Mike Norris posted his 22nd victory and went the route for the 24th time in 33 starts as the A's routed the White Sox, 11-3. The A's took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI double by Mickey Klutts and sacrifice fly by Jim Essian.

Mike Heath knocked in two runs with a triple in the third and scored on a single by Tony Armas. The A's sent 10 men to the plate in the eighth when they registered five tallies. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 11, Chicago White Sox 3

Game Played on Wednesday, October 1, 1980 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

A's 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 5 0 - 11 12 1 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 9 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .303 Lemon cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .292 Gonzalez lf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .246 Kuntz cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Murphy cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .277 Squires 1b 5 2 2 0 0 1 .281 Heath dh 4 1 1 2 1 0 .243 Baines rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .252 Armas rf 5 2 3 1 0 0 .277 L. Johnson dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 .277 Klutts 3b 4 2 2 1 1 1 .273 Nordhagen lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .275 Newman 1b 2 1 0 1 1 1 .231 Morrison 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .280 Essian c 4 1 1 2 0 0 .239 Foley c 2 0 0 0 0 2 .214 Guerrero ss 4 1 0 0 1 0 .239 Borgmann c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .228 McKay 2b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .246 Mullins 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .179 Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .240 Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Proly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wortham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Contreras p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 11 12 10 5 3 Totals 35 3 9 2 2 7 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 2,258 Left on Base: A's 6, White Sox 8 DP: A's 0, White Sox 0 Errors: Armas, Squires, Cruz Doubles: Klutts (14), Essian (11), Cruz (13) Triples: Heath (2), Armas (8), Baines (6) Stolen Bases: Henderson (98), Morrison (9), Squires (7) Sacrifice Hits: Newman (5) Sacrifice Flies: Essian (3), Newman (5), L. Johnson (6) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norris W(22-9) 9 9 3 3 2 7 0 38 2.54 Totals 9 9 3 3 2 7 0 38 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Baumgarten L(2-12) 2.1 5 5 5 1 0 0 13 3.44 Proly 3.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 13 3.15 Wortham 1.1 6 5 4 3 1 0 12 5.97 Contreras 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 5.93 Totals 9 12 11 10 5 3 0 44 Wild Pitches: Norris 3 (9) Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Joe Brinkman ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (second to first); Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); Heath grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon singled to center; Squires struck out; Baines struck out; L. Johnson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas singled to center; Klutts doubled to left [Armas scored]; Newman out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Klutts to third]; Essian hit a sacrifice fly to left [Klutts scored]; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen singled to center; Morrison forced Nordhagen (pitcher to second); Foley struck out; Mullins struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: McKay grounded out (second to first); Henderson singled to third [Henderson to second (error by Squires)]; Henderson stole third; Murphy walked; Heath tripled to right [Henderson scored, Murphy scored]; Armas singled to right [Heath scored]; PROLY REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Klutts grounded out (shortstop to first) [Armas to second]; Newman flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Cruz flied out to center; Lemon struck out; Squires grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Essian flied out to center; Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to first); McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: GONZALEZ REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING LF); Baines grounded out (second to first); L. Johnson flied out to left; Nordhagen flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Gonzalez grounded out (first to pitcher); Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); Heath made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Morrison singled to left; Morrison stole second; Foley struck out; Mullins walked; Cruz forced Mullins (shortstop to second) [Morrison to third]; Lemon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, White Sox 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Armas tripled to center; Klutts walked; Newman hit a sacrifice fly to center [Armas scored]; Essian flied out to left; Guerrero flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Squires singled to right; Squires stole second; Baines tripled to center [Squires scored]; L. Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Baines scored]; Nordhagen grounded out (pitcher to first); Morrison flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: BORGMANN REPLACED FOLEY (PLAYING C ); WORTHAM REPLACED PROLY (PITCHING); McKay struck out (catcher to first); Gonzalez singled to right; Murphy singled to right [Gonzalez to second]; Murphy was picked off first (pitcher to first); Heath walked; Armas forced Heath (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Borgmann grounded out (first unassisted); Mullins flied out to left; Cruz walked; Lemon forced Cruz (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, White Sox 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Klutts singled to center; Newman walked [Klutts to second]; Essian doubled to left [Klutts scored, Newman to third]; Guerrero was walked intentionally; McKay singled to left [Newman scored, Essian scored, Guerrero to third, McKay to second (on throw)]; Gonzalez singled to right [Guerrero scored, McKay to third]; Murphy made an out to third; CONTRERAS REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING); Heath lined to second; Armas reached on an error by Cruz [McKay scored (unearned) (no RBI), Gonzalez to third]; Klutts struck out; 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 11, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: Squires singled to right; Norris threw a wild pitch [Squires to second]; Baines flied out to right; L. Johnson singled to right [Squires scored (error by Armas) (no RBI)]; Nordhagen singled to left [L. Johnson to second]; Norris threw a wild pitch [L. Johnson to third, Nordhagen to second]; Morrison flied out to right; Borgmann was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 11, White Sox 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: KUNTZ REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING CF); Newman struck out; Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 11, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 9TH: Mullins grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz doubled to left; Norris threw a wild pitch [Cruz to third]; Kuntz grounded out (shortstop to first); Squires flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 11, White Sox 3.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".