Guy Hoffman, coming on in relief, yielded just two hits over the last five innings to notch his first major league victory as the White Sox defeated the A's, 9-4. The White Sox tallied three runs in their first turn at bat on a two-run single by Lamar Johnson and sacrifice fly by Bob Molinaro. They picked up two runs in the fifth on an RBI single by Fran Mullins and sacrifice fly by Chet Lemon. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 9, Oakland Athletics 4

Game Played on Thursday, October 2, 1980 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

A's 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 2 White Sox 3 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 x - 9 15 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 5 1 2 3 0 0 .303 Lemon cf 4 3 3 2 0 0 .296 Murphy cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .278 Squires 1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .284 Page dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .242 Baines rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .252 Armas rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .277 L. Johnson dh 4 0 2 2 0 0 .279 Revering 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Molinaro lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .290 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Kuntz lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Newman c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .233 Morrison 2b 4 2 3 1 0 0 .283 McKay 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .246 Foley c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .215 Picciolo ss 3 1 2 0 1 0 .240 Mullins 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .200 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .238 Dotson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 10 4 1 5 Totals 34 9 15 9 1 2 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 2,202 Left on Base: A's 6, White Sox 6 DP: A's 1, White Sox 1 Errors: Picciolo, Langford Doubles: Mullins (4) Home Runs: Henderson (9), Morrison (14) Sacrifice Hits: Page (4), Cruz (6) Sacrifice Flies: Molinaro (5), Baines (5), Lemon (3) GIDP: Page (8) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford L(19-12) 8 15 9 8 1 2 1 39 3.25 Totals 8 15 9 8 1 2 1 39 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dotson 4 8 4 4 1 1 1 20 4.27 Hoffman W(1-0) 5 2 0 0 0 4 0 17 2.63 Totals 9 10 4 4 1 5 1 37 Wild Pitches: Dotson (6) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Derryl Cousins ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson flied out to right; Murphy struck out; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon singled to pitcher; Squires singled to left [Lemon to second]; Baines singled to pitcher [Lemon to third, Squires to second]; L. Johnson singled to center [Lemon scored, Squires scored, Baines to third]; Molinaro hit a sacrifice fly to center [Baines scored]; Morrison singled to third [L. Johnson to second]; Foley lined into a double play (first to second) [Morrison out at second]; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 3. ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas flied out to right; Revering flied out to left; Gross made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 2ND: Mullins reached on an error by Picciolo; Cruz struck out; Lemon singled to left [Mullins out at third (left to third), Lemon to second (on throw to 3b)]; Squires singled to center [Lemon scored]; Baines grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, White Sox 4. ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); McKay singled to left; Picciolo singled to left [McKay to second]; Henderson singled to center [McKay scored, Picciolo to second]; Murphy singled to right [Picciolo to third, Henderson to second]; Page grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Murphy out at second]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 3RD: L. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Molinaro singled to right; Morrison grounded out (second to first) [Molinaro to second]; Foley flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, White Sox 4. ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas singled to left; Dotson threw a wild pitch [Armas to second]; Revering flied out to left; Gross flied out to center; Newman singled to center [Armas scored]; McKay grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: Mullins doubled to left; Cruz out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Mullins to third]; Lemon singled to pitcher [Mullins scored, Lemon to third (error by Langford)]; Squires walked; Baines hit a sacrifice fly to left [Lemon scored (unearned)]; L. Johnson singled to right [Squires to third, L. Johnson to second (on throw to 3b)]; Molinaro flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, White Sox 6. ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo walked; Henderson homered [Picciolo scored]; Murphy singled to shortstop; HOFFMAN REPLACED DOTSON (PITCHING); Page out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Murphy to second]; Armas grounded out (catcher to first); Revering was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 5TH: Morrison singled to left; Foley singled to center [Morrison to third]; Mullins singled to left [Morrison scored, Foley to third]; Cruz flied out to center; Lemon hit a sacrifice fly to right [Foley scored]; Squires forced Mullins (second to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 8. ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross lined to shortstop; Newman singled to left; McKay flied out to center; Picciolo singled to left [Newman to second]; Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 8. WHITE SOX 6TH: Baines grounded out (second to first); L. Johnson grounded out (second to first); Molinaro grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 8. ATHLETICS 7TH: KUNTZ REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING LF); Murphy flied out to right; Page struck out; Armas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 8. WHITE SOX 7TH: Morrison homered; Foley grounded out (first unassisted); Mullins grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 9. ATHLETICS 8TH: Revering made an out to second; Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); Newman made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 9. WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon popped to third in foul territory; Squires grounded out (second to first); Baines grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 9. ATHLETICS 9TH: McKay was called out on strikes; Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, White Sox 9.

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