Rickey Henderson stole his 97th base of the season, breaking the A.L. record held by Ty Cobb since 1915, as the A's defeated the White Sox, 5-1. Henderson opened the sixth inning with a single and, after a theft of second, Dwayne Murphy walked and Mike Heath drilled a two-run triple. A single by Jim Essian plated Heath. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 5, Chicago White Sox 1

Game Played on Tuesday, September 30, 1980 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

A's 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 - 5 9 0 White Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .302 Lemon cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Murphy cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .277 Squires 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Heath dh 4 1 1 2 0 1 .242 Baines rf 2 1 2 0 1 0 .252 Armas rf 4 2 2 0 0 1 .274 L. Johnson dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .277 Klutts 3b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .268 Molinaro lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Newman 1b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .232 Nordhagen ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Essian c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .239 Morrison 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .280 McKay 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Foley c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Picciolo ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .236 Pryor ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Kingman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mullins 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .189 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz ss 3 0 0 0 0 3 .239 Trout p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robinson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 5 9 5 3 5 Totals 33 1 8 1 1 5 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 18,903 Left on Base: A's 5, White Sox 8 DP: A's 1, White Sox 0 Doubles: Klutts (13), Lemon (31) Triples: Heath (1), Baines (5) Stolen Bases: Henderson (97) Caught Stealing: Murphy (14) Sacrifice Hits: Cruz (5) Hit by Pitch: Baines (1,by Kingman) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kingman W(8-20) 7.1 8 1 1 1 4 0 31 3.85 Lacey SV(6) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3.31 Totals 9 8 1 1 1 5 0 36 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Trout L(8-16) 5 6 5 5 1 4 0 21 3.71 Robinson 4 3 0 0 2 1 0 16 3.09 Totals 9 9 5 5 3 5 0 37 Hit by Pitch: Kingman (4) Wild Pitches: Kingman (6) Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Steve Palermo ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Heath grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon made an out to shortstop; Squires flied out to left; Baines singled to shortstop; L. Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas singled to right; Klutts singled to shortstop [Armas to third, Klutts out at second (shortstop to second)]; Newman grounded out (third to first) [Armas scored]; Essian flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Molinaro singled to center; Morrison lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Molinaro out at first]; Foley grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo struck out; Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Mullins flied out to right; Cruz struck out; Lemon doubled to left; Squires grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy flied out to right; Heath struck out; Armas singled to center; Klutts doubled to right [Armas scored]; Newman grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Baines tripled to center; L. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Baines scored]; Molinaro popped to first in foul territory; Morrison singled to third; Foley grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Essian grounded out (third to first); McKay made an out to second; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Mullins singled to right; Cruz out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Mullins to second]; Kingman threw a wild pitch [Mullins to third]; Lemon flied out to right; Squires grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson singled to left; Henderson stole second; Rickey Henderson set season record for SB with 97 (Cobb 96 in 1915); Murphy walked; Heath tripled to left [Henderson scored, Murphy scored]; ROBINSON REPLACED TROUT (PITCHING); Armas struck out; Klutts popped to first in foul territory; Newman walked; Essian singled to center [Heath scored, Newman to third]; McKay grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Baines walked; L. Johnson flied out to center; Molinaro flied out to right; Morrison struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Picciolo lined to second; Henderson popped to third in foul territory; Murphy walked; Murphy was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: Foley singled to right; Mullins flied out to left; Cruz struck out; Lemon popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: Heath flied out to left; Armas flied out to left; Klutts singled to left; Newman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Squires flied out to right; Baines was hit by a pitch; L. Johnson singled to left [Baines to third]; LACEY REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR MOLINARO; Nordhagen popped to catcher in foul territory; Morrison forced L. Johnson (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Essian flied out to left; McKay flied out to left; Picciolo singled to left; Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: PRYOR BATTED FOR FOLEY; Pryor made an out to second; Mullins grounded out (third to first); Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 1.

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