braun flied out to left; Moseby singled to center; Dotson threw a wild pitch [Moseby to second]; Iorg struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 6TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Sutherland grounded out (second to first); Squires doubled to left; Lemon flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Ainge flied out to left; Whitt grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffin flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 7TH: L. Johnson grounded out (second to first); Morrison grounded out (third to first); Baines singled to center; Borgmann flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Bailor popped to catcher; Ault flied out to right; Howell grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 8TH: BARLOW REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN (PITCHING); Bell grounded out (third to first); Cruz grounded out (third to first); Sutherland singled to left; Sutherland stole second; Squires flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Braun grounded out (first to pitcher); Moseby singled to center; Iorg flied out to right; VELEZ BATTED FOR AINGE; Velez forced Moseby (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 5.

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