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.

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