They nifty pitching of Rick Langford, who extended his consecutive complete-game skein to 21, and the batting of Dave Revering resulted in the A's 3-2 victory over the Orioles, who fell 3½ games behind the Yankees in the East Division pennant chase. Singles by Rickey Henderson and Dwayne Murphy and a sacrifice fly by Revering produced a run in the first inning for the A's and Jeff Newman homered in the second.

Terry Crowley matched Newman's homer for the Orioles in the seventh, but the A's got that run back in the eighth on a double by Murphy and two-out single by Revering. Pinch-hitter Pat Kelly doubled with two outs in the Baltimore ninth and scored when pinch-hitter Benny Ayala singled into the left field corner. Ayala was out, however, when he tried to stretch his hit into a two-bagger. The complete game was the 77th of the season for the A's, tying the major league record set by San Francisco in 1968. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 3, Baltimore Orioles 2

Game Played on Saturday, September 6, 1980 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

A's 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 0 Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 8 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .302 Bumbry cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .312 Murphy cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .276 Lowenstein lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .297 Page dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Singleton rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .291 Revering 1b 3 0 1 2 0 0 .285 Murray 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .287 Armas rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .268 Crowley dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .300 Gross 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Graham c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Edwards pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Klutts 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Dauer 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .283 Newman c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .232 Kelly ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250 McKay 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .240 Garcia ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .200 Picciolo ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Ayala ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .296 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stoddard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 9 3 1 6 Totals 32 2 8 2 4 1 Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 33,472 Left on Base: A's 6, Orioles 7 DP: A's 2, Orioles 0 Doubles: Murphy (15), McKay (11), DeCinces (18), Kelly (7) Home Runs: Newman (14), Crowley (8) Stolen Bases: Murphy (24), Armas (3), Henderson (71) Caught Stealing: Newman (4) Sacrifice Flies: Revering (2) GIDP: Graham (4) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(15-11) 9 8 2 2 4 1 1 36 2.93 Totals 9 8 2 2 4 1 1 36 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer L(15-10) 8.1 9 3 3 1 5 1 35 3.84 Stoddard 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.03 Totals 9 9 3 3 1 6 1 36 Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Derryl Cousins ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to right; Murphy singled to left [Henderson to second]; Page flied out to left [Henderson to third]; Revering hit a sacrifice fly to left [Henderson scored]; Armas forced Murphy (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (shortstop to first); Lowenstein lined to first; Singleton singled to right; Murray lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross flied out to center; Newman homered; McKay grounded out (second to first); Picciolo flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Crowley singled to left; Graham grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Crowley out at second]; DeCinces doubled to right; Dauer flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson flied out to right; Murphy singled to center; Murphy stole second; Page struck out; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Garcia grounded out (pitcher to first); Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Lowenstein grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas singled to center; Gross popped to second; Newman flied out to center; Armas stole second; McKay struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton flied out to left; Murray struck out; Crowley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo flied out to center; Henderson walked; Henderson stole second; Murphy grounded out (second to first) [Henderson to third]; Page popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Graham flied out to right; DeCinces flied out to left; Dauer walked; Garcia walked [Dauer to second]; Bumbry lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering flied out to center; Armas flied out to center; Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Lowenstein grounded out (first to pitcher); Singleton walked; Murray lined into a double play (second to first) [Singleton out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Orioles 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Newman struck out; McKay struck out; On a bunt Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 7TH: Crowley homered; Graham lined to first; DeCinces flied out to center; Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Orioles 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: Henderson flied out to right; Murphy doubled to left; Page flied out to left; Revering singled [Murphy scored]; Armas struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 8TH: Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Bumbry singled to right; Lowenstein singled to right [Bumbry to second]; Singleton flied out to left [Bumbry to third, Lowenstein to second]; Murray walked; Crowley forced Murray (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 3, Orioles 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross singled to right; EDWARDS RAN FOR GROSS; Newman forced Edwards (first to shortstop); McKay doubled to left [Newman to third]; STODDARD REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Newman was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted) [McKay to third]; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 9TH: KLUTTS REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING 3B); Graham lined to first; DeCinces grounded out (pitcher to first); KELLY BATTED FOR DAUER; Kelly doubled to right; AYALA BATTED FOR GARCIA; Ayala singled to left [Kelly scored, Ayala out at second (left to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Orioles 2.

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