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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
September 18, 1981
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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 September 18, 1981 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 18, 1981 |
|---|---|
| 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 | September 18, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve McCatty |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Trout |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 21,266 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 12 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Greg Kosc 1B: Jim McKean 2B: Don Denkinger 3B: Rich Garcia |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Cliff Johnson | DH |
| Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
| Mickey Klutts | Third Baseman |
| Mike Heath | Catcher |
| Kelvin Moore | First Baseman |
| Dave McKay | Second Baseman |
| Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ron LeFlore | Left Fielder |
| Tony Bernazard | Second Baseman |
| Harold Baines | Right Fielder |
| Greg Luzinski | DH |
| Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
| Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Lamar Johnson | First Baseman |
| Jim Morrison | Third Baseman |
| Bill Almon | Shortstop |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
September 18, 1981
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Trout
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. Trout
Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Trout
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. McCatty
LeFlore strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. McCatty
Bernazard strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. McCatty
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moore scoops it up and throws to first, with McCatty covering, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Trout
Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klutts vs. Trout
Klutts hits a fly ball into left field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Trout
Heath hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. McCatty
Luzinski hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. McCatty
Fisk hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. McCatty
Lemon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. McCatty
There goes Lemon. The throw from Heath and he is out, McKay applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Trout
Moore strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Trout
McKay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Trout
Picciolo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McKay moves to third. Picciolo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Henderson vs. Trout
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson fields the ball and throws to Trout covering. Safe. McKay scores. Picciolo moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Murphy vs. Trout
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trout picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Trout. Picciolo scores. Henderson moves to third. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Trout
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Armas vs. Trout
Armas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Baines who is chasing the ball. Armas reaches third base with a triple. Henderson scores. Murphy scores. Johnson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Klutts vs. Trout
Klutts hits a popup towards short. Almon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Heath vs. Trout
Heath hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Armas scores. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. McGlothen
Lynn McGlothen now pitching.
Moore hits a line drive towards short. Almon reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. McCatty
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. McCatty
Morrison hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Heath settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. McCatty
Almon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moore settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. McGlothen
McKay hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. McGlothen
Picciolo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McKay moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. McGlothen
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Murphy vs. McGlothen
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. McCatty
LeFlore 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, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. McCatty
Bernazard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baines vs. McCatty
Baines hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. McCatty
Luzinski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moore settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. McGlothen
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. McGlothen
Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klutts vs. McGlothen
Klutts hits a fly ball into left field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. McCatty
Fisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. McCatty
Lemon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McKay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. McCatty
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. McGlothen
Heath strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. McGlothen
Moore hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. McGlothen
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. McCatty
Morrison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Almon vs. McCatty
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LeFlore vs. McCatty
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klutts fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Almon moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bernazard vs. McCatty
Bernazard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Almon scores. LeFlore moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Baines vs. McCatty
Baines hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. LeFlore tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. McCatty
Luzinski takes first base on ball four. Bernazard moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fisk vs. Jones
Jeff Jones now pitching.
Fisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bernazard scores. Luzinski moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Jones
Lemon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moore settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. McGlothen
Picciolo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. McGlothen
Henderson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. McGlothen
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Jones
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, 6 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Jones
Morrison hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Jones
Almon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LeFlore vs. Jones
LeFlore hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bernazard vs. Jones
Bernazard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McKay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. McGlothen
Johnson hits a popup towards short. Almon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. McGlothen
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. McGlothen
Wayne Gross pinch hits for Mickey Klutts.
Gross hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Jones
Fred Stanley now playing second base. Dave McKay now playing third base.
Baines hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. Jones
Luzinski takes first base on ball four. Baines moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fisk vs. Jones
Leo Sutherland pinch runs for Greg Luzinski.
Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Baines moves to third. Sutherland moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lemon vs. Jones
There's a wild pitch. Baines scores. Sutherland moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lemon vs. Beard
Dave Beard now pitching.
Lemon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Beard
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Morrison vs. Beard
Morrison strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. McGlothen
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. McGlothen
Moore strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. McGlothen
McKay takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. McGlothen
Picciolo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McKay moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. McGlothen
Henderson takes first base on ball four. McKay moves to third. Picciolo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Murphy vs. Hickey
Kevin Hickey now pitching.
Murphy hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Athletics, 10 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hickey
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 10 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Beard
Bob Molinaro pinch hits for Bill Almon.
Molinaro hits a line drive towards the mound. Beard reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 10 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Beard
LeFlore hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 10 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Beard
Bernazard strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/18/1981 -- Oakland at Chicago (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Henderson R, lf 4 2 1 1 LeFlore R, lf 5 1 1 0
Murphy D, cf 5 2 2 5 Bernazard T, 2b 5 1 2 1
Johnson C, dh 4 1 0 0 Baines H, rf 3 1 1 1
Armas T, rf 4 1 1 3 Luzinski G, dh 2 0 0 0
Klutts M, 3b 3 0 0 0 Sutherland L, pr 0 0 0 0
Gross W, ph 1 0 0 0 Fisk C, c 4 0 2 1
Stanley F, 2b 0 0 0 0 Lemon C, cf 3 0 1 0
Heath M, c 4 0 1 1 Johnson L, 1b 4 0 0 0
Moore K, 1b 4 0 0 0 Morrison J, 3b 4 1 2 1
McKay D, 2b-3b 3 2 2 0 Almon B, ss 3 1 1 0
Picciolo R, ss 4 2 4 0 Molinaro B, ph 1 0 0 0
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36 10 11 10 34 5 10 4
Oakland 006 000 004 -- 10
Chicago 000 003 110 -- 5
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
McCatty S (W) 5.2 6 3 3 1 2
Jones J 1.2 4 2 2 1 0
Beard D (S) 1.2 0 0 0 1 3
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Trout S (L) 2.2 6 6 6 1 1
McGlothen L 6.0 4 3 3 2 3
Hickey K 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
E -- Trout S
DP -- Oakland 1, Chicago 2
LOB -- Oakland 2, Chicago 6
3B -- Armas T
HR -- Morrison J, Murphy D
CS -- Lemon C
SF -- Baines H
WP -- Jones J
T -- 3:12
A -- 21266
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