Combining on a five-hitter, Ross Baumgarten and LaMarr Hoyt pitched the White Sox to a 3-0 blanking of the A's. The Sox scored twice in the second inning on singles by Chet Lemon and Ron LeFlore. LeFlore, who had three hits, leaped high above the left field fence in the fifth inning to grab Rickey Henderson's bid for a game-tying home run. The victory pulled Chicago within two games of the division-leading A's. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Wednesday, May       27, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3 10  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore lf            5   0   3   1     0   0   .252      Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .322
Squires 1b            5   0   0   1     0   1   .321      Murphy cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .247
Fisk c                3   0   0   0     1   1   .293      Armas rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Luzinski dh           4   1   2   0     0   1   .270      Johnson dh            3   0   1   0     1   1   .226
  Kuntz pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Heath c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .234
Baines rf             4   1   0   0     0   0   .286      Newman 1b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .196
Lemon cf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .296        Spencer ph,1b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .120
Bernazard 2b          4   0   1   0     0   3   .294      Babitt 2b             2   0   1   0     0   0   .259
  Pryor 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .293        Drumright ph,2b     0   0   0   0     1   0   .333
Morrison 3b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .225      McKay 3b,ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Almon ss              4   1   2   0     0   0   .338      Picciolo ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gross ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .186
  Hoyt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   3  10   3     1   7             Totals               30   0   5   0     3   2

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 17,621
Left on Base: White Sox 8, A's 6
DP: White Sox 2, A's 0
Errors: Newman
Doubles: Almon (5), Luzinski (4), LeFlore (5), Heath (5)
Stolen Bases: Baines (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Morrison (5)
GIDP: Gross (3), Spencer (4)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten W(5-4)       5     4   0   0   1   1   0  20   3.36
Hoyt SV(6)              4     1   0   0   2   1   0  13   2.41
Totals                  9     5   0   0   3   2   0  33

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(5-5)         9    10   3   2   1   7   0  38   2.83
Totals                  9    10   3   2   1   7   0  38

Wild Pitches: Baumgarten (2)

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Jim Evans


WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore flied to center; Squires struck out; Fisk
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy
popped to third in foul territory; Armas grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Luzinski singled to center; Baines reached on an
error by Newman [Luzinski to second]; Lemon singled to left
[Luzinski scored, Baines to second]; Bernazard was called out on
strikes; Morrison struck out; Almon singled to second [Baines to
third, Lemon to second]; LeFlore singled to pitcher [Baines
scored (unearned), Lemon to third, Almon to second]; Squires
lined to first; 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Heath
doubled to left; Newman flied to center; Babitt grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Fisk walked; Luzinski popped to first; Baines
forced Fisk (second to shortstop); Baines stole second; Lemon
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: McKay singled to second; Baumgarten threw a wild
pitch [McKay to second]; Picciolo flied to center; Henderson
popped to second; Murphy flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bernazard singled to first; Morrison out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Bernazard to second]; Almon
grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Bernazard to third]; LeFlore
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
singled to shortstop; Heath grounded out (second to first)
[Johnson to second]; Newman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Squires flied to left; Fisk grounded out
(shortstop to first); Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Babitt singled to center; McKay forced Babitt
(third to second); Picciolo flied to right; Henderson flied to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Baines grounded out (first to pitcher); Lemon
grounded out (third to first); Bernazard was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Murphy walked; HOYT REPLACED BAUMGARTEN
(PITCHING); Armas flied to center; Johnson walked [Murphy to
second]; Heath forced Johnson (third to second) [Murphy to
third]; SPENCER BATTED FOR NEWMAN; Spencer popped to third; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Morrison
flied to center; Almon doubled to left; LeFlore singled to left
[Almon to third]; Squires grounded out (second unassisted)
[Almon scored, LeFlore to second]; Fisk struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: DRUMRIGHT BATTED FOR BABITT; Drumright walked;
McKay flied to center; GROSS BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Gross grounded
into a double play (first to first to shortstop) [Drumright out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MCKAY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); DRUMRIGHT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B);
Luzinski doubled to center; KUNTZ RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Baines
popped to shortstop; Lemon singled to third [Kuntz to third];
Bernazard was called out on strikes; Tony Bernazard ejected
by HP umpire Al Clark for slamming bat on the ground;
Morrison forced Lemon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: KUNTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); PRYOR REPLACED
BERNAZARD (PLAYING 2B); Henderson grounded out (third to first);
Murphy popped to shortstop; Armas grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Almon flied to left; LeFlore doubled to right
[LeFlore out at third (right to shortstop to third)]; Squires
grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Johnson struck out; Heath singled to center;
Spencer grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Heath out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Athletics 0.