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Saturday August 4, 1979
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A bases-loaded single by Rick Bosetti with two out in the eighth inning carried the Blue Jays to a 5-2 victory over the White Sox. The Blue Jays counted their first two runs in the second on a single by Rico Carty and a homer by Otto Velez.

After the White Sox came back to tie the score, Alfredo Griffin led off the Blue Jays' eighth with a single and Bob Bailor walked. The next two batters went out, but Velez drew a pass to load the bases and Bosetti followed with his single, driving in two runs. Craig Kusick added an extra tally with an infield hit. [The Sporting News]


Toronto Blue Jays 5, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Saturday, August 4, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

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


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr dh               4   0   2   1     0   1   .297      Griffin ss            3   1   2   0     1   0   .260
Bannister lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .303      Bailor rf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .224
Orta 2b               3   1   3   0     1   0   .263      Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .254
Johnson 1b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .291      Carty dh              4   1   1   0     0   1   .259
Lemon cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .297      Velez lf              2   2   1   2     2   0   .299
Washington rf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .263        Solaita 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Pryor ss              3   1   0   0     1   0   .274      Bosetti cf            4   0   1   2     0   0   .266
Nahorodny c           2   0   1   0     1   0   .265      Kusick 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .225
  Torres ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .270        Cannon pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Morrison 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .245      Cerone c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Wortham p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ainge 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .255
  Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2  10   1     4   3             Totals               31   5   8   5     4   3

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 15,130
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Blue Jays 6
DP: White Sox 0, Blue Jays 3
Doubles: Orta (15), Lemon (28), Morrison (3), Griffin (15), Cerone (17)
Home Runs: Velez (13)
Caught Stealing: Bannister (5), Bailor (6)
GIDP: Bannister (7), Lemon 2 (10)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wortham L(11-11)        7.2   8   5   5   4   3   1  34   5.08
Proly                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.94
Totals                  8     8   5   5   4   3   1  35

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy                  1.1   3   0   0   0   1   0   6   5.51
Freisleben              5     5   1   1   4   2   0  21   4.89
Buskey W(5-5)           2.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   9   2.61
Totals                  9    10   2   2   4   3   0  36

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to third [Garr out at second (second
to shortstop)]; Bannister flied out to right; Orta doubled to
right; Johnson popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin walked; Bailor forced Griffin (shortstop
to second); Bailor was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); Howell grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon doubled to center; Washington struck out;
FREISLEBEN REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Pryor grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Lemon to third]; Nahorodny walked;
Morrison flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty singled to left; Velez homered [Carty
scored]; Bosetti made an out to third; Kusick grounded out
(third to first); Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr struck out; Bannister singled to center;
Bannister was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Orta singled to right; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge flied out to right; Griffin doubled to
left; Bailor flied out to center; Howell flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon flied out to center; Washington grounded
out (second to first); Pryor grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty flied out to left; Velez walked; Bosetti
flied out to left; Kusick forced Velez (shortstop to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Nahorodny singled to left; Morrison flied out to
center; Garr singled to right [Nahorodny to second]; Bannister
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Garr out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone flied out to center; Ainge grounded out
(pitcher to first); Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta walked; Johnson walked [Orta to second];
Lemon grounded into a double play (third to first) [Johnson to
second, Orta out at third]; Washington flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bailor flied out to left; Howell grounded out
(first to pitcher); Carty flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Pryor walked; Nahorodny flied out to center;
Morrison doubled to left [Pryor to third]; BUSKEY REPLACED
FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Garr grounded out (second to first)
[Pryor scored, Morrison to third]; Bannister grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez made an out to shortstop; Bosetti lined to
second; Kusick singled to second; Cerone doubled to left [Kusick
to third]; Ainge struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Blue Jays 2.

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

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Griffin singled to left; Bailor walked [Griffin
to second]; Howell struck out; Carty was called out on strikes;
Velez walked [Griffin to third, Bailor to second]; Bosetti
singled to right [Griffin scored, Bailor scored, Velez to
third]; Kusick singled to third [Velez scored, Bosetti to
second]; CANNON RAN FOR KUSICK; PROLY REPLACED WORTHAM
(PITCHING); Cerone flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 2, Blue Jays 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: CANNON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SOLAITA
REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING 1B); Pryor grounded out (second to
first); TORRES BATTED FOR NAHORODNY; Torres grounded out (second
to first); On a bunt Morrison made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Blue Jays 5.



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