Oakland Athletics vs Milwaukee Brewers
October 5, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1980 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers 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, Milwaukee Brewers 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson dh 6 0 2 0
  Page ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Murphy cf 6 0 0 0
Heath lf 4 0 1 0
  Revering ph,1b 3 0 1 0
Armas rf 7 1 3 0
Klutts 3b 6 0 1 0
Newman 1b,lf 5 0 1 0
  Cox pr 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez lf 1 0 0 0
Essian c 5 1 0 0
McKay 2b 6 1 2 1
Picciolo ss 5 1 1 3
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Kingman p 0 0 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 55 4 12 4
Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Molitor 2b 5 0 1 0
Yount ss 6 1 1 0
Cooper 1b 7 1 1 1
Oglivie lf 7 2 3 1
Thomas cf 6 0 2 1
Poff dh 5 0 0 0
Harris rf 6 0 2 1
Romero 3b 6 1 1 1
Yost c 2 0 0 0
  Moore ph,c 4 0 1 0
Caldwell p 0 0 0 0
  Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 54 5 12 5
Oakland 040 000 000 000 0004120
Milwaukee 200 000 011 000 0015121
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford   10.0 7 4 4 3 6
  Kingman   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Beard  L (0-1) 3.2 4 1 1 2 3
Totals
14.2
12
5
5
7
9
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell   7.2 9 4 4 1 3
  Sorensen   1.2 0 0 0 2 0
  McClure   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland  W (11-9) 5.1 3 0 0 0 4
Totals
15.0
12
4
4
3
7

  E–Harris (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Milwaukee 1.  2B–Oakland Armas (18,off Caldwell), Milwaukee Cooper (33,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Picciolo (5,2nd inning off Caldwell 2 on, 2 out), Milwaukee Romero (1,8th inning off Langford 0 on, 1 out); Oglivie (41,9th inning off Langford 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Murphy (7,by Sorensen); Poff 2 (2,by Kingman,by Beard).  SB–Harris (4,2nd base off Beard/Essian); Oglivie (11,2nd base off Beard/Essian).  IBB–Kingman (5,Poff); Beard (1,Poff); Sorensen (6,Murphy).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–3:48.  A–9,813.
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