Jim Clancy and Joey McLaughlin combined on a five-hitter to hurl the Blue Jays to a 3-1 triumph over the White Sox. The game was tied, 1-1, in the seventh inning when the Jays loaded the bases on singles by Garth Iorg and Al Woods and an error by Sox shortstop Bill Almon. John Mayberry then lined a pinch-single to plate the go-ahead run. the Jays closed the scoring with a run in the ninth on an RBI single by Jesse Barfield. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Saturday, September 5, 1981 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Blue Jays    0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  1  -   3  8  1
White Sox    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  3


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manrique ss           4   0   1   0     0   2   .286      LeFlore lf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .259
Ainge 3b              2   1   1   0     2   1   .190      Squires 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .277
Moseby cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .246      Fisk c                4   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Bell dh               4   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Johnson dh            4   0   1   0     0   0   .304
Wells 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Nordhagen rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .307
Iorg 2b               4   2   2   0     0   1   .264        Kuntz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Woods lf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .233      Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .305
Barfield rf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .273      Bernazard 2b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .252
Martinez c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Morrison 3b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .218
  Mayberry ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .234        Molinaro ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Whitt pr,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .225        Pryor ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Almon ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .311
  McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Luzinski ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .269
                                                            Loviglio pr,3b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hoyt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hickey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   8   2     2   8             Totals               32   1   5   1     2   4

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 14,628
Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, White Sox 6
DP: Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0
Errors: Ainge, Nordhagen 2, Almon
Doubles: Iorg (8)
Stolen Bases: Squires (6)
Caught Stealing: Barfield (1)
GIDP: Morrison (7)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy W(5-8)           8.1   5   1   1   2   3   0  32   5.06
McLaughlin SV(5)        0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.50
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   4   0  34

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten L(5-8)       6.1   4   2   1   2   7   0  25   3.65
Hoyt                    2     4   1   1   0   1   0  10   4.18
Hickey                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.00
Totals                  9     8   3   2   2   8   0  36

Wild Pitches: Clancy 2 (10)

Umpires: HP - Tim McClelland, 1B - John Shulock, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Manrique singled to left; Ainge struck out;
Moseby was called out on strikes; Bell lined to shortstop; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Squires flied
to left; Fisk reached on an error by Ainge; Johnson flied to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0.

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

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); Lemon
grounded out (third to first); Bernazard popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Barfield popped to shortstop; Martinez grounded
out (third to first); Manrique was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Morrison struck out; Almon singled to left;
LeFlore forced Almon (third to second); Clancy threw a wild
pitch [LeFlore to second]; Squires singled to center [LeFlore
scored]; Squires stole second; Fisk popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, White Sox 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ainge walked; Nordhagen dropped a foul fly hit by
Moseby for an error; Moseby singled to right [Ainge scored
(error by Nordhagen) (unearned) (no RBI), Moseby to second];
Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Wells popped to first in
foul territory; Iorg flied to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Nordhagen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, White Sox 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Woods struck out; Barfield grounded out
(shortstop to first); Martinez flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Bernazard singled to center; Morrison grounded
into a double play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Bernazard
out at second]; Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, White Sox 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Manrique flied to center; Ainge walked; Moseby
flied to center; Bell made an out to catcher; George Bell
called for interference on steal attempt; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first);
Squires flied to right; Fisk flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, White Sox 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Wells lined to shortstop; Iorg singled to left;
Woods singled to right [Iorg to second]; HOYT REPLACED
BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Barfield reached on an error by Almon
[Iorg to third, Woods to second]; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR MARTINEZ;
Mayberry singled to right [Iorg scored, Woods to third, Barfield
out at third (right to first to shortstop)]; WHITT RAN FOR
MAYBERRY; Manrique struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays
2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: WHITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Johnson
grounded out (third to first); Nordhagen struck out; Lemon
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 2, White Sox 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ainge singled to center; Moseby flied to center;
Bell grounded out (first unassisted) [Ainge to second]; Wells
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Bernazard grounded out (first to pitcher);
MOLINARO BATTED FOR MORRISON; Molinaro flied to right; LUZINSKI
BATTED FOR ALMON; Luzinski walked; LOVIGLIO RAN FOR LUZINSKI;
LeFlore singled to right [Loviglio to second]; Squires popped to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: PRYOR REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING SS); LOVIGLIO
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Iorg doubled to center; Woods
grounded out (second to first) [Iorg to third]; Barfield singled
to center [Iorg scored]; HICKEY REPLACED HOYT (PITCHING);
Barfield was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); Whitt grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Fisk flied to right; Johnson singled to left;
Clancy threw a wild pitch [Johnson to second]; MCLAUGHLIN
REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Nordhagen walked (walk was charged
to Clancy); KUNTZ RAN FOR NORDHAGEN; Lemon grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Johnson to third, Kuntz to second];
Bernazard was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 3, White Sox 1.