Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox
August 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 7, Chicago White Sox 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Cannon rf 5 1 3 0
  Bailor rf 0 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 5 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 1 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 3 2 2
Solaita dh 4 2 2 0
Woods lf 4 0 2 1
Davis c 3 0 1 2
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Gomez ss 4 0 0 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Morrison 2b,3b 4 0 0 0
  Garr ph 1 0 0 0
Pryor ss 4 1 1 0
Bannister lf 4 2 2 1
Johnson 1b 3 1 2 1
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Moore dh 4 1 1 1
Torres rf 3 0 0 0
Nahorodny c 1 0 0 0
  Chappas pr 0 0 0 0
  May c 1 0 0 0
  Washington pr 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b 2 0 0 0
  Orta ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Proly p 0 0 0 0
  Howard p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 3
Toronto 300 030 1007111
Chicago 200 003 000561
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  W (3-3) 6.0 5 5 3 2 2
  Buskey  SV (4) 3.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
3
3
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Proly  L (1-4) 4.1 6 6 4 3 1
  Howard   1.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Farmer   3.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
11
7
5
4
5

  E–Howell (11), Bell (3).  2B–Toronto Cannon (1,off Proly); Johnson (1,off Proly), Chicago Johnson (19,off Moore).  3B–Toronto Cannon (1,off Howard), Chicago Pryor (3,off Moore); Bannister (8,off Moore).  HR–Chicago Moore (1,6th inning off Moore 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Davis (4,off Farmer).  SF–Johnson (2,off Moore).  SB–Cannon (7,2nd base off Farmer/May).  WP–Moore (7), Proly (4).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Fred Spenn, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:25.  A–14,712.
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