Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
June 21, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1980 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 3, New York Yankees 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 2 3 0
Murphy cf 3 0 1 2
Heath c 3 0 0 1
Elliott dh 4 0 0 0
  Edwards pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
Newman 1b 3 0 2 0
  Revering ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Klutts 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gross ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 4 1 1 0
McKay 2b 2 0 1 0
  Essian ph 1 0 0 0
  Picciolo 2b 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 2 0 0 0
Murcer dh 4 0 1 1
Nettles 3b 4 2 2 1
Jackson rf 3 1 0 0
Spencer 1b 4 1 2 3
Lefebvre lf 4 0 0 0
Brown cf 3 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 1 0 0
Doyle ss 3 0 0 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 5 5
Oakland 102 000 000391
New York 310 000 01x551
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L (8-5) 8.0 5 5 5 4 7
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
4
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (10-2) 7.1 9 3 3 0 3
  Gossage  SV (10) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
5

  E–Klutts (6), Doyle (2).  PB–Cerone (7).  2B–Oakland Henderson (10,off John); McKay (2,off John), New York Spencer (7,off Norris).  3B–Oakland Guerrero (1,off John).  HR–New York Spencer (5,1st inning off Norris 2 on, 2 out); Nettles (11,8th inning off Norris 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Murphy (13,off John); Heath (3,off John).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:29.  A–51,598.
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