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.