Chicago White Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 23, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1981 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 13, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore lf 4 1 2 1
  Kuntz lf 1 0 0 0
Squires 1b 6 1 3 1
Fisk c 5 1 2 1
  Essian pr,c 1 2 0 0
Luzinski dh 4 2 2 3
  Molinaro ph,dh 1 1 1 2
Baines rf 6 2 4 0
Lemon cf 5 1 3 1
Bernazard 2b 4 1 0 0
Pryor 3b 4 0 1 2
Almon ss 5 1 3 1
Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Hoyt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 13 21 12
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 2 0 0 0
  Manrique ss 2 0 0 0
Ainge 3b 4 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 0 0 0
Velez dh 3 0 0 0
Wells 1b 3 1 1 0
Iorg 2b 3 1 1 1
Bell rf 3 0 1 0
Bonnell lf 3 0 1 0
Whitt c 3 0 0 0
Leal p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 1
Chicago 030 320 03213210
Toronto 000 020 000242
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  W (7-4) 8.0 4 2 2 0 3
  Hoyt   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
0
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Leal  L (4-9) 2.2 4 3 3 2 1
  McLaughlin   1.1 5 3 3 0 0
  Todd   4.0 8 5 5 0 2
  Jackson   1.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
21
13
13
2
3

  E–Moseby (2), Iorg (5).  DP–Chicago 1, Toronto 1.  PB–Whitt (2).  2B–Chicago Baines 2 (9,off Leal,off Todd); Lemon 2 (16,off Leal,off Todd), Toronto Iorg (5,off Trout); Bonnell (7,off Trout).  3B–Chicago Baines (6,off McLaughlin).  HR–Chicago Luzinski (13,4th inning off McLaughlin 2 on, 2 out); Molinaro (1,9th inning off Jackson 1 on, 2 out).  SF–LeFlore (2,off Leal).  HBP–Luzinski (3,by Leal); Pryor (2,by Leal); Lemon (11,by Todd).  IBB–Bernazard 2 (5,by Leal 2).  SB–Lemon (5,2nd base off Todd/Whitt).  WP–Trout (2).  HBP–Leal 2 (5,Luzinski,Pryor); Todd (3,Lemon).  IBB–Leal 2 (3,Bernazard 2).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:27.  A–16,486.
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