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Friday April 21, 1978
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Chet Lemon, Eric Soderholm and Bill Nahorodny slugged two-run homers to highlight a 17-hit attack that powered the White Sox to an 11-2 victory over the Blue Jays. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 11, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Game Played on Friday, April 21, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

White Sox    2  0  0    2  0  1    2  4  0  -  11 17  1
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   2  7  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moore 3b              4   3   3   1     1   0   .286      Bosetti cf            4   0   0   0     1   0   .269
  Pryor 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bailor rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .382
Orta 2b               5   0   2   1     0   1   .333      Howell 3b             4   1   3   0     0   0   .356
Lemon cf              5   2   3   3     1   0   .444      Carty dh              2   1   1   1     1   0   .220
Bonds rf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .316      Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .220
Lamar Johnson 1b      3   1   2   0     2   0   .308      Hutton lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .226
Nordhagen lf          4   2   2   2     1   0   .333      Cerone c              4   0   1   1     0   3   .238
Soderholm dh          5   1   1   2     0   1   .256      McKay 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .120
Nahorodny c           4   2   2   2     1   0   .316      Gomez ss              2   0   0   0     0   2   .129
Eden ss               5   0   1   0     0   0   .167        Upshaw ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .125
Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Nordbrook ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kirkwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41  11  17  11     6   3             Totals               32   2   7   2     3   7

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 10,108
Left on Base: White Sox 10, Blue Jays 8
DP: White Sox 2, Blue Jays 3
Errors: Eden
Doubles: Nordhagen 2 (5), Nahorodny (2), Lemon (3), Howell (3)
Triples: Moore (1), Lamar Johnson (1), Howell (1)
Home Runs: Lemon (1), Soderholm (2), Nahorodny (1)
Stolen Bases: Moore (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Carty (3)
GIDP: Nordhagen (1), Lamar Johnson (3), Eden (1), McKay (2), Bailor (1)
Hit by Pitch: Orta (1,by Underwood), Nordbrook (1,by LaGrow)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios W(1-1)          5.1   6   1   1   3   4   0  25   4.11
LaGrow SV(3)            3.2   1   1   1   0   3   0  12   2.08
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   7   0  37

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(0-2)        3.2   8   4   4   1   2   1  20   9.28
Kirkwood                1.2   5   1   1   1   1   0  11   3.27
Moore                   2.1   4   6   6   4   0   2  13  11.57
Willis                  1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.00
Totals                  9    17  11  11   6   3   3  48

Hit by Pitch: LaGrow (1), Underwood (1)
Wild Pitches: Kirkwood (1)

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Terry Cooney


WHITE SOX 1ST: Moore tripled to center; Orta struck out; Lemon
homered [Moore scored]; Bonds grounded out (third to first);
Lamar Johnson singled to center; Nordhagen doubled to left
[Lamar Johnson to third]; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor
popped to first; Howell singled to second; Carty singled to
center [Howell to second]; Mayberry flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); Eden
singled to shortstop; Moore flied to right; Orta was hit by a
pitch [Eden to second]; Lemon popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Hutton singled to left; Cerone struck out; McKay
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hutton to second]; Gomez struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bonds struck out; Lamar Johnson walked; Nordhagen
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Lamar Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
2, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bosetti flied to center; Bailor flied to left;
Howell doubled to left; Carty popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm flied to center; Nahorodny doubled to
center; Eden grounded out (second to first) [Nahorodny to
third]; Moore singled to center [Nahorodny scored]; Moore stole
second; Orta singled to right [Moore scored]; KIRKWOOD REPLACED
UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Kirkwood threw a wild pitch [Orta to
second]; Lemon walked; Bonds lined to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry walked; Hutton lined to shortstop;
Cerone was called out on strikes; McKay forced Mayberry (second
to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lamar Johnson tripled to right; Nordhagen popped
to second; Soderholm struck out; Nahorodny grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez struck out; Bosetti walked; Bailor flied to
center; Howell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Eden grounded out (first unassisted); Moore
singled to right; Orta singled to left [Moore to second]; Lemon
singled to left [Moore scored, Orta to second]; Bonds singled to
third [Orta to third, Lemon to second]; MOORE REPLACED KIRKWOOD
(PITCHING); Lamar Johnson grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Bonds out at second]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 5, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Carty walked; Mayberry singled to right [Carty to
second]; Hutton forced Mayberry (shortstop to second) [Carty to
third]; Cerone singled to center [Carty scored, Hutton to
second]; LAGROW REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); McKay grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cerone out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Blue Jays 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Nordhagen walked; Soderholm homered [Nordhagen
scored]; Nahorodny walked; Eden grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Nahorodny out at second]; Moore
walked; Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 7, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: UPSHAW BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Upshaw struck out;
Bosetti reached on an error by Eden; Bailor grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bosetti out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 7, Blue Jays 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: NORDBROOK REPLACED UPSHAW (PLAYING SS); Lemon
doubled to left; Bonds flied to center [Lemon to third]; Lamar
Johnson walked; Nordhagen doubled to center [Lemon scored, Lamar
Johnson scored]; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nahorodny homered [Nordhagen scored]; WILLIS REPLACED MOORE
(PITCHING); Eden popped to first in foul territory; 4 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 11, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: PRYOR REPLACED MOORE (PLAYING 3B); Howell tripled
to center; Carty hit a sacrifice fly to center [Howell scored];
Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; Hutton flied to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 11, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta
grounded out (second to first); Lemon popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 11, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Cerone struck out; McKay was called out on
strikes; Nordbrook was hit by a pitch; Bosetti grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 11, Blue Jays
2.



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