Steve McCatty became the league's second 14-game winner and recorded his 15th complete game as the A's won over the White Sox, 5-1. The A's scored twice in the second inning. Mickey Klutts singled, Kelvin Moore tripled him home for his first major league extra-base hit and RBI, and Jeff Newman delivered a sacrifice fly. Klutts hit solo homers in the sixth and eighth frames. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Saturday, September 26, 1981 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  1
A's          0  2  0    0  1  1    0  1  x  -   5  7  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hairston lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Henderson lf          2   1   1   0     2   0   .325
Bernazard 2b          3   0   0   0     1   2   .270      Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .256
Baines rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Johnson dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Luzinski dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .274      Armas rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .257
Johnson 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .276      Klutts 3b             4   3   3   2     0   0   .387
Lemon cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .302      Moore 1b              3   1   1   1     0   2   .194
Morrison 3b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .235        Spencer ph,1b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Essian c              4   0   3   0     0   0   .311      Newman c              2   0   1   1     0   0   .230
Pryor ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .219      McKay 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .249
  Molinaro ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .270      Stanley ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .193
  Almon ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .300      McCatty p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .195
Burns p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Robinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hickey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1   9   1     2   5             Totals               30   5   7   4     2  10

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 21,171
Left on Base: White Sox 8, A's 4
DP: White Sox 0, A's 1
Errors: Morrison
Triples: Moore (1)
Home Runs: Johnson (1), Klutts 2 (5)
Stolen Bases: Henderson 3 (55)
Caught Stealing: Lemon (8), Henderson (22)
Sacrifice Flies: Newman (2)
GIDP: Essian (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burns L(9-6)            7     6   4   3   2   9   1  29   2.63
Robinson                0.2   1   1   1   0   1   1   3   6.00
Hickey                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.12
Totals                  8     7   5   4   2  10   2  33

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McCatty W(14-6)         9     9   1   1   2   5   1  36   2.33
Totals                  9     9   1   1   2   5   1  36

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Ken Kaiser


WHITE SOX 1ST: Hairston flied out to center; Bernazard struck
out; Baines flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Henderson stole second; Murphy
grounded out (second to first) [Henderson to third]; Johnson
popped to shortstop; Armas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Athletics 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Luzinski flied out to right; Johnson homered;
Lemon flied out to center; Morrison walked; Essian singled to
left [Morrison to second]; Pryor flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Klutts singled to left; Moore tripled to right
[Klutts scored]; Newman hit a sacrifice fly to center [Moore
scored]; McKay singled to center; Stanley struck out; Henderson
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
1, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Hairston flied out to center; Bernazard walked;
Baines flied out to left; Luzinski flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy struck out; Johnson struck out; Armas
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics
2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnson flied out to right; Lemon singled to
left; Lemon was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Morrison flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Klutts flied out to center; Moore struck out;
Newman singled to left; McKay flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Essian singled to left; On a bunt Pryor struck
out; Hairston singled to shortstop [Essian to second]; Bernazard
struck out; Baines popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Stanley lined to second; Henderson walked;
Henderson stole second; Murphy struck out; Johnson reached on an
error by Morrison [Henderson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Armas
lined to third; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Luzinski was called out on strikes; Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Klutts homered; Moore was called out on strikes;
Newman flied out to center; McKay struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Morrison grounded out (pitcher to first); Essian
singled to center; MOLINARO BATTED FOR PRYOR; Molinaro singled
to center [Essian to second]; Hairston flied out to right;
Bernazard flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
1, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: ALMON REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING SS); Stanley
lined to third; Henderson singled to center; Henderson stole
second; Henderson was caught stealing third (catcher to third);
Murphy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics
4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Baines singled to right; Luzinski popped to
second; Johnson flied out to center; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: ROBINSON REPLACED BURNS (PITCHING); Johnson flied
out to right; Armas struck out; Klutts homered; SPENCER BATTED
FOR MOORE; HICKEY REPLACED ROBINSON (PITCHING); Spencer popped
to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
1, Athletics 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Morrison
singled to center; Essian grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Morrison out at second]; TURNER BATTED FOR ALMON;
Turner flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Athletics 5.