Although needing relief help from Mike Proly, rookie Britt Burns notched his 14th victory of the season as the White Sox routed the Angels, 8-1. Bob Molinaro singled home two runs in the first inning and delivered a sacrifice fly in the third. A three-run double by Todd Cruz highlighted a five-run eighth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 8, California Angels 1
Game Played on Sunday, September 28, 1980 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium
White Sox    2  0  1    0  0  0    0  5  0  -   8  9  1
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  5  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lemon cf              5   0   2   1     0   1   .293      Thon ss               4   1   0   0     0   0   .260
Squires 1b            4   1   0   0     1   0   .283      Carew 1b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .331
Baines rf             5   2   2   0     0   0   .249      Lansford 3b           2   0   0   0     2   1   .263
L. Johnson dh         5   0   1   0     0   2   .277      Ford rf               4   0   0   1     0   1   .279
Molinaro lf           3   1   2   3     0   0   .290      Downing dh            4   0   1   0     0   2   .240
  Kuntz lf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .236      Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .279
Morrison 2b           4   1   1   1     0   1   .280      Clark lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Foley c               2   1   0   0     2   1   .214      Miller cf             3   0   2   0     1   0   .281
Mullins 3b            2   1   0   0     2   0   .184      Skaggs c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .217
Cruz ss               4   1   1   3     0   0   .241        Thompson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .287
Burns p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Whitmer c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Martinez p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   8   9   8     5   6             Totals               31   1   5   1     4   7

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 29,012
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Angels 7
DP: White Sox 1, Angels 0
Errors: Cruz, Clark
Doubles: Baines (22), Cruz (12)
Stolen Bases: Squires (6), Baines (2), Molinaro (18)
Caught Stealing: Carew (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Molinaro (4)
GIDP: Downing (5)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burns W(14-13)          7     4   0   0   3   7   0  27   2.87
Proly                   2     1   1   0   1   0   0   8   3.17
Totals                  9     5   1   0   4   7   0  35

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Martinez L(7-8)         7.2   8   8   8   5   5   0  36   4.52
LaRoche                 1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.23
Totals                  9     9   8   8   5   6   0  41

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dale Ford


WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon flied out to center; Squires walked; On a
bunt Baines singled to third [Squires to second]; Squires stole
third and Baines stole second; L. Johnson was called out on
strikes; Molinaro singled to center [Squires scored, Baines
scored]; Morrison lined to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Thon popped to right; Carew singled to left; Carew
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Foley struck out; Mullins walked; Cruz flied out
to left; Lemon singled to right [Mullins to third]; Squires
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Ford grounded out (third to first); Downing struck
out; Grich walked; Clark forced Grich (shortstop to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Baines doubled to right; L. Johnson grounded out
(first unassisted) [Baines to third]; Molinaro hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Baines scored]; Morrison struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Miller singled to center; Skaggs struck out; Thon
forced Miller (third to second); Carew forced Thon (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Foley grounded out (second to first); Mullins
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Lansford was called out on strikes; Ford grounded
out (pitcher to first); Downing struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Squires
flied out to center; Baines grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Grich grounded out (second to first); Clark grounded
out (third to first); Miller singled to right; Skaggs flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: L. Johnson singled to right; Molinaro flied out
to center; Morrison grounded out (first to second to first) [L.
Johnson to second]; Foley was walked intentionally; Mullins
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Thon flied out to right; Carew grounded out (second
to first); Lansford walked; Ford was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Lemon struck
out; Squires flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Downing singled to center; Grich struck out; Clark
flied out to center; Miller walked [Downing to second]; THOMPSON
BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 3, Angels 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: WHITMER REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING C ); Baines
grounded out (shortstop to first); L. Johnson struck out;
Molinaro singled to center; Molinaro stole second; Morrison
singled to left [Molinaro scored (RBI), Morrison to second
(error by Clark)]; Foley was walked intentionally; Mullins
walked [Morrison to third, Foley to second]; Cruz doubled to
left [Morrison scored, Foley scored, Mullins scored]; LAROCHE
REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Lemon singled to center [Cruz
scored]; Squires grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 4 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 8, Angels 0.

ANGELS 8TH: KUNTZ REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING LF); PROLY REPLACED
BURNS (PITCHING); Thon reached on an error by Cruz; Carew
singled to center [Thon to second]; Lansford walked [Thon to
third, Carew to second]; Ford forced Lansford (shortstop to
second) [Thon scored (unearned), Carew to third]; Downing
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ford
out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 8,
Angels 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Baines flied out to center; L. Johnson grounded
out (pitcher to first); Kuntz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 8, Angels 1.

ANGELS 9TH: Grich flied to right in foul territory; Clark
grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Angels 1.