Making his major league debut, Phil Huffman pitched the first six innings to gain credit for the victory as the Blue Jays stormed to a 10-2 rout of the White Sox. The triumph was the Jays' first of the season and spoiled the Chisox home opener. Toronto Blue Jays 10, Chicago White Sox 2Game Played on Tuesday, April 10, 1979 (Day game) at Comiskey Park IBlue Jays 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 - 10 9 2 White Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 11 2 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 3 0 0 0 2 0 .154 Garr lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .300 Bailor rf 6 2 3 3 0 0 .333 Moore ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Bosetti cf 5 1 2 2 0 0 .231 Washington rf 4 0 2 1 1 1 .200 Carty dh 3 1 0 0 2 0 .308 Lemon cf 5 0 3 0 0 1 .375 Velez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Orta dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Brown lf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Nordhagen ph,dh 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Woods ph,lf 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 Soderholm 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .143 Mayberry 1b 5 0 1 2 0 1 .412 Squires 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Howell 3b 3 1 0 0 2 0 .000 Johnson ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Cerone c 4 1 1 1 1 1 .214 Foley c 3 0 2 1 0 0 .222 McKay 2b 2 3 2 2 2 0 .308 Nahorodny ph,c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Huffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pryor 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bannister ph,2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 Freisleben p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chappas ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 .071 Bosley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Kessinger ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robinson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kucek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 10 9 10 12 3 Totals 39 2 11 2 3 6 Time of Game: 3:07 Attendance: 41,043 Left on Base: Blue Jays 10, White Sox 13 DP: Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0 Errors: Howell 2, Bannister, Chappas Doubles: Bosetti (1), Soderholm (1), Nahorodny (1) Stolen Bases: McKay (1), Bosetti (1), Garr (1) Caught Stealing: Cerone (1) Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (1), McKay (1) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Huffman W(1-0) 6 7 1 1 0 3 0 25 1.50 Willis 1.2 3 1 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 Freisleben SV(1) 1.1 1 0 0 3 3 0 8 0.00 Totals 9 11 2 1 3 6 0 42 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec L(0-2) 6.1 5 4 3 5 3 0 29 4.26 Robinson 0.1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 4.50 Torrealba 1.1 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 0.00 Kucek 0.2 0 4 0 3 0 0 6 0.00 LaGrow 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 10.13 Totals 9 9 10 4* 12 3 0 47 Wild Pitches: Willis (1), Torrealba (1), LaGrow (1) Umpires: HP - Dick Nelson, 1B - Woody Urchak, 2B - Bill Sprincz, 3B - Al Scheel BLUE JAYS 1ST: Debut for umpire Al Scheel; Griffin popped to catcher in foul territory; Debut game for Phil Huffman; Bailor singled to center; Bosetti doubled to center [Bailor scored]; Carty lined to center; Velez popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to center; Garr stole second; Washington struck out; Lemon struck out; Orta made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to left; Howell grounded out (third to first); Cerone popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: BROWN REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING LF); Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Squires flied out to left; Foley singled to right; Pryor was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: McKay singled to shortstop [McKay to second (error by Chappas)]; On a bunt Griffin made an out to third; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti singled to left [McKay scored (unearned)]; Carty flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Chappas grounded out (second to first); Garr singled to left; Washington flied out to center; Lemon singled to center [Garr to second]; Orta forced Lemon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Brown struck out; Mayberry struck out; Howell made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm doubled to left; Squires made an out to shortstop; Foley singled to right [Soderholm scored]; Pryor made an out to shortstop; Chappas flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone grounded out (first unassisted); McKay walked; McKay stole second; Griffin grounded out (third to first); Bailor flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr flied out to center; Washington singled to right; Lemon made an out to second; Orta made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti lined to left; Carty walked; Brown walked [Carty to second]; Mayberry forced Brown (second to shortstop) [Carty to third]; Howell walked [Mayberry to second]; Cerone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Soderholm made an out to second; Squires flied out to right; Foley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: McKay walked; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [McKay to second]; Bailor singled to center [McKay scored]; ROBINSON REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Bosetti flied out to right; Carty was walked intentionally [Bailor to second]; WOODS BATTED FOR BROWN; TORREALBA REPLACED ROBINSON (PITCHING); Woods walked [Bailor to third, Carty to second]; Mayberry singled to center [Bailor scored, Carty scored, Woods to second]; Howell forced Mayberry (shortstop unassisted); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: WOODS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WILLIS REPLACED HUFFMAN (PITCHING); Pryor made an out to second; Chappas reached on an error by Howell; MOORE BATTED FOR GARR; Willis threw a wild pitch [Chappas to second]; Moore grounded out (third to first); Washington singled to right [Chappas scored (unearned)]; Lemon singled to right [Washington to second]; NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR ORTA; Nordhagen forced Lemon (third to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, White Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MOORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Cerone singled to center; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Cerone to second]; Torrealba threw a wild pitch [Cerone to third]; Cerone was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); Griffin walked; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); JOHNSON BATTED FOR SQUIRES; Johnson grounded out (third to first); NAHORODNY BATTED FOR FOLEY; Nahorodny doubled to left; FREISLEBEN REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); BANNISTER BATTED FOR PRYOR; Bannister walked; BOSLEY BATTED FOR CHAPPAS; Bosley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, White Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); NAHORODNY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); KESSINGER REPLACED BOSLEY (PLAYING SS); KUCEK REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Bosetti reached on an error by Bannister; Bosetti stole second; Carty lined to shortstop; Woods walked; Mayberry flied out to right; Howell walked [Bosetti to third, Woods to second]; Cerone walked [Bosetti scored (unearned), Woods to third, Howell to second]; LAGROW REPLACED KUCEK (PITCHING); McKay singled to right [Woods scored (unearned), Howell scored (unearned), Cerone to second]; LaGrow threw a wild pitch [Cerone to third, McKay to second]; Griffin walked; Bailor singled to right [Cerone scored (unearned), McKay scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Griffin to third, Bailor out at second (right to second)]; 5 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 10, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: Moore made an out to second; Washington walked; Lemon singled to third [Washington to third, Lemon to second (error by Howell)]; Nordhagen walked; Soderholm struck out; Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 10, White Sox 2. |
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