The White Sox won the first game of a doubleheader, 7-0, behind the two-hit pitching of Ross Baumgarten, but then lost the second game to the Blue Jays, 7-5. Jim Morrison homered in the first inning of the opener and a double by Chet Lemon added another marker later in the same frame. A walk to Lamar Johnson, double by Lemon, single by Junior Moore and an infield out gave the White Sox two more runs in the third.

The Jays picked up three runs in the opening frame of the second contest, two tallies coming across on an error by third baseman Kevin Bell. John Mayberry, Al Woods and Bob Davis drove in the decisive runs in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 7, Toronto Blue Jays 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, August    12, 1979 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  1
White Sox    2  1  2    0  0  1    0  1  x  -   7 12  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Morrison 2b           3   1   1   2     0   1   .225
Bailor rf,cf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .231      Pryor ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .275
Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Bannister lf          3   1   0   0     1   0   .298
Carty dh              2   0   0   0     2   0   .258      Johnson 1b            2   1   1   0     1   0   .295
Velez lf,rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .295        Squires 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Bosetti cf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .269      Lemon cf              4   2   3   1     0   0   .308
  Woods lf            2   0   1   0     0   1   .277      Moore dh              4   1   3   2     0   0   .277
Kusick 1b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .218      Torres rf             4   0   0   1     0   1   .252
Cerone c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .218      May c                 4   1   2   0     0   0   .277
Ainge 2b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .251      Bell 3b               4   0   2   1     0   1   .233
  Gomez 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   2   0     3   5             Totals               33   7  12   7     2   4

Time of Game: 2:15
Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, White Sox 5
DP: Blue Jays 2, White Sox 0
Errors: Ainge
Doubles: Lemon 3 (32), May 2 (12), Bell (1)
Triples: Woods (2)
Home Runs: Morrison (4)
Stolen Bases: Bailor (8), Carty (3)
Caught Stealing: Bell (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Morrison (1)
GIDP: Torres (3)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(5-14)       2.1   7   5   5   2   2   1  15   3.74
Freisleben              5.2   5   2   2   0   2   0  21   5.21
Totals                  8    12   7   7   2   4   1  36

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten W(10-7)      9     2   0   0   3   5   0  32   3.71
Totals                  9     2   0   0   3   5   0  32

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Fred Spenn


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin made an out to second; On a bunt Bailor
singled; Howell made an out to shortstop; Carty walked [Bailor
to second]; Bailor stole third and Carty stole second; Velez
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Morrison homered; Pryor struck out; Bannister
walked; Johnson singled to left [Bannister to third]; Lemon
doubled to right [Bannister scored, Johnson to third]; Moore
flied into a double play (right to catcher) [Johnson out at
home]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 2.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Bosetti was called out on strikes; Rick
Bosetti ejected by HP umpire Jim Evans; Kusick made an out
to shortstop; Cerone flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: WOODS REPLACED BOSETTI (PLAYING LF); BAILOR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); VELEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); Torres struck out; May doubled to center; Bell singled to
left [May to third]; Bell was caught stealing second but was
safe at second (error by Ainge; assist by Cerone); Morrison hit
a sacrifice fly to left [May scored]; Pryor made an out to
second; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 3.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge flied out to left; On a bunt Griffin
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bannister flied out to left; Johnson walked;
Lemon doubled to center [Johnson to third]; Moore singled to
center [Johnson scored, Lemon to third]; FREISLEBEN REPLACED
UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Torres grounded out (first unassisted)
[Lemon scored, Moore to second]; May grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell flied out to left; Carty grounded out
(shortstop to first); Velez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bell flied out to right; Morrison flied out to
center; Pryor flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, White Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Woods struck out; Kusick walked; Cerone flied out
to right; Ainge struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Bannister flied out to center; Johnson flied out
to center; Lemon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Griffin grounded out (first to pitcher); Bailor
grounded out (third to first); Howell grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Moore singled to left; Torres popped to catcher
in foul territory; May flied out to center; Bell doubled to
right [Moore scored]; Morrison struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Blue Jays 0, White Sox 6.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: SQUIRES REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Carty
grounded out (third to first); Velez grounded out (shortstop to
first); Woods tripled to right; Kusick struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Pryor grounded out (second to first); Bannister
flied out to center; Squires flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 6.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Cerone flied out to left; Ainge was called out on
strikes; Griffin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: GOMEZ REPLACED AINGE (PLAYING 2B); Lemon doubled
to left; Moore singled to center [Lemon scored]; Torres grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Moore out at
second]; May doubled to right; Bell struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 7.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bailor popped to first; Howell grounded out
(first to pitcher); Carty walked; Velez flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 7.