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Monday May 18, 1981
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Driving in five runs with two homers and a single, Greg Luzinski led the White Sox to a 7-2 thumping of the Blue Jays. His first round-tripper came in the opening frame and scored Ron LeFlore, who was aboard via a walk.

His second blast, in the seventh, capped Chicago's scoring and plated Carlton Fisk, on base via an error by shortstop Alfredo Griffin. The Sox tallied two runs in the third on run-scoring singles by Mike Squires and Luzinski. [The Sporting News]


Chicago White Sox 7, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Game Played on Monday, May 18, 1981 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

White Sox    2  0  2    0  1  0    2  0  0  -   7  9  0
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  6  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore lf            4   1   0   0     1   0   .222      Griffin ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .201
Squires 1b            5   2   2   1     0   0   .307      Iorg 3b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .250
Fisk c                5   1   0   0     0   1   .267      Woods lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .207
Luzinski dh           4   2   3   5     0   0   .273      Velez dh              3   1   2   0     1   0   .200
Baines rf             3   0   2   1     1   0   .273      Bonnell cf            4   0   1   0     0   3   .200
Lemon cf              2   0   1   0     0   0   .301      Mayberry 1b           3   1   1   2     0   1   .263
  Kuntz cf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Ainge pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Bernazard 2b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .315      Bell rf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .246
Morrison 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Garcia 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .207
Almon ss              4   1   1   0     0   2   .308      Martinez c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Trout p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bomback p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hoyt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7   9   7     2   4             Totals               32   2   6   2     2   9

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 18,652
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Blue Jays 6
DP: White Sox 1, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Griffin, Garcia
Doubles: Squires (5)
Triples: Baines (4), Griffin (4)
Home Runs: Luzinski 2 (6), Mayberry (5)
Stolen Bases: Almon (6), Baines (3), Garcia (6)
GIDP: Morrison (1), Martinez (1)
Hit by Pitch: Mayberry (4,by Hoyt)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Trout W(3-1)            7     5   2   2   2   7   1  27   2.21
Farmer                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.75
Hoyt                    1     1   0   0   0   2   0   5   2.10
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   9   1  35

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bomback L(3-4)          2.1   4   4   4   1   0   1  12   3.68
Jackson                 3.2   3   1   1   1   4   0  15   3.13
Willis                  2     2   2   0   0   0   1   9   5.11
McLaughlin              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.52
Totals                  9     9   7   5   2   4   2  39

Passed Balls: Martinez (1)
Hit by Pitch: Hoyt (2)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Russ Goetz


WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore walked; Martinez allowed a passed ball
[LeFlore to second]; Squires made an out to shortstop; Fisk
grounded out (third to first); Luzinski homered [LeFlore
scored]; Baines flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin struck out; Iorg struck out; Woods was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Blue
Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon singled to left; Bernazard made an out to
third; Morrison grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Lemon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez singled to center; Bonnell struck out;
Mayberry struck out; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Almon singled to left; Almon stole second;
LeFlore flied out to center; Squires singled to center [Almon
scored, Squires to second (on throw to home)]; Fisk reached on
an error by Garcia [Squires to third]; JACKSON REPLACED BOMBACK
(PITCHING); Luzinski singled to center [Squires scored, Fisk to
second]; Baines walked [Fisk to third, Luzinski to second];
Lemon forced Fisk (second to catcher) [Luzinski to third, Baines
to second]; Bernazard was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Garcia grounded out (second to first); Martinez
flied out to left; Griffin tripled to left; Iorg was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Morrison flied out to left; Almon struck out;
LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: KUNTZ REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING CF); Woods lined to
second; Velez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonnell singled
to left; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Squires doubled to center; Fisk was called out on
strikes; Luzinski flied out to center [Squires to third]; Baines
singled to center [Squires scored]; Baines stole second; Kuntz
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bell made an out to first; Garcia walked;
Martinez grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Garcia out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
5, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Bernazard made an out to shortstop; Morrison
lined to third; Almon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 5, Blue Jays 0.

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

WHITE SOX 7TH: WILLIS REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); LeFlore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Squires flied out to center;
Fisk reached on an error by Griffin; Luzinski homered (unearned)
[Fisk scored (unearned)]; Baines tripled to right; Kuntz
grounded out (third to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 7, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez walked; Bonnell was called out on strikes;
Mayberry homered [Velez scored]; Bell made an out to second;
Garcia singled to right; Garcia stole second; Martinez flied out
to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 7, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Bernazard flied out to left; Morrison flied out
to left; Almon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 7, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: FARMER REPLACED TROUT (PITCHING); Griffin flied
out to center; Iorg grounded out (third to first); Woods
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 7, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); LeFlore
lined to pitcher; Squires grounded out (shortstop to first);
Fisk flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 7, Blue
Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: HOYT REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING); Velez singled to
center; Bonnell struck out; Mayberry was hit by a pitch [Velez
to second]; AINGE RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Bell was called out on
strikes; Garcia forced Velez (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  White Sox 7, Blue Jays 2.



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