Thursday September 3, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Greg Luzinski doubled, scoring Tony Bernazard in the last of the ninth with the run that sent the White Sox past the Blue Jays, 4-3. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Game Played on Thursday, September 3, 1981 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 3 6 1 White Sox 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 - 4 7 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .210 Bernazard 2b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .249 Iorg 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Squires 1b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .272 Moseby cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .246 Fisk c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Velez dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Luzinski dh 5 1 2 1 0 0 .269 Woods pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Baines rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Bell lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .264 Lemon cf 2 1 1 0 1 1 .309 Mayberry 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Kuntz pr,cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .239 Ainge pr,3b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .188 Nordhagen lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .321 Wells 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Morrison 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .220 Barfield rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Macha 3b,1b,3b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .215 Pryor 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Martinez c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .213 Almon ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .314 Upshaw pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180 Trout p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Whitt c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Hoyt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Berenguer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 6 3 1 3 Totals 30 4 7 4 6 1 Time of Game: 3:09 Attendance: 6,669 Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, White Sox 10 DP: Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0 Errors: Macha Doubles: Luzinski 2 (12), Almon (9) Stolen Bases: Barfield (1) Sacrifice Hits: Squires (9), Bernazard (8) Sacrifice Flies: Macha (1), Squires (5) GIDP: Fisk (6) Hit by Pitch: Mayberry (8,by Trout), Almon (2,by Berenguer) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Berenguer L(2-7) 8.1 6 4 3 6 1 0 38 4.43 Jackson 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.72 Totals 8.2 7 4 3 6 1 0 40 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Trout 7.1 6 3 3 1 3 0 30 2.89 Hoyt W(6-3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.16 Totals 9 6 3 3 1 3 0 35 Hit by Pitch: Berenguer (3), Trout (4) Wild Pitches: Berenguer (2) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Tim McClelland, 3B - John Shulock BLUE JAYS 1ST: 21 minute rain delay before start of game Debut for umpire Tim McClelland; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Iorg flied to left; Moseby grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Bernazard lined to third; Squires grounded out (pitcher to first); Fisk flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded out (third to first); Mayberry popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (third to first); Baines singled to shortstop; Lemon singled to left [Baines to second]; Nordhagen forced Baines (third unassisted) [Lemon to second]; Morrison singled to center [Lemon scored, Nordhagen to third]; Almon flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Barfield grounded out (third to first); Debut game for Jesse Barfield; Macha was called out on strikes; Martinez flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Bernazard walked; Squires out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bernazard to second]; Fisk popped to shortstop; Luzinski popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Griffin popped to shortstop; Iorg singled to center; Moseby struck out; Velez flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Baines flied to right; Lemon struck out; Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bell singled to center; Mayberry was hit by a pitch [Bell to second]; AINGE RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Barfield singled to center [Bell scored, Ainge to third]; Macha hit a sacrifice fly to right [Ainge scored]; Martinez popped to third in foul territory; Griffin grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: AINGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MACHA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Morrison popped to catcher in foul territory; Almon was hit by a pitch; Bernazard popped to catcher in foul territory; Squires flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Iorg flied to center; Moseby flied to left; Velez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Luzinski doubled to center; Baines flied to center; Lemon walked; KUNTZ RAN FOR LEMON; Nordhagen singled to center [Luzinski scored, Kuntz to third]; Morrison grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: KUNTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Bell singled to left; Ainge forced Bell (first to shortstop); Barfield forced Ainge (pitcher to shortstop); Barfield stole second; Macha grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Macha dropped a foul fly hit by Almon for an error; Almon doubled to left; Bernazard reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Almon to third]; Squires hit a sacrifice fly to left [Almon scored (unearned)]; Fisk grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bernazard out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 3. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Martinez walked; UPSHAW RAN FOR MARTINEZ; On a bunt Griffin singled to second [Upshaw to second]; On a bunt Iorg forced Upshaw (pitcher to third) [Griffin to second]; Moseby singled to right [Griffin scored, Iorg to third]; HOYT REPLACED TROUT (PITCHING); Velez reached on a fielder's choice [Iorg out at home (shortstop to catcher), Moseby to second]; WOODS RAN FOR VELEZ; Bell forced Woods (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 8TH: WOODS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WHITT REPLACED UPSHAW (PLAYING C ); WELLS REPLACED AINGE (PLAYING 1B); MACHA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Luzinski grounded out (third to first); Baines grounded out (second to first); Kuntz walked; Berenguer threw a wild pitch [Kuntz to second]; Nordhagen walked; MOLINARO BATTED FOR MORRISON; Molinaro flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 3. BLUE JAYS 9TH: PRYOR REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING 3B); Wells grounded out (second to first); Barfield grounded out (third to first); Macha grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 9TH: Almon popped to first in foul territory; Bernazard walked; JACKSON REPLACED BERENGUER (PITCHING); Squires walked (walk was charged to Berenguer) [Bernazard to second]; Fisk flied to center; Luzinski doubled to center [Bernazard scored, Squires to third]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 4.

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