After the Blue Jays scored an unearned run in the third inning, Rico Carty and John Mayberry smashed consecutive homers in the sixth to beat the White Sox, 3-2. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 3, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Friday, July      7, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Blue Jays    0  0  1    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  6  0
White Sox    0  0  0    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  1


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosetti cf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .271      Molinaro dh           3   1   1   0     1   0   .306
Bailor rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Garr lf               4   0   3   0     0   1   .286
Howell 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .295        Nordhagen ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Carty dh              3   1   2   2     1   0   .285      Lemon cf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .286
  Upshaw pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .268        Cruz cf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   1     0   2   .263        Pryor ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Hutton lf             1   0   1   0     0   0   .252        Blomberg ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .215
  Velez ph,lf         2   0   0   0     1   1   .302      Lamar Johnson 1b      4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
McKay 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Orta 2b               3   1   1   0     1   0   .295
Ashby c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .222      Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .239
Gomez ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .214      Washington rf         4   0   1   1     0   2   .258
Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nahorodny c           4   0   1   0     0   2   .238
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kessinger ss          2   0   0   0     1   0   .251
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Breazeale ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .234
  Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bannister pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
                                                          Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   6   3     3   5             Totals               34   2   9   2     4   6

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 18,643
Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, White Sox 10
DP: Blue Jays 0, White Sox 1
Errors: Kessinger
Doubles: Orta (12), Lemon (18)
Home Runs: Carty (12), Mayberry (14)
Stolen Bases: McKay (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Molinaro (2)
GIDP: McKay (6)
Hit by Pitch: Bosetti (1,by Barrios)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson               4     9   2   2   1   3   0  21   4.22
Coleman W(4-0)          4     0   0   0   3   3   0  15   2.44
Willis                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.68
Cruz SV(4)              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  9     9   2   2   4   6   0  39

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios                 2.1   2   1   0   2   1   0  13   4.08
Hinton L(1-2)           6.2   4   2   2   1   4   2  23   2.68
Totals                  9     6   3   2   3   5   2  36

Hit by Pitch: Barrios (6)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Marty Springstead


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

WHITE SOX 1ST: Molinaro walked; On a bunt Garr singled [Molinaro
to second]; Lemon popped to catcher in foul territory; Lamar
Johnson popped to third in foul territory; Orta grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox
0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hutton singled to right; McKay forced Hutton (second to
shortstop); McKay stole second; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm was called out on strikes; Washington
was called out on strikes; Nahorodny struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez reached on an error by Kessinger; Bosetti
was hit by a pitch [Gomez to second]; Bailor popped to first in
foul territory; Howell walked [Gomez to third, Bosetti to
second]; Carty walked [Gomez scored (unearned), Bosetti to
third, Howell to second]; HINTON REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING);
Mayberry struck out; VELEZ BATTED FOR HUTTON; Velez struck out;
1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: VELEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Kessinger
flied out to left; Molinaro grounded out (first unassisted); On
a bunt Garr singled; Lemon forced Garr (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: McKay flied out to center; Ashby grounded out
(third to first); Gomez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lamar Johnson singled to left [Lamar Johnson out
at second (left to second)]; Orta doubled to right; Soderholm
grounded out (third to first); Washington singled to left [Orta
scored]; Nahorodny singled to left [Washington to second];
Kessinger flied out to center; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays
1, White Sox 1.

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

WHITE SOX 5TH: Molinaro singled to center; On a bunt Garr
singled [Molinaro to second]; Lemon doubled to left [Molinaro
scored, Garr to third]; COLEMAN REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING);
Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); Orta was walked
intentionally; Soderholm popped to catcher in foul territory;
Washington struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, White
Sox 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: CRUZ REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING CF); Carty homered;
Mayberry homered; Velez walked; McKay grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Velez out at second]; Ashby was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, White
Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Nahorodny was called out on strikes; Kessinger
walked; Molinaro forced Kessinger (first to shortstop); Garr
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Lamar
Johnson flied out to right; Orta grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Howell popped to first in foul territory; Carty
singled to center; UPSHAW RAN FOR CARTY; Mayberry struck out;
Velez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: UPSHAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Soderholm
popped to first in foul territory; Washington flied out to
right; Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby
lined to third; On a bunt Gomez singled; Gomez was picked off
first (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: BREAZEALE BATTED FOR KESSINGER; Breazeale walked;
WILLIS REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); BANNISTER RAN FOR BREAZEALE;
Molinaro out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Bannister to
second]; NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR GARR; Nordhagen grounded out
(shortstop to first); PRYOR BATTED FOR CRUZ; CRUZ REPLACED
WILLIS (PITCHING); BLOMBERG BATTED FOR PRYOR; Blomberg made an
out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2.