Blasting 21 hits, the White Sox enjoyed a 13-2 pasting of the Blue Jays. The Sox jumped to a 3-0 lead in the second inning on a hit batsman with the bases loaded, RBI single by Bill Almon and sacrifice fly by Ron LeFlore. Greg Luzinski clouted a three-run homer in the fourth frame. Steve Trout gave up four hits in eight innings to claim the victory while LaMarr Hoyt finished up. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 13, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Sunday, August    23, 1981 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
White Sox    0  3  0    3  2  0    0  3  2  -  13 21  0
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  4  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore lf            4   1   2   1     0   1   .258      Griffin ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .192
  Kuntz lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Manrique ss         2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Squires 1b            6   1   3   1     0   0   .299      Ainge 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .191
Fisk c                5   1   2   1     0   0   .289      Moseby cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .246
  Essian pr,c         1   2   0   0     0   0   .235      Velez dh              3   0   0   0     0   1   .219
Luzinski dh           4   2   2   3     0   0   .262      Wells 1b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .243
  Molinaro ph,dh      1   1   1   2     0   0   .333      Iorg 2b               3   1   1   1     0   1   .247
Baines rf             6   2   4   0     0   0   .279      Bell rf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Lemon cf              5   1   3   1     0   0   .312      Bonnell lf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .221
Bernazard 2b          4   1   0   0     2   0   .257      Whitt c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Pryor 3b              4   0   1   2     0   0   .228      Leal p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Almon ss              5   1   3   1     0   2   .335        McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Trout p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hoyt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               46  13  21  12     2   3             Totals               30   2   4   1     0   4

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 16,486
Left on Base: White Sox 12, Blue Jays 1
DP: White Sox 1, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Moseby, Iorg
Doubles: Baines 2 (9), Lemon 2 (16), Iorg (5), Bonnell (7)
Triples: Baines (6)
Home Runs: Luzinski (13), Molinaro (1)
Stolen Bases: Lemon (5)
Sacrifice Flies: LeFlore (2)
GIDP: Bonnell (8)
Hit by Pitch: Luzinski (3,by Leal), Pryor (2,by Leal), Lemon (11,by Todd)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Trout W(7-4)            8     4   2   2   0   3   0  27   2.73
Hoyt                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.65
Totals                  9     4   2   2   0   4   0  30

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leal L(4-9)             2.2   4   3   3   2   1   0  16   3.48
McLaughlin              1.1   5   3   3   0   0   1   8   3.86
Todd                    4     8   5   5   0   2   0  21   4.15
Jackson                 1     4   2   2   0   0   1   7   2.91
Totals                  9    21  13  13   2   3   2  52

Passed Balls: Whitt (2)
Hit by Pitch: Leal 2 (5), Todd (3)
Wild Pitches: Trout (2)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Marty Springstead


WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Squires flied to left; Fisk
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Ainge
grounded out (third to first); Moseby struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Luzinski was hit by a pitch; Baines doubled to
center [Luzinski to third]; Lemon flied to left; Bernazard was
walked intentionally; Pryor was hit by a pitch [Luzinski scored,
Baines to third, Bernazard to second]; Almon singled to left
[Baines scored, Bernazard to third, Pryor to second]; LeFlore
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bernazard scored, Pryor to third,
Almon to second]; Squires flied to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez flied to center; Wells grounded out
(shortstop to first); Iorg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Fisk flied to left; Luzinski singled to left;
Baines flied to right; Lemon doubled to left [Luzinski to
third]; Bernazard was walked intentionally; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED
LEAL (PITCHING); Pryor flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
White Sox 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bell flied to left; Bonnell flied to center;
Whitt grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Almon singled to third; LeFlore singled to center
[Almon to second]; Squires singled to right [Almon out at home
(right to catcher), LeFlore to third, Squires to second (on
throw to home)]; Fisk reached on a fielder's choice [LeFlore out
at home (third to catcher), Squires to third]; Luzinski homered
[Squires scored, Fisk scored]; Baines tripled to right; Lemon
popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 6, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Griffin flied to right; Ainge grounded out
(catcher to first); Moseby grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Blue Jays 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: TODD REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN (PITCHING); Bernazard
grounded out (first unassisted); Pryor grounded out (third to
first); Almon singled to center; LeFlore singled to center
[Almon to second]; Squires singled to right [Almon scored,
LeFlore to third]; Fisk singled to left [LeFlore scored, Squires
to second]; Luzinski flied to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 8, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Velez lined to shortstop; Wells singled to
center; Iorg doubled to center [Wells scored]; Bell grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Iorg to third]; Trout threw a wild pitch
[Iorg scored]; Bonnell doubled to left; Whitt grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 8, Blue Jays
2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: MANRIQUE REPLACED GRIFFIN (PLAYING SS); Baines
grounded out (first unassisted); Debut game for Fred
Manrique; Lemon was hit by a pitch; Lemon stole second;
Bernazard hit into a double play (right to right to shortstop)
[Lemon out at third]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Blue
Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Manrique grounded out (shortstop to first); Ainge
grounded out (third to first); Moseby lined to first; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Pryor flied to center; Almon struck out; LeFlore
reached on an error by Moseby [LeFlore to second]; Squires
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 8, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez was called out on strikes; Wells grounded
out (third to first); Iorg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 8, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Fisk singled to left; ESSIAN RAN FOR FISK;
Luzinski flied to left; Baines doubled to right [Essian scored
(error by Iorg) (no RBI), Baines to third]; Lemon doubled to
left [Baines scored]; Bernazard flied to left; Pryor singled to
center [Lemon scored]; Almon struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 11, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: ESSIAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); KUNTZ
REPLACED LEFLORE (PLAYING LF); Bell singled to center; Bonnell
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Bell out at second]; Whitt popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 11, Blue Jays 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: JACKSON REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Kuntz grounded
out (shortstop to first); Squires singled to right; Essian
forced Squires (shortstop to second); MOLINARO BATTED FOR
LUZINSKI; Molinaro homered [Essian scored]; Baines singled to
center; Lemon singled to right [Baines to second]; Whitt allowed
a passed ball [Baines to third, Lemon to second]; Bernazard
popped to shortstop; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 13, Blue
Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: MOLINARO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HOYT
REPLACED TROUT (PITCHING); Manrique popped to shortstop; Ainge
struck out; Moseby flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 13, Blue Jays 2.