A four-run eruption in the first inning triggered the White Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Blue Jays. Alan Bannister drilled a one-out double in the first and scored on a homer by Jorge Orta. After Lamar Johnson walked, Balor Moore relieved starter Dave Lemanczyk for the Jays and Chet Lemon capped the rally with a two-run homer. The fifth and deciding White Sox run came in the eighth when Bannister singled, went to second on a balk and scored on a single by Johnson. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Game Played on Sunday, August 5, 1979 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

White Sox 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 9 0 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 - 4 9 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Squires 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Griffin ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 .259 Bannister lf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .305 Bailor rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .225 Moore lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Howell 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .255 Orta 2b 3 1 1 2 0 1 .264 Carty dh 3 1 1 0 1 1 .260 Bell ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Cannon pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .179 Johnson dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 .291 Velez lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .298 Lemon cf 3 1 2 2 0 1 .300 Bosetti cf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .269 Washington rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .262 Kusick 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Torres ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .265 Mayberry ph,1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Pryor ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Johnson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .119 May c 3 0 2 0 1 0 .284 Cerone c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .219 Chappas pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Ainge 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Nahorodny c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Solaita ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Morrison 3b,2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scarbery p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 9 5 2 8 Totals 33 4 9 4 3 2 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 21,203 Left on Base: White Sox 6, Blue Jays 6 DP: White Sox 1, Blue Jays 0 Errors: Griffin Doubles: Bannister (19), Bosetti (20), Carty (23) Triples: Bailor (2) Home Runs: Orta (8), Lemon (12) Stolen Bases: Morrison (2) Caught Stealing: Squires (5) Sacrifice Flies: Howell (3) GIDP: Kusick (2) Hit by Pitch: Lemon (11,by Moore) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec W(10-10) 6 5 2 2 3 2 0 24 4.14 Scarbery 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 9 4.38 Hoffman 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.91 Farmer SV(6) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.96 Totals 9 9 4 4 3 2 0 37 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk L(8-9) 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 1 4 3.49 Moore 7 5 2 2 1 7 1 27 4.12 Buskey 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.52 Totals 9 9 5 5 2 8 2 38 Hit by Pitch: Moore (5) Balks: Moore (1) Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ken Kaiser WHITE SOX 1ST: Squires lined to shortstop; Bannister doubled to right; Orta homered [Bannister scored]; MOORE REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Johnson walked (walk was charged to Lemanczyk); Lemon homered [Johnson scored]; Washington struck out; Pryor grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin popped to first in foul territory; Bailor walked; Howell flied out to left; Carty struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: May walked; Morrison flied out to center; Squires forced May (first to shortstop); Squires was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez flied out to right; Bosetti walked; Kusick grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bosetti out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Bannister grounded out (third to first); Orta struck out; Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone flied out to center; Ainge made an out to shortstop; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Ralph Garr ejected by HP umpire Russ Goetz sometime in fourth; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon was hit by a pitch; Washington struck out; Pryor reached on an error by Griffin [Lemon to second]; May forced Pryor (second to shortstop) [Lemon to third]; Lemon was out trying to advance to home (catcher to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor popped to catcher in foul territory; Howell singled to left; Carty made an out to shortstop; Velez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Morrison grounded out (third to first); Squires grounded out (first unassisted); Bannister flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bosetti singled to center; Kusick flied out to left; Cerone forced Bosetti (shortstop to second); Ainge singled to left [Cerone to second]; Griffin singled to right [Cerone scored, Ainge to third]; Bailor flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta flied out to left; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell flied out to center; Carty walked; Velez struck out; Bosetti doubled to center [Carty scored, Bosetti out at third (center to shortstop to first to third)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: TORRES BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Torres was called out on strikes; Pryor singled to left; May singled to center [Pryor to third]; Morrison struck out; Squires grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: SCARBERY REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); TORRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MAYBERRY BATTED FOR KUSICK; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Cerone grounded out (third to first); Ainge flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: MAYBERRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Bannister singled to shortstop; BELL BATTED FOR ORTA; Moore balked [Bannister to second]; Bell struck out; Johnson singled to center [Bannister scored]; BUSKEY REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Lemon singled to left [Johnson to second]; Torres struck out; Pryor forced Lemon (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: BELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MORRISON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Griffin grounded out (third to first); Bailor tripled to right; Howell hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bailor scored]; Carty doubled to center; CANNON RAN FOR CARTY; Velez singled to left [Cannon scored]; Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Blue Jays 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: CANNON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); May singled to right; CHAPPAS RAN FOR MAY; Morrison forced Chappas (shortstop to second); Squires flied out to left; Morrison stole second; Bannister flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 9TH: NAHORODNY REPLACED CHAPPAS (PLAYING C ); MOORE REPLACED BANNISTER (PLAYING LF); HOFFMAN REPLACED SCARBERY (PITCHING); Mayberry singled to right; JOHNSON RAN FOR MAYBERRY; FARMER REPLACED HOFFMAN (PITCHING); Cerone forced Johnson (first to shortstop); SOLAITA BATTED FOR AINGE; Solaita grounded out (second to first) [Cerone to second]; Griffin flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Blue Jays 4.

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