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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
October 2, 1980
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Oakland Athletics, played on October 2, 1980 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | October 2, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | October 2, 1980 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Langford |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Richard Dotson |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 2,202 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Marty Springstead 1B: Steve Palermo 2B: Joe Brinkman 3B: Derryl Cousins |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Mitchell Page | DH |
| Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
| Dave Revering | First Baseman |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Jeff Newman | Catcher |
| Dave McKay | Second Baseman |
| Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Mike Squires | First Baseman |
| Harold Baines | Right Fielder |
| Lamar Johnson | DH |
| Bob Molinaro | Left Fielder |
| Jim Morrison | Second Baseman |
| Marv Foley | Catcher |
| Fran Mullins | Third Baseman |
| Todd Cruz | Shortstop |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
October 2, 1980
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Dotson
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Dotson
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Dotson
Page hits a ball on the ground towards first. Squires scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Page for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Langford
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Squires vs. Langford
Squires hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baines vs. Langford
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lemon moves to third. Squires moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Johnson vs. Langford
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon scores. Squires scores. Baines moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Molinaro vs. Langford
Molinaro hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baines tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morrison vs. Langford
Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foley vs. Langford
Foley hits a line drive towards first. Revering reaches out to catch the ball, and throws to second to catch Morrison attempting to get to second, for the double play. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Dotson
Armas hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Dotson
Revering hits a fly ball into left field. Molinaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Dotson
Gross hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mullins vs. Langford
Mullins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo misplays the ball. That's an error on Picciolo. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Langford
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Langford
Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Mullins trying to get to third. Henderson throws the ball in to Gross, who tags Mullins for the out. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Squires vs. Langford
Squires hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baines vs. Langford
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Dotson
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Dotson
McKay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Dotson
Picciolo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McKay moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Dotson
Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McKay scores. Picciolo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Dotson
Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Picciolo moves to third. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Page vs. Dotson
Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morrison fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Langford
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Langford
Molinaro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morrison vs. Langford
Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Molinaro moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foley vs. Langford
Foley hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Dotson
Armas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Revering vs. Dotson
There's a wild pitch. Armas moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Revering vs. Dotson
Revering hits a fly ball into left field. Molinaro settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Dotson
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newman vs. Dotson
Newman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Armas scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKay vs. Dotson
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dotson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mullins vs. Langford
Mullins hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Mullins reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Langford
Cruz bunts towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out. Mullins moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lemon vs. Langford
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Langford. Mullins scores. Lemon moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Squires vs. Langford
Squires takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Baines vs. Langford
Baines hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lemon tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Langford
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Squires moves to third. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Molinaro vs. Langford
Molinaro hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Dotson
Picciolo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Dotson
Henderson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Dotson
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Page vs. Hoffman
Guy Hoffman now pitching.
Page bunts towards first. Squires scoops it up and throws to first, with Morrison covering, for the out. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Hoffman
Armas hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Foley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Revering vs. Hoffman
Revering is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Langford
Morrison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foley vs. Langford
Foley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morrison moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mullins vs. Langford
Mullins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morrison scores. Foley moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cruz vs. Langford
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lemon vs. Langford
Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Foley tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Squires vs. Langford
Squires hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Hoffman
Gross hits a line drive towards short. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Hoffman
Newman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKay vs. Hoffman
McKay hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Hoffman
Picciolo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Newman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Hoffman
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Langford
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Langford
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Langford
Molinaro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Langford covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Hoffman
Rusty Kuntz now playing left field.
Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Hoffman
Page strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Hoffman
Armas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Langford
Morrison hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foley vs. Langford
Foley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Foley for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mullins vs. Langford
Mullins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Langford
Cruz is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Hoffman
Revering hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morrison settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Hoffman
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Squires scoops it up and throws to first, with Hoffman covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Hoffman
Newman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morrison settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Langford
Lemon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Langford
Squires hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Langford
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Hoffman
McKay is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Hoffman
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hoffman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Hoffman
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 10/2/1980 -- Oakland at Chicago (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Henderson R, lf 5 1 2 3 Lemon C, cf 4 3 3 2
Murphy D, cf 4 0 2 0 Squires M, 1b 4 1 2 1
Page M, dh 3 0 0 0 Baines H, rf 4 1 1 1
Armas T, rf 4 1 1 0 Johnson L, dh 4 0 2 2
Revering D, 1b 4 0 0 0 Molinaro B, lf 3 0 1 1
Gross W, 3b 4 0 0 0 Kuntz R, lf 0 0 0 0
Newman J, c 4 0 2 1 Morrison J, 2b 4 2 3 1
McKay D, 2b 4 1 1 0 Foley M, c 4 1 1 0
Picciolo R, ss 3 1 2 0 Mullins F, 3b 4 1 2 1
Cruz T, ss 3 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 4 10 4 34 9 15 9
Oakland 001 120 000 -- 4
Chicago 310 220 10x -- 9
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Langford R (L) 8.0 15 9 8 1 2
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson R* 4.0 8 4 4 1 1
Hoffman G (W) 5.0 2 0 0 0 4
* Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
E -- Picciolo R, Langford R
DP -- Oakland 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- Oakland 6, Chicago 6
2B -- Mullins F
HR -- Henderson R, Morrison J
SH -- Cruz T, Page M
SF -- Molinaro B, Baines H, Lemon C
WP -- Dotson R
T -- 2:10
A -- 2202
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