The four-hit pitching of Tom Underwood carried the Yankees to a 5-0 blanking of the A's. The Yanks scored three times in the fourth inning on RBI doubles by Oscar Gamble and Lou Piniella and a sacrifice fly by Jim Spencer. Gamble and Reggie Jackson clouted back-to-back homers in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Monday, September 1, 1980 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Yankees      0  0  0    3  0  2    0  0  x  -   5  6  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          2   0   1   0     2   0   .305      Randolph 2b           4   1   2   0     0   2   .296
Murphy cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .269        Doyle 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Essian dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Brown cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Armas rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Gamble dh             4   2   2   2     0   0   .236
Heath c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Jackson rf            3   2   1   1     1   0   .298
Newman 1b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .233        Lefebvre rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
McKay 3b,2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .220      Piniella lf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .305
Picciolo ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .248      Spencer 1b            2   0   0   1     0   0   .235
Cox 2b                2   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Cerone c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Klutts ph,3b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .204
                                                          Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     2   6             Totals               29   5   6   5     1   2

Time of Game: 1:57   Attendance: 31,103
Left on Base: A's 5, Yankees 2
DP: A's 0, Yankees 0
Doubles: Picciolo (9), Henderson (20), Murphy (13), Randolph (18), Gamble (4), Piniella (17)
Home Runs: Gamble (10), Jackson (35)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (20)
Sacrifice Flies: Spencer (4)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(14-11)       8     6   5   5   1   2   2  31   2.97
Totals                  8     6   5   5   1   2   2  31

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood W(11-9)       9     4   0   0   2   6   0  32   3.93
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   6   0  32

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Rick Reed


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Murphy struck out; Essian flied
out to center; Henderson was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph struck out; Brown flied out to left;
Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas made an out to second; Heath grounded out
(third to first); Newman singled to third; McKay struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson flied out to center; Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); Spencer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo struck out; Cox grounded out (third to
first); Henderson walked; Murphy grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Cerone flied out to right; Dent flied out to left;
Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Essian flied out to left; Armas struck out; Heath
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph doubled to center; Brown grounded out
(first unassisted) [Randolph to third]; Gamble doubled to left
[Randolph scored]; Jackson walked; Piniella doubled to left
[Gamble scored, Jackson to third]; Spencer hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Jackson scored, Piniella to third]; Cerone flied out
to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); McKay
grounded out (first unassisted); Picciolo doubled to center; Cox
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent made an out to second; Rodriguez grounded out
(third to first); Randolph was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson doubled to left; Murphy grounded out
(second to first) [Henderson to third]; Essian made an out to
second; Armas flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Brown flied out to center; Gamble homered; Jackson
homered; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer
flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees
5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Heath flied out to right; Newman flied out to
left; McKay grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 0, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 7TH: Cerone grounded out (third to first); Dent made an
out to second; Rodriguez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Picciolo grounded out (third to first); KLUTTS
BATTED FOR COX; Klutts popped to catcher in foul territory;
Henderson grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: MCKAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); KLUTTS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Randolph singled to right; Brown grounded
out (second to first) [Randolph to second]; Gamble flied out to
center; Jackson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: DOYLE REPLACED RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); LEFEBVRE
REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Murphy doubled to center; Essian
struck out; Armas flied out to left; Heath struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 5.