The White Sox snapped a seven-game losing streak in Tony LaRussa's debut as their new manager, beating the Blue Jays, 8-5. Jim Morrison opened the game with a homer for the White Sox. The Blue Jays came back with a two-run smash by Roy Howell in their half, but Kevin Bell put the White Sox ahead to stay with a homer after a pass to Rusty Torres and single by Bill Nahorodny in the second.

Morrison doubled for two runs with the bases loaded in the fourth and Greg Pryor added a run with a sacrifice fly. Lamar Johnson capped the White Sox scoring with a homer in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 8, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Game Played on Friday, August 3, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

White Sox    1  3  0    3  1  0    0  0  0  -   8 10  2
Blue Jays    2  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  0  -   5 10  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Morrison 2b           4   1   2   3     0   0   .244      Griffin ss            5   1   2   0     0   0   .257
Pryor ss              4   0   1   1     0   0   .277      Bailor rf             4   1   1   1     1   0   .226
Bannister lf          4   0   0   0     1   0   .304      Howell 3b             5   1   2   2     0   2   .257
Johnson 1b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .290      Carty dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .259
  Squires 1b          0   0   0   0     1   0   .257      Velez lf              3   0   2   0     1   0   .297
Lemon cf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .298      Bosetti cf            4   1   0   0     0   1   .266
Nordhagen dh          2   1   1   0     0   0   .268      Cerone c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .221
  Garr ph,dh          2   0   0   0     0   1   .294      Kusick 1b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .209
Torres rf             2   1   1   0     1   0   .273      Ainge 2b              3   0   0   1     0   1   .259
Nahorodny c           3   2   2   0     1   0   .262      Moore p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bell 3b               3   2   1   3     1   1   .222        Jefferson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Trout p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   8  10   8     5   4             Totals               36   5  10   5     2   5

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 14,232
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Blue Jays 7
DP: White Sox 0, Blue Jays 2
Errors: Torres, Nahorodny, Kusick
Doubles: Nordhagen (9), Morrison (2), Pryor (14), Velez (17)
Home Runs: Morrison (3), Bell (1), Johnson (9), Howell (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Torres (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Pryor (5), Ainge (2)
GIDP: Johnson (14), Garr (3)
Hit by Pitch: Morrison (1,by Moore)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Trout W(6-4)            8    10   5   4   1   5   1  35   3.66
Farmer SV(5)            1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.02
Totals                  9    10   5   4   2   5   1  39

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore L(2-3)            3.1   4   6   6   3   1   2  17   4.24
Jefferson               5.2   6   2   2   2   3   1  24   4.85
Totals                  9    10   8   8   5   4   3  41

Passed Balls: Nahorodny (4)
Hit by Pitch: Moore (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Russ Goetz


WHITE SOX 1ST: Tony LaRussa's first game as manager of the
White Sox; Morrison homered; Pryor grounded out (third to
first); Bannister flied out to left; Johnson flied out to left;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor
singled to left; Howell homered [Bailor scored]; Carty singled
to left; Velez singled to right [Carty to third, Velez to second
(error by Torres)]; Bosetti struck out; Cerone grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Blue
Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon flied out to right; Nordhagen grounded out
(shortstop to first); Torres walked; Nahorodny singled to left
[Torres to second]; Bell homered [Torres scored, Nahorodny
scored]; Morrison was hit by a pitch; Morrison was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Kusick [Morrison to second];
Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 4, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Kusick grounded out (pitcher to first); Ainge
struck out; Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bannister walked; Johnson grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Bannister out at second];
Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Blue Jays
2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell
was called out on strikes; Carty popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Nordhagen doubled to left; Torres out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Nordhagen to third];
Nahorodny walked; JEFFERSON REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Bell
walked [Nahorodny to second]; Morrison doubled to left
[Nordhagen scored, Nahorodny scored, Bell to third]; Pryor hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Bell scored]; Bannister grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 7, Blue
Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Velez walked; Bosetti forced Velez (shortstop to
second); Cerone singled to left [Bosetti to second]; Kusick
singled to center [Bosetti scored, Cerone to third]; Ainge hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Cerone scored]; On a bunt Griffin singled
to third [Kusick to second]; Bailor popped to first; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 7, Blue Jays 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Johnson homered; Lemon grounded out (second to
first); GARR BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Garr struck out; Torres
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
8, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: GARR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Howell singled
to center; Carty popped to catcher in foul territory; Velez made
an out to shortstop; Bosetti made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 8, Blue Jays 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
flied out to right; Morrison popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Cerone flied out to right; Kusick popped to third
in foul territory; Ainge grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Blue Jays 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bannister flied out to center; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Griffin singled to right; Nahorodny allowed a
passed ball [Griffin to third (error by Nahorodny)]; Bailor
grounded out (second to first) [Griffin scored (unearned)];
Howell struck out; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Blue Jays 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon singled to center; Garr grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Lemon out at second];
Torres singled to center; Nahorodny singled to center [Torres to
second]; Bell struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 8,
Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: SQUIRES REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Velez
doubled to center; Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first);
Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); Kusick struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 8, Blue Jays 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Morrison flied out to center; Pryor doubled to
right; Bannister popped to second in foul territory; Squires
walked; Lemon forced Squires (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  White Sox 8, Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: FARMER REPLACED TROUT (PITCHING); Ainge flied out
to right; Griffin grounded out (second to first); Bailor walked;
Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 8, Blue Jays 5.

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