Chicago White Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 18, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1979 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago White Sox 12, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 5 0 1 0
  Bosley lf 1 0 1 0
Washington rf 5 0 0 0
Lemon cf 5 1 3 0
Orta dh 4 2 0 0
Bannister 2b 4 3 3 2
Soderholm 3b 5 3 3 3
Squires 1b 5 3 3 1
Nahorodny c 5 0 1 2
Pryor ss 5 0 3 4
Wortham p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 12 18 12
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 1 0 0
Woods lf 5 2 2 0
Bosetti cf 3 0 1 1
Carty dh 4 1 2 0
Velez rf 3 1 2 2
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 0 1 1
Cerone c 4 0 0 0
McKay 2b 4 0 1 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 4
Chicago 024 300 00312181
Toronto 002 020 010591
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wortham  W (3-0) 8.0 9 5 5 2 6
  Robinson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  L (1-2) 2.1 8 6 4 1 0
  Murphy   5.2 6 3 3 2 1
  Freisleben   1.0 4 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.0
18
12
10
3
2

  E–Pryor (2), Mayberry (1).  DP–Toronto 2.  2B–Chicago Pryor (1,off Murphy); Soderholm 2 (4,off Murphy,off Freisleben); Lemon (6,off Murphy), Toronto Velez 2 (2,off Wortham 2); Howell (1,off Wortham).  3B–Chicago Bannister (1,off Murphy); Squires (1,off Freisleben).  U-HP–Joe Sawchuk, 1B–Dick Nelson, 2B–Alan Contant, 3B–Rich Panas.  T–2:31.  A–10,478.
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