Driving in five runs with a triple and double, Bucky Dent paced the Yankees to an 8-3 triumph over Oakland. The Yankees tallied four times in the first inning. Their first run resulted from an error by A's second sacker Jeff Cox and, after the bases were loaded, Dent drilled a three-bagger. Oscar Gamble and Jim Spencer clouted homers in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively, before a double by Dent produced two runs in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 8, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Wednesday, September 3, 1980 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          0  1  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  5  1
Yankees      4  0  0    0  1  1    0  2  x  -   8  8  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          2   0   0   1     1   0   .304      Randolph 2b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .297
Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .269        Doyle ph,2b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .179
Armas rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .263      Brown cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   3   .284      Gamble rf             3   2   1   1     1   1   .246
Essian c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .245        Lefebvre rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Page dh               3   1   1   1     0   0   .246      Jackson dh            4   1   0   1     0   1   .296
Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     0   3   .276      Piniella lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .307
McKay ss              3   1   2   0     0   0   .229      Spencer 1b            2   3   1   1     2   0   .234
Cox 2b                0   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Dent ss               4   0   3   5     0   0   .260
  Heath ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .223      Oates c               3   0   0   0     1   1   .180
  Edwards 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .202
Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      John p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   3   5   3     1   7             Totals               33   8   8   8     4   6

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 27,091
Left on Base: A's 1, Yankees 5
DP: A's 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Cox
Doubles: McKay (9), Dent (22)
Triples: Randolph (7), Dent (2)
Home Runs: Page (12), Gamble (11), Spencer (10)
Stolen Bases: Brown (18)
Caught Stealing: Henderson (21)
Sacrifice Hits: Cox (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Henderson (1)
GIDP: Henderson (5)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman L(7-16)         7.1   8   8   5   4   5   2  35   3.68
Beard                   0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   1.23
Totals                  8     8   8   5   4   6   2  37

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John W(19-7)            9     5   3   3   1   7   1  31   3.51
Totals                  9     5   3   3   1   7   1  31

Umpires: HP - Rick Reed, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dan Morrison, 3B - Nick Bremigan


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Henderson was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Murphy made an out to shortstop;
Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph tripled to right; Brown lined to first;
Gamble walked; Jackson reached on an error by Cox [Randolph
scored, Gamble to second, Jackson to first]; Piniella made an
out to shortstop; Spencer walked [Gamble to third, Jackson to
second]; Dent tripled to left [Gamble scored (unearned), Jackson
scored (unearned), Spencer scored (unearned)]; Oates struck out;
4 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Yankees 4.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering made an out to shortstop; Essian flied
out to left; Page homered; Gross struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 2ND: Rodriguez flied out to left; Randolph grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 4.

ATHLETICS 3RD: McKay doubled to left; Cox out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [McKay to third]; Henderson hit a
sacrifice fly to center [McKay scored]; Murphy struck out; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 3RD: Gamble flied out to right; Jackson grounded out
(second to first); Piniella struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Yankees 4.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas flied out to right; Revering struck out;
Essian grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 4TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Dent
singled to right; Oates grounded out (first to pitcher) [Dent to
second]; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Yankees 4.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Page grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross was
called out on strikes; McKay grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph grounded out (first unassisted); Brown
struck out; Gamble homered; Jackson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 2, Yankees 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: HEATH BATTED FOR COX; Heath singled to right;
Henderson flied out to center; Murphy grounded out (second to
first) [Heath to second]; Armas singled to center [Heath
scored]; Revering struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
3, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 6TH: EDWARDS REPLACED HEATH (PLAYING 2B); Piniella flied
out to left; Spencer homered; Dent grounded out (third to
first); Oates grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Essian made an out to shortstop; Page flied out
to center; Gross struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Yankees 6.

YANKEES 7TH: Rodriguez made an out to shortstop; Randolph
singled to right; Brown forced Randolph (second to shortstop);
Brown stole second; Gamble struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Yankees 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: McKay singled to center; Edwards flied out to
center; Henderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [McKay out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 8TH: Jackson flied out to left; Piniella singled to
shortstop; Spencer walked [Piniella to second]; Dent doubled to
center [Piniella scored, Spencer scored]; Oates walked; BEARD
REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Rodriguez flied out to left; DOYLE
BATTED FOR RANDOLPH; Doyle struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Yankees 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: LEFEBVRE REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING RF); DOYLE
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Murphy grounded out (second to
first); Armas grounded out (third to first); Revering was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Yankees 8.