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.

A double and single by Rick Bosetti drove home the first two Blue Jay runs. John Mayberry batted in two runs with a single in the seventh and Bob Bailor added a run with a single. The Jays climaxed their attack with five more in the ninth on a bases-loaded walk to Rick Cerone and two-run hits by Dave McKay and Bailor. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 10, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Tuesday, April     10, 1979 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Blue 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.