A two-run single by Mike Squires in the eighth inning snapped a 4-4 tie, lifting the White Sox to a 6-4 victory over the A's. Brian Kingman was the loser, making the A's the first team since the 1975 White Sox to have one pitcher win 20 games (Norris, 21-8) and one pitcher (Kingman) lose 20 games.

Kingman, who was removed from the A's starting rotation in hopes of averting his 20th loss, was brought into the game in the second inning because starter Matt Keough had to leave with muscle spasms and was tagged with the defeat. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Thursday, September 25, 1980 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  4  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   6  7  3
A's          0  0  0    2  1  0    1  0  0  -   4  8  4


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lemon cf              4   0   1   0     1   1   .289      Henderson lf          3   0   0   1     1   0   .299
xSquires 1b           3   0   1   3     1   0   .000      Murphy cf             4   1   0   0     1   2   .274
Baines rf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .249      Heath dh              2   1   2   0     1   0   .242
L. Johnson dh         5   0   1   0     0   0   .277        Page ph,dh          2   0   0   0     0   0   .247
  Sutherland pr,dh    0   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Armas rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .274
Molinaro lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .287      Klutts 3b             2   0   1   1     0   1   .253
  Kuntz lf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .224        Gross ph,3b         1   0   0   0     1   0   .288
Morrison 2b           4   1   1   0     1   1   .276      Newman 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Borgmann c            1   1   0   0     3   0   .234        Revering ph,1b      1   0   1   0     0   0   .286
  Moore pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .256      McKay 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .251
  Pruitt c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .302      Essian c              2   1   1   0     1   0   .241
Mullins 3b            4   2   1   0     0   1   .220      Guerrero ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .239
Pryor ss              2   1   0   0     2   0   .240      Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kingman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hoffman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   6   7   3    10   3             Totals               32   4   8   2     5   4

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance:  3,180
Left on Base: White Sox 9, A's 8
DP: White Sox 1, A's 2
Errors: Squires, Molinaro, Pryor, Armas, McKay 2, Essian
Doubles: L. Johnson (26), Essian (10), Klutts (11)
Stolen Bases: Molinaro (17), Henderson 2 (91)
Caught Stealing: Klutts (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Essian (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Henderson (3)
GIDP: Baines (15), Morrison (19), Newman (10)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten              5.1   4   3   1   3   4   0  22   3.16
Proly W(5-10)           2     2   1   0   1   0   0   9   3.22
Hoffman                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.03
Farmer SV(28)           1.1   2   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.41
Totals                  9     8   4   1   5   4   0  39

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.92
Jones                   0.1   0   4   0   3   0   0   5   2.84
Kingman L(7-20)         5.2   4   2   2   6   2   0  27   3.95
Beard                   2     3   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.65
Totals                  9     7   6   2  10   3   0  42

Wild Pitches: Farmer (8), Jones (3)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon made an out to shortstop; Squires walked;
Baines grounded out (pitcher to first) [Squires to second]; L.
Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson flied out to center; Murphy struck out;
Heath singled to center; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: JONES REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Molinaro
grounded out (first unassisted); Morrison walked; Borgmann
walked [Morrison to second]; Mullins reached on a fielder's
choice [Borgmann to third (error by McKay; assist by Klutts)
(error by Armas), Morrison scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Jones
threw a wild pitch [Borgmann scored (unearned), Mullins to
second]; Pryor walked; KINGMAN REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Lemon
reached on an error by McKay [Mullins scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Pryor to third]; Squires forced Lemon (second to
shortstop) [Pryor scored (unearned)]; Baines grounded out
(shortstop to first); 4 R (0 ER), 0 H, 3 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Klutts struck out; Newman made an out to first;
McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 4, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: L. Johnson flied out to left; Molinaro singled to
right; Molinaro stole second; Morrison flied out to left;
Borgmann walked; Borgmann was picked off first (catcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian doubled to center; Essian was picked off
second (pitcher to second); Guerrero made an out to third;
Henderson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 4, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Mullins struck out; Pryor grounded out (shortstop
to first); Lemon singled to center; Squires reached on catcher's
interference by Essian [Lemon to second]; Baines forced Squires
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy walked; Heath singled to third [Murphy to
second]; Armas flied out to right; Klutts doubled to left
[Murphy scored, Heath scored (error by Molinaro) (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Klutts was caught stealing third (catcher to third);
Newman flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 4, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: L. Johnson flied out to center; Molinaro flied
out to center; Morrison singled to shortstop; Borgmann made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Athletics
2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: McKay grounded out (third to first); Essian
walked; Guerrero reached on an error by Pryor [Essian to third];
Henderson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Essian scored
(unearned)]; Murphy struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 4, Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Mullins flied out to left; Pryor grounded out
(second to first); Lemon walked; Lemon was out trying to advance
to second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 4, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Heath walked; Armas flied out to right; PROLY
REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); GROSS BATTED FOR KLUTTS; Gross
walked [Heath to second]; Newman grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Squires
grounded out (second to first); Baines walked; L. Johnson
grounded out (third to first) [Baines to second]; Molinaro was
walked intentionally; Morrison struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 White Sox 4, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: KUNTZ REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING LF); McKay
singled to right; Essian out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [McKay to second]; Guerrero flied out to center;
Henderson reached on an error by Squires [McKay scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Henderson stole second; Henderson stole
third; Murphy grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Athletics 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Borgmann walked; MOORE RAN FOR BORGMANN; Mullins
singled to third [Moore to second]; Pryor walked [Moore to
third, Mullins to second]; BEARD REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING);
Lemon struck out; Squires singled to center [Moore scored,
Mullins scored, Pryor to second]; Baines grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Squires out at second]; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 6, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: PRUITT REPLACED MOORE (PLAYING C ); PAGE BATTED
FOR HEATH; Page flied out to center; Armas singled to third;
HOFFMAN REPLACED PROLY (PITCHING); Gross made an out to second;
FARMER REPLACED HOFFMAN (PITCHING); REVERING BATTED FOR NEWMAN;
Revering singled to third [Armas to second]; McKay grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6,
Athletics 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: REVERING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); L. Johnson
doubled to center; SUTHERLAND RAN FOR L. JOHNSON; Sutherland was
picked off second (catcher to shortstop); Kuntz singled to
center; Morrison grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Kuntz out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
6, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: SUTHERLAND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Essian
made an out to third; Guerrero singled to center; Farmer threw a
wild pitch [Guerrero to second]; Henderson walked; Murphy forced
Henderson (first to shortstop) [Guerrero to third]; Page flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 6, Athletics 4.