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White Sox
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 27, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Chicago White Sox, played on May 27, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 27, 1981 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 27, 1981 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ross Baumgarten |
Home Starting Pitcher | Rick Langford |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 17,621 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 50 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Al Clark 1B: Steve Palermo 2B: Ted Hendry 3B: Jim Evans |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ron LeFlore | Left Fielder |
Mike Squires | First Baseman |
Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
Greg Luzinski | DH |
Harold Baines | Right Fielder |
Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
Tony Bernazard | Second Baseman |
Jim Morrison | Third Baseman |
Bill Almon | Shortstop |
Tony LaRussa | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
Cliff Johnson | DH |
Mike Heath | Catcher |
Jeff Newman | First Baseman |
Shooty Babitt | Second Baseman |
Dave McKay | Third Baseman |
Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
White Sox
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
May 27, 1981
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Langford
LeFlore hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Langford
Squires strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Langford
Fisk hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Baumgarten
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Baumgarten
Murphy hits a popup, foul, towards third. Morrison settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Baumgarten
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Langford
Luzinski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baines vs. Langford
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman juggles the ball. That's an error on Newman. Luzinski moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Langford
Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Luzinski scores. Baines moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bernazard vs. Langford
Bernazard is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morrison vs. Langford
Morrison strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Almon vs. Langford
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Babitt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Baines moves to third. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
LeFlore vs. Langford
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Baines scores. Lemon moves to third. Almon moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Squires vs. Langford
Squires hits a line drive towards first. Newman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Baumgarten
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Baumgarten
Heath hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of LeFlore. Heath reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newman vs. Baumgarten
Newman hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Babitt vs. Baumgarten
Babitt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Baumgarten fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Langford
Fisk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. Langford
Luzinski hits a popup towards first. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baines vs. Langford
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Babitt fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Langford
There goes Baines. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Baines steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lemon vs. Langford
Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Baumgarten
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Baumgarten
There's a wild pitch. McKay moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Picciolo vs. Baumgarten
Picciolo hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Baumgarten
Henderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Baumgarten
Murphy hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Langford
Bernazard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman fields the ball and throws to Langford covering. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morrison vs. Langford
Morrison bunts towards third. McKay fields it and throws to first for the out. Bernazard moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Almon vs. Langford
Almon hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Langford scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Almon for the out. Bernazard moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
LeFlore vs. Langford
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Baumgarten
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Baumgarten
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Baumgarten
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newman vs. Baumgarten
Newman strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Langford
Squires hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Langford
Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Langford
Luzinski strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Babitt vs. Baumgarten
Babitt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKay vs. Baumgarten
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Baumgarten
Picciolo hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Baumgarten
Henderson hits a fly ball into left field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Langford
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops it up and throws to first, with Langford covering, for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Langford
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Langford
Bernazard is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Baumgarten
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Hoyt
LaMarr Hoyt now pitching.
Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Hoyt
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Hoyt
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to second for the out. Murphy moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Spencer vs. Hoyt
Jim Spencer pinch hits for Jeff Newman.
Spencer hits a popup towards third. Morrison settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Langford
Jim Spencer now playing first base.
Morrison hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Langford
Almon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Almon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
LeFlore vs. Langford
LeFlore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Almon moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Squires vs. Langford
Squires hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Babitt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Almon scores. LeFlore moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fisk vs. Langford
Fisk strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drumright vs. Hoyt
Keith Drumright pinch hits for Shooty Babitt.
Drumright takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKay vs. Hoyt
McKay hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Hoyt
Wayne Gross pinch hits for Rob Picciolo.
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Squires fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Drumright for the double play. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Langford
Wayne Gross now playing third base. Dave McKay now playing shortstop. Keith Drumright now playing second base.
Luzinski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Luzinski reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baines vs. Langford
Rusty Kuntz pinch runs for Greg Luzinski.
Baines hits a popup towards short. McKay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lemon vs. Langford
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kuntz moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bernazard vs. Langford
Bernazard is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Morrison vs. Langford
Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards short. McKay fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Hoyt
Greg Pryor now playing second base.
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Hoyt
Murphy hits a popup towards short. Almon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Hoyt
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hoyt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Langford
Almon hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Langford
LeFlore hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Armas. LeFlore reaches second base with a double. Armas throws the ball in to Gross who tags LeFlore trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Langford
Squires hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drumright scoops it up and throws to first, with Langford covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hoyt
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Hoyt
Heath hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Hoyt
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/27/1981 -- Chicago at Oakland (D) Chicago AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI LeFlore R, lf 5 0 3 1 Henderson R, lf 4 0 0 0 Squires M, 1b 5 0 0 1 Murphy D, cf 3 0 0 0 Fisk C, c 3 0 0 0 Armas T, rf 4 0 0 0 Luzinski G, dh 4 1 2 0 Johnson C, dh 3 0 1 0 Kuntz R, pr 0 0 0 0 Heath M, c 4 0 2 0 Baines H, rf 4 1 0 0 Newman J, 1b 2 0 0 0 Lemon C, cf 4 0 2 1 Spencer J, ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Bernazard T, 2b 4 0 1 0 Babitt S, 2b 2 0 1 0 Pryor G, 2b 0 0 0 0 Drumright K, ph-2b 0 0 0 0 Morrison J, 3b 3 0 0 0 McKay D, 3b-ss 3 0 1 0 Almon B, ss 4 1 2 0 Picciolo R, ss 2 0 0 0 Gross W, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 3 10 3 30 0 5 0 Chicago 020 000 100 -- 3 Oakland 000 000 000 -- 0 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Baumgarten R (W)* 5.0 4 0 0 1 1 Hoyt L (S) 4.0 1 0 0 2 1 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Langford R (L) 9.0 10 3 2 1 7 * Pitched to 1 batter in 6th E -- Newman J DP -- Chicago 2 LOB -- Chicago 8, Oakland 6 2B -- Heath M, Almon B, Luzinski G, LeFlore R SB -- Baines H SH -- Morrison J WP -- Baumgarten R T -- 2:50 A -- 17621
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