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.