The Blue Jays completed the first triple play in their history en route to a 4-2 victory over the White Sox before a crowd of 44,327, including Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In the second inning, after Bobby Bonds homered for the White Sox, Lamar Johnson doubled and stayed at second on an infield hit by Ron Blomberg.

Junior Moore followed with a liner to Blue Jay pitcher Jim Clancy, who threw to John Mayberry at first base to double Blomberg. Mayberry then fired the ball to Luis Gomez at second and Johnson was tripled up before he could return to the bag. The Blue Jays scored on a two-run single by Bob Bailor in the third inning and on homers by Doug Ault in the fourth and by Roy Howell in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 4, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Saturday, April     22, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  8  1
Blue Jays    0  0  2    1  0  0    0  1  x  -   4  8  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .324      Bosetti cf            4   1   0   0     0   0   .250
Orta 2b               3   0   0   1     0   1   .311      Bailor rf             4   0   1   2     0   0   .368
Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .400      Howell 3b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .354
Bonds rf              4   1   2   1     0   1   .333      Carty dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Lamar Johnson 1b      4   0   2   0     0   0   .326      Ault lf               3   1   2   1     1   0   .462
Blomberg dh           3   0   1   0     0   0   .207        Hutton pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
  Soderholm ph,dh     1   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .222
Moore 3b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .294      Cerone c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .240
Nahorodny c           3   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Iorg 2b               3   1   1   0     0   0   .211
Eden ss               1   1   1   0     2   0   .286      Gomez ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .152
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   8   2     2   5             Totals               31   4   8   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 44,327
Left on Base: White Sox 4, Blue Jays 6
DP: White Sox 0, Blue Jays 2
Errors: Moore, Ault
Doubles: Lamar Johnson (4), Mayberry (1)
Home Runs: Bonds (1), Ault (1), Howell (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Gomez (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Orta (1)
GIDP: Lamar Johnson (4), Garr (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood L(0-3)             7.2   8   4   4   2   2   2  33   4.40
Willoughby              0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1  27.00
Totals                  8     8   4   4   2   3   2  34

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy W(1-1)           8.2   8   2   2   2   4   1  32   4.60
Willis SV(2)            0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.86
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   5   1  33

Wild Pitches: Clancy (1)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta struck
out; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti flied to left; Bailor popped to second;
Howell popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Bonds homered; Lamar Johnson doubled to left;
Blomberg singled to shortstop [Lamar Johnson stayed at second];
On a bunt Moore hit into a triple play (pitcher to first to
shortstop) [Lamar Johnson out at third, Blomberg out at second];
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty struck out; Ault grounded out (shortstop to
first); Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Nahorodny flied to left; Eden walked; Garr flied
to left; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone singled to right; Iorg singled to right
[Cerone to second]; Gomez out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Cerone to third, Iorg to second]; Bosetti reached on a
fielder's choice [Cerone out at home (third unassisted), Iorg to
third, Bosetti to second]; Bailor singled to left [Iorg scored,
Bosetti scored, Bailor to third (error by Moore)]; Howell
walked; Carty popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon flied to right; Bonds singled to right;
Lamar Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Bonds out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ault homered; Mayberry flied to right; Cerone
grounded out (shortstop to first); Iorg popped to shortstop in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Blue Jays 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Blomberg grounded out (first to pitcher); Moore
was called out on strikes; Nahorodny grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez flied to right; Bosetti grounded out
(second to first); Bailor grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Blue Jays 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Eden walked; Clancy threw a wild pitch [Eden to
second]; Garr singled to left [Eden to third]; Orta hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Eden scored, Garr to second]; Lemon
popped to shortstop; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell grounded out (second to first); Carty
popped to shortstop; Ault walked; Mayberry flied to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Blue Jays 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first);
Blomberg popped to shortstop; Moore singled to left [Moore to
second (error by Ault)]; Nahorodny popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Cerone popped to catcher in foul territory; Iorg
lined to third; On a bunt Gomez singled to third; Bosetti
grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Blue Jays 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Eden singled to right; Garr grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Eden out at second];
Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Bailor popped to shortstop; Howell homered; Carty
grounded out (third to first); Ault singled to center; HUTTON
RAN FOR AULT; Mayberry doubled to right [Hutton to third];
WILLOUGHBY REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Cerone struck out; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Blue Jays 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: HUTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lemon
grounded out (third to first); Bonds struck out; Lamar Johnson
singled to left; WILLIS REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); SODERHOLM
BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 White Sox 2, Blue Jays 4.