Chicago White Sox vs New York Yankees
August 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1980 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 4, New York Yankees 8

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Sutherland lf 5 0 3 1
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Squires 1b 5 0 0 0
Nordhagen rf 5 1 1 0
Molinaro dh 5 2 4 1
Morrison 2b 4 0 3 0
Pryor 3b 2 0 0 1
  Baines ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell 3b 0 0 0 0
Borgmann c 3 1 1 1
Cruz ss 4 0 1 0
Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 14 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 5 2 3 0
Jones cf 6 1 1 4
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0
Jackson rf 5 0 1 1
Soderholm dh 3 0 0 0
  Murcer ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Cerone c 5 1 2 0
Piniella lf 3 1 2 0
  Gamble ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 2 2 0
Dent ss 4 0 0 1
  Spencer ph 1 0 1 0
  Stanley pr 0 1 0 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 13 6
Chicago 010 012 000 04144
New York 001 201 000 48130
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Trout   6.1 10 4 2 1 2
  Farmer  L (6-6) 3.0 3 4 4 3 0
Totals
9.1
13
8
6
4
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   5.0 10 4 4 0 4
  Bird  W (3-0) 5.0 4 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
14
4
4
0
6

  E–Squires (1), Pryor (13), Cruz (20), Trout (1).  DP–Chicago 1, New York 1.  PB–Borgmann (1).  2B–Chicago Cruz (7,off Tiant), New York Randolph (16,off Farmer).  3B–Chicago Nordhagen (4,off Tiant); Molinaro (3,off Tiant).  HR–New York Jones (9,10th inning off Farmer 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Lemon (2,off Bird); Rodriguez (2,off Trout); Soderholm (1,off Trout).  SF–Pryor (5,off Tiant); Borgmann (1,off Bird).  IBB–Gamble (2,by Farmer); Randolph (2,by Farmer).  SB–Morrison (8,2nd base off Tiant/Cerone).  CS–Lemon (5,2nd base by Bird/Cerone).  WP–Trout (4).  IBB–Farmer 2 (8,Gamble,Randolph).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:00.  A–27,883.
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