Steve McCatty pitched a two-hitter and Tony Armas hit his 35th homer as the A's breezed past the White Sox, 7-1. The A's tallied three markers in the second inning, one on a double by Jeff Newman and two on a homer by Jim Essian. In the third, Armas followed a walk to Mike Heath with his round-tripper. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 7, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Wednesday, September 24, 1980 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  2  1
A's          0  3  2    0  0  0    1  1  x  -   7 10  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lemon cf              1   1   0   0     3   0   .290      Henderson lf          4   0   2   1     0   0   .300
Squires 1b            4   0   1   1     0   2   .281      Murphy cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .276
Baines rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Heath dh              2   2   1   0     1   0   .237
Nordhagen lf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .272      Armas rf              3   2   2   2     1   1   .275
Molinaro dh           3   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Klutts 3b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .250
Morrison 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Newman 1b             4   1   2   2     0   1   .231
Foley c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .224      McKay 2b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .251
  Borgmann c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Essian c              3   1   1   2     1   0   .239
Mullins 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .216      Guerrero ss           4   1   1   0     0   1   .239
Cruz ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .240      McCatty p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Trout p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Robinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hoffman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Contreras p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   1   2   1     3   5             Totals               31   7  10   7     3   8

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  2,836
Left on Base: White Sox 3, A's 5
DP: White Sox 0, A's 1
Errors: Morrison
Doubles: Squires (11), Newman (19), Guerrero (16), Henderson (22)
Home Runs: Essian (5), Armas (35)
Caught Stealing: Molinaro (7), Henderson 2 (24)
Sacrifice Hits: Klutts (1), Heath (7)
GIDP: Mullins (3)
Hit by Pitch: Foley (2,by McCatty)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Trout L(8-15)           4.1   7   5   5   1   4   2  20   3.57
Robinson                2     1   1   0   0   2   0   8   3.71
Hoffman                 0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.06
Contreras               1     2   1   1   2   1   0   7   6.75
Totals                  8    10   7   6   3   8   2  36

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McCatty W(13-14)        9     2   1   1   3   5   0  31   4.02
Totals                  9     2   1   1   3   5   0  31

Passed Balls: Foley (6)
Hit by Pitch: McCatty (8)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - John Shulock, 3B - Ted Hendry


WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon walked; Squires struck out; Baines made an
out to shortstop; Nordhagen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson flied out to center; Murphy grounded
out (second to first); Heath grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Molinaro flied out to left; Morrison made an out
to third; Foley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas singled to right; Foley allowed a passed
ball [Armas to second]; Klutts out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to first) [Armas to third]; Newman doubled to left [Armas
scored]; McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Essian homered
[Newman scored]; Guerrero doubled to left; Henderson grounded
out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Mullins struck out; Cruz made an out to
shortstop; Lemon walked; Squires doubled to center [Lemon
scored]; Baines grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Heath
walked; Armas homered [Heath scored]; Klutts struck out; Newman
struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Nordhagen struck out; Molinaro singled to second;
Molinaro was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Morrison flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 4TH: McKay struck out; Essian grounded out (shortstop
to first); Guerrero struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
1, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Foley was hit by a pitch; Mullins grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Foley out at second];
Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 5TH: BORGMANN REPLACED FOLEY (PLAYING C ); Henderson
singled to shortstop; Henderson was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Murphy singled
to center; ROBINSON REPLACED TROUT (PITCHING); Heath out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Murphy to second]; Armas
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Squires
flied out to center; Baines made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Klutts grounded out (first unassisted); Newman
flied out to center; McKay struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); Molinaro
grounded out (first to pitcher); Morrison grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Essian grounded out (third to first); Guerrero
reached on an error by Morrison; Henderson doubled to center
[Guerrero scored (unearned)]; HOFFMAN REPLACED ROBINSON
(PITCHING); Henderson was caught stealing third (catcher to
third); Murphy struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Athletics 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mullins flied out to center; Cruz grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: CONTRERAS REPLACED HOFFMAN (PITCHING); Heath
singled to center; Armas walked [Heath to second]; Klutts struck
out; Newman singled to center [Heath scored, Armas to second];
McKay flied out to left; Essian walked [Armas to third, Newman
to second]; Guerrero grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 7.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon walked; Squires struck out; Baines flied
out to center; Nordhagen made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 7.