Settling possession of fifth place in the West Division, the White Sox defeated the Angels, 4-1. Britt Burns, who pitched six innings before his arm stiffened in 40-degree weather, received credit for his 15th victory. Mike Proly finished and picked up his seventh save. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 4, California Angels 1
Game Played on Friday, October   3, 1980 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Angels       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  2
White Sox    1  1  0    0  0  0    1  1  x  -   4  9  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thon ss               3   1   0   0     1   0   .258      Lemon cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .295
Carew 1b              3   0   2   1     1   0   .331      Squires 1b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .284
Lansford 3b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .261      Baines rf             4   0   3   1     0   0   .256
Downing dh            2   0   1   0     2   0   .281      L. Johnson dh         3   0   0   1     0   0   .277
Grich 2b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .273      Molinaro lf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .291
Clark lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .226        Kuntz lf            0   0   0   0     1   0   .232
Miller cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Morrison 2b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .284
Harlow rf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .273      Foley c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Skaggs c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Mullins 3b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .194
Martinez p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pryor 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
                                                          Cruz ss               3   0   1   1     0   0   .239
                                                          Burns p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   1   4   1     5   7             Totals               29   4   9   3     1   2

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance:  6,722
Left on Base: Angels 7, White Sox 5
DP: Angels 2, White Sox 1
Errors: Thon, Harlow, Mullins
Doubles: Lemon (32), Cruz (14)
Triples: Squires (3)
Stolen Bases: Thon (6), Carew (23)
Caught Stealing: Carew (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Skaggs (1), Squires (10), Foley (1)
Sacrifice Flies: L. Johnson (7)
GIDP: L. Johnson (15), Cruz (5)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Martinez L(7-9)         8     9   4   4   1   2   0  33   4.52
Totals                  8     9   4   4   1   2   0  33

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burns W(15-13)          6     4   1   1   4   6   0  25   2.84
Proly SV(7)             3     0   0   0   1   1   0  10   3.09
Totals                  9     4   1   1   5   7   0  35

Umpires: HP - Dallas Parks, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Fred Spenn, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


ANGELS 1ST: Thon walked; Thon stole second; Carew singled to
center [Thon scored]; Lansford struck out; Carew stole second;
Downing walked; Grich struck out while Carew was caught stealing
third (catcher to third); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon doubled to center; Squires out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Lemon to third]; Baines singled
to right [Lemon scored]; L. Johnson grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Baines out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Clark struck out; Miller grounded out (second to
first); Harlow struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Molinaro singled to first; Morrison singled to
right [Molinaro scored (error by Harlow) (no RBI), Morrison to
second (on throw)]; Foley popped to catcher in foul territory;
Mullins reached on an error by Thon [Morrison to third]; Cruz
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Mullins out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, White
Sox 2.

ANGELS 3RD: Skaggs popped to first in foul territory; Thon
grounded out (second to first); Carew singled to left; Lansford
lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Lemon made an out to second; Squires flied out to
center; Baines singled to center; L. Johnson forced Baines
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, White
Sox 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Downing singled to center; Grich lined to third
[Downing to second (error by Mullins)]; Clark flied out to
right; On a bunt Miller singled to third [Downing to third];
Harlow was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Angels
1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Molinaro flied out to right; Morrison flied out
to left; Foley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Skaggs grounded out (second to first); Thon made an
out to second; Carew walked; Lansford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Mullins struck out; Cruz flied out to right;
Lemon lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox
2.

ANGELS 6TH: Downing walked; Grich forced Downing (third to
second); Clark flied out to right; Miller flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Squires flied out to center; Baines singled to
left; L. Johnson flied out to center; Molinaro grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 2.

ANGELS 7TH: PROLY REPLACED BURNS (PITCHING); KUNTZ REPLACED
MOLINARO (PLAYING LF); PRYOR REPLACED MULLINS (PLAYING 3B);
Harlow walked; Skaggs out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Harlow to second]; Thon flied out to left; Carew
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Morrison singled to center; Foley out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Morrison to second]; Pryor
grounded out (second to first) [Morrison to third]; Cruz doubled
to left [Morrison scored]; Lemon struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 3.

ANGELS 8TH: Lansford grounded out (second to first); Downing
flied out to center; Grich was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Squires tripled to center; Baines grounded out
(first unassisted); L. Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Squires scored]; Kuntz walked; Morrison grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 4.

ANGELS 9TH: Clark grounded out (third to first); Miller grounded
out (second to first); Harlow grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, White Sox 4.