Chicago White Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 21, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 11, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Moore 3b 4 3 3 1
  Pryor 3b 1 0 0 0
Orta 2b 5 0 2 1
Lemon cf 5 2 3 3
Bonds rf 5 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 3 1 2 0
Nordhagen lf 4 2 2 2
Soderholm dh 5 1 1 2
Nahorodny c 4 2 2 2
Eden ss 5 0 1 0
Barrios p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 17 11
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0
Bailor rf 4 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 1 3 0
Carty dh 2 1 1 1
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0
Hutton lf 4 0 1 0
Cerone c 4 0 1 1
McKay 2b 4 0 0 0
Gomez ss 2 0 0 0
  Upshaw ph 1 0 0 0
  Nordbrook ss 0 0 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Chicago 200 201 24011171
Toronto 000 001 010270
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Barrios  W (1-1) 5.1 6 1 1 3 4
  LaGrow  SV (3) 3.2 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  L (0-2) 3.2 8 4 4 1 2
  Kirkwood   1.2 5 1 1 1 1
  Moore   2.1 4 6 6 4 0
  Willis   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
11
11
6
3

  E–Eden (1).  DP–Chicago 2, Toronto 3.  2B–Chicago Nordhagen 2 (5,off Underwood,off Moore); Nahorodny (2,off Underwood); Lemon (3,off Moore), Toronto Howell (3,off Barrios).  3B–Chicago Moore (1,off Underwood); Lamar Johnson (1,off Kirkwood), Toronto Howell (1,off LaGrow).  HR–Chicago Lemon (1,1st inning off Underwood 1 on, 1 out); Soderholm (2,7th inning off Moore 1 on, 0 out); Nahorodny (1,8th inning off Moore 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Orta (1,by Underwood); Nordbrook (1,by LaGrow).  SF–Carty (3,off LaGrow).  SB–Moore (1,2nd base off Underwood/Cerone).  WP–Kirkwood (1).  HBP–LaGrow (1,Nordbrook); Underwood (1,Orta).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:43.  A–10,108.
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