Pushing across a run in the top of the ninth inning, the A's edged the White Sox, 2-1, as Rick Langford recorded his 16th complete game. Dave McKay began the ninth with a single and advanced to second on a balk. McKay stayed at second as Jeff Newman grounded out but reached third on a single by Rob Picciolo. Rickey Henderson then delivered a fly to center and McKay scored after the catch. Greg Luzinski homered for the Pale Hose in the sixth and Dwayne Murphy did likewise for the A's in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Saturday, September 19, 1981 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   2 10  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  7  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          3   0   2   1     1   0   .332      Bernazard 2b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Murphy cf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .265      Squires 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Johnson dh            4   0   1   0     0   2   .256      Baines rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .270
  Sexton pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Luzinski dh           3   1   1   1     1   0   .283
Armas rf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .262      Nordhagen lf          3   0   2   0     1   0   .320
Gross 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .197      Lemon cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .297
Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .194      Morrison 3b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .228
McKay 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .246        Hairston ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Newman c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Essian c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Stanley ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .202        Molinaro ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
  Page ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Almon ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .306
  Picciolo ss         1   0   1   0     0   0   .261        Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lamp p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Koosman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2  10   2     2   6             Totals               33   1   7   1     3   4

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 13,213
Left on Base: A's 9, White Sox 8
DP: A's 1, White Sox 1
Doubles: Nordhagen (6), Squires (9)
Home Runs: Murphy (15), Luzinski (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Henderson (4)
GIDP: Murphy (5), Morrison (8)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford W(10-9)        9     7   1   1   3   4   1  36   2.85
Totals                  9     7   1   1   3   4   1  36

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lamp L(6-5)             8.1  10   2   2   2   5   1  36   2.31
Farmer                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.44
Koosman                 0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.08
Totals                  9    10   2   2   2   6   1  38

Wild Pitches: Langford (1)
Balks: Lamp (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Greg Kosc


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Murphy grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Henderson out at second];
Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bernazard flied out to center; Squires grounded
out (second to first); Baines made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas struck out; Gross grounded out (first
unassisted); Spencer singled to right; McKay forced Spencer
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Luzinski flied out to center; Nordhagen doubled
to center; Lemon popped to shortstop; Morrison struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
grounded out (second to first); Henderson singled to center;
Murphy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Essian singled to left; Almon lined to right;
Bernazard singled to right [Essian to second]; Squires reached
on a fielder's choice [Essian out at third (pitcher to third),
Bernazard to second]; Langford threw a wild pitch [Bernazard to
third, Squires to second]; Baines flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Johnson struck out; Armas singled to center;
Gross singled to right [Armas to second]; Spencer grounded out
(first unassisted) [Armas to third, Gross to second]; McKay
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Luzinski walked; Nordhagen singled to third
[Luzinski to second]; Lemon walked [Luzinski to third, Nordhagen
to second]; Morrison grounded into a double play (third to
catcher to first) [Nordhagen to third, Lemon to second, Luzinski
out at home]; Essian flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman grounded out (first unassisted); Stanley
struck out; Henderson singled to shortstop; Murphy popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Almon struck out; Bernazard flied out to left;
Squires doubled to right; Baines grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Armas
struck out; Gross walked; Spencer grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Luzinski homered; Nordhagen walked; Lemon flied
out to left; Morrison flied out to center; Essian flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: McKay lined to second; Newman singled to center;
PAGE BATTED FOR STANLEY; Page grounded out (first unassisted)
[Newman to second]; Henderson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING SS); Almon
singled to center; Bernazard forced Almon (first to shortstop);
Squires grounded out (second to first) [Bernazard to second];
Baines struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox
1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Murphy homered; Johnson singled to center; SEXTON
RAN FOR JOHNSON; Armas forced Sexton (shortstop to second);
Gross grounded out (second to first) [Armas to second]; Spencer
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: SEXTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Luzinski
flied out to center; Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to
first); Lemon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: McKay singled to left; Lamp balked [McKay to
second]; Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo
singled to right [McKay to third]; FARMER REPLACED LAMP
(PITCHING); Henderson hit a sacrifice fly to right [McKay
scored, Picciolo to second (on throw to home)]; KOOSMAN REPLACED
FARMER (PITCHING); Murphy struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: HAIRSTON BATTED FOR MORRISON; Hairston flied out
to center; MOLINARO BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Molinaro grounded out
(second to first); TURNER BATTED FOR ALMON; Turner struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 1.