A homer and triple by Chet Lemon keyed the White Sox to a 2-1 decision over the Mariners. The round-tripper came with the bases empty in the third inning and the triple led off the ninth frame. Lemon then scored the winning run on a one-out double by Harold Baines. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 2, Seattle Mariners 1

Game Played on Tuesday, September 16, 1980 (Night game) at Kingdome

White Sox 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 0 Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lemon cf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .292 Cruz 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .208 Squires 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Simpson rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Baines rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .260 Milbourne dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 L. Johnson dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .275 Bochte 1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .301 Nordhagen lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Allen pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Kuntz lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Meyer lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .277 Morrison 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Craig cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .245 Foley c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Narron c 2 0 1 0 0 1 .147 Mullins 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .267 Edler 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .108 Cruz ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 .239 Mendoza ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Dotson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Anderson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 5 2 3 3 Totals 30 1 7 1 2 1 Time of Game: 1:57 Attendance: 5,149 Left on Base: White Sox 4, Mariners 5 DP: White Sox 2, Mariners 1 Doubles: Baines (21) Triples: Lemon (6) Home Runs: Lemon (11) Stolen Bases: Cruz (41) Caught Stealing: Baines (4), Craig (4) Sacrifice Hits: Narron (1) GIDP: Squires (5), Meyer (9), Edler (2) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dotson W(11-9) 8.2 7 1 1 2 1 0 32 4.04 Farmer SV(27) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.21 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 1 0 33 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott L(10-11) 9 5 2 2 3 3 1 33 4.03 Totals 9 5 2 2 3 3 1 33 Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Nick Bremigan WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon flied out to center; Squires grounded out (catcher to first); Baines flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Cruz flied out to left; Simpson flied out to center; Milbourne flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson singled to center; Nordhagen made an out to shortstop; Morrison forced L. Johnson (second unassisted); Foley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Bochte singled; Meyer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bochte out at second]; Craig grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Mullins struck out; Cruz flied out to left; Lemon homered; Squires grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: Narron singled to left; Edler grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Narron out at second]; Mendoza grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Baines grounded out (second to first); L. Johnson flied out to left; Nordhagen popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 4TH: Cruz flied out to center; Simpson grounded out (second to first); Milbourne grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Morrison struck out; Foley grounded out (first unassisted); Mullins grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 5TH: Bochte flied out to center; Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); Craig singled to center; Craig was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Cruz walked; Lemon flied out to right; Squires grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Cruz out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 6TH: Narron was called out on strikes; Edler flied out to center; Mendoza singled to third; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 7TH: Baines singled to right; Baines was caught stealing second (catcher to second); L. Johnson grounded out (first unassisted); Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 7TH: Simpson grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Bochte singled to left; Meyer flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 8TH: Morrison grounded out (shortstop to first); Foley grounded out (first to pitcher); Mullins walked; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 8TH: Craig singled to right; Narron out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Craig to second]; Edler flied out to center; PACIOREK BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Paciorek flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Mariners 0. WHITE SOX 9TH: J. ANDERSON REPLACED PACIOREK (PLAYING SS); Lemon tripled to center; Squires grounded out (first unassisted); Baines doubled to right [Lemon scored]; L. Johnson walked; Nordhagen grounded out (pitcher to first) [Baines to third, L. Johnson to second]; Morrison grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Mariners 0. MARINERS 9TH: KUNTZ REPLACED NORDHAGEN (PLAYING LF); Cruz walked; Simpson popped to third in foul territory; Cruz stole second; Milbourne popped to catcher in foul territory; Bochte walked; ALLEN RAN FOR BOCHTE; Meyer singled to center [Cruz scored, Allen to third]; FARMER REPLACED DOTSON (PITCHING); Craig forced Meyer (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Mariners 1.

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