Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
October 2, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1980 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox 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 4, Chicago White Sox 9

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 1 2 3
Murphy cf 4 0 2 0
Page dh 3 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 1 1 0
Revering 1b 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
Newman c 4 0 2 1
McKay 2b 4 1 1 0
Picciolo ss 3 1 2 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lemon cf 4 3 3 2
Squires 1b 4 1 2 1
Baines rf 4 1 1 1
Johnson dh 4 0 2 2
Molinaro lf 3 0 1 1
  Kuntz lf 0 0 0 0
Morrison 2b 4 2 3 1
Foley c 4 1 1 0
Mullins 3b 4 1 2 1
Cruz ss 3 0 0 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 15 9
Oakland 001 120 0004102
Chicago 310 220 10x9150
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (19-12) 8.0 15 9 8 1 2
Totals
8.0
15
9
8
1
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson   4.0 8 4 4 1 1
  Hoffman  W (1-0) 5.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
5

  E–Picciolo (6), Langford (1).  DP–Oakland 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Mullins (4,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Henderson (9,5th inning off Dotson 1 on, 0 out), Chicago Morrison (14,7th inning off Langford 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Page (4,off Hoffman); Cruz (6,off Langford).  SF–Molinaro (5,off Langford); Baines (5,off Langford); Lemon (3,off Langford).  WP–Dotson (6).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:10.  A–2,202.
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