Select a date:      
Wednesday April 12, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Jorge Orta hit two homers and Wayne Nordhagen and Ralph Garr one apiece to account for all the White Sox runs in a 5-4 victory over the Blue Jays. Orta's blows came on his first two at-bats. Nordhagen and Garr hit back-to-back clouts in the fifth inning. The fourth win in five games gave the Sox their best opening record since 1966. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Game Played on Wednesday, April 12, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Blue Jays    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   4  9  1
White Sox    1  0  0    1  3  0    0  0  x  -   5  7  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosetti cf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .227      Garr lf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .364
Bailor 3b             4   2   3   0     0   0   .625      Orta 2b               4   2   3   2     0   0   .450
Howell rf             2   1   1   1     2   1   .333      Lamar Johnson 1b      4   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Carty dh              4   0   2   2     0   1   .222      Bonds rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .167      Blomberg dh           3   0   0   0     0   2   .125
Hutton lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .267      Lemon cf              2   0   1   0     1   0   .467
Iorg 2b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .273      Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Gomez ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .071      Kessinger ss          3   1   0   0     0   0   .267
  Upshaw ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Nordhagen c           3   1   1   2     0   0   .273
  Nordbrook ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  A. Woods ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .077        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ashby c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .077
Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     2   5             Totals               29   5   7   5     1   2

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance:  5,742
Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, White Sox 1
DP: Blue Jays 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Ashby
Doubles: Bailor (1), Howell (2), Lamar Johnson (2)
Home Runs: Orta 2 (3), Nordhagen (1), Garr (2)
Stolen Bases: Lemon (1)
Caught Stealing: Bailor (1), Lemon (1), Orta (1)
GIDP: Mayberry (2)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(0-2)        8     7   5   5   1   2   4  30   7.71
Totals                  8     7   5   5   1   2   4  30

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(1-0)            7.1   8   4   4   2   5   0  30   3.77
LaGrow SV(2)            1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.25
Totals                  9     9   4   4   2   5   0  36

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (second to first); Bailor
doubled to center; Howell doubled to left [Bailor scored]; Carty
made an out to second; Mayberry singled to center [Howell
scored]; Hutton struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (first unassisted); Orta
homered; Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); Bonds
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, White
Sox 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Iorg struck out; Gomez grounded out (pitcher to
first); Ashby popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Blomberg struck out; Lemon made an out to third;
Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bosetti grounded out (third to first); Bailor
singled to right; Bailor was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Howell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (third to first);
Nordhagen popped to first; Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty singled to third; Mayberry grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carty out at
second]; Hutton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta homered; Lamar Johnson grounded out (third
to first); Bonds flied out to center; Blomberg grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
2, White Sox 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Iorg grounded out (pitcher to first); Gomez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon singled to left; Soderholm flied out to
center; Lemon stole second [Lemon to third (error by Ashby)];
Kessinger reached on a fielder's choice [Lemon out at third
(pitcher to third)]; Nordhagen homered [Kessinger scored]; Garr
homered; Orta grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 2, White Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti struck out; Bailor grounded out (second
to first); Howell walked; Carty struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 2, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lamar Johnson doubled to left; Bonds flied out to
right [Lamar Johnson to third]; Blomberg struck out; Lemon
walked; Lemon was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, White Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Hutton lined to
first; Iorg singled to second; UPSHAW BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Upshaw
forced Iorg (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 2, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: NORDBROOK REPLACED UPSHAW (PLAYING SS); Soderholm
flied out to center; Kessinger flied out to left; Nordhagen
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, White Sox
5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ashby flied out to center; Bosetti singled to
center; Bailor singled to left [Bosetti to third]; Howell walked
[Bailor to second]; LAGROW REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Carty
singled to center [Bosetti scored, Bailor scored, Howell to
third]; Mayberry flied out to center; Hutton flied out to left;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Garr lined to first; Orta singled to center; Orta
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Lamar Johnson
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, White
Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Iorg flied out to right; A. WOODS BATTED FOR
NORDBROOK; A. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
4, White Sox 5.



The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".


Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us   •   Status Report