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White Sox
@ Blue Jays
Exhibition Stadium
August 3, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Chicago White Sox, played on August 3, 1979 at Exhibition Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 3, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Home Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 3, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Home Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve Trout |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Balor Moore |
| Ballpark | Exhibition Stadium |
| City | Toronto |
| State | ONT |
| Attendance | 14,232 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 28 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Haller 1B: Ken Kaiser 2B: (none) 3B: Russ Goetz |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Morrison | Second Baseman |
| Greg Pryor | Shortstop |
| Alan Bannister | Left Fielder |
| Lamar Johnson | First Baseman |
| Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Wayne Nordhagen | DH |
| Rusty Torres | Right Fielder |
| Bill Nahorodny | Catcher |
| Kevin Bell | Third Baseman |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
| Bob Bailor | Right Fielder |
| Roy Howell | Third Baseman |
| Rico Carty | DH |
| Otto Velez | Left Fielder |
| Rick Bosetti | Center Fielder |
| Rick Cerone | Catcher |
| Craig Kusick | First Baseman |
| Danny Ainge | Second Baseman |
| Roy Hartsfield | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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White Sox
@ Blue Jays
Exhibition Stadium
August 3, 1979
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Moore
Morrison hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pryor vs. Moore
Pryor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Moore
Bannister hits a fly ball into left field. Velez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Moore
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Velez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Trout
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trout fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Trout
Bailor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Trout
Howell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Trout
Carty hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Velez vs. Trout
Velez hits a line drive into right field. Torres picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Torres. Carty moves to third. Velez moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bosetti vs. Trout
Bosetti strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cerone vs. Trout
Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Moore
Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Moore
Nordhagen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Moore
Torres takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nahorodny vs. Moore
Nahorodny hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torres moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Moore
Bell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Moore
Morrison is hit by the pitch. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pryor vs. Moore
Moore fires over to first and Kusick drops the ball. That's an error on Kusick. Morrison moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pryor vs. Moore
Pryor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Trout
Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trout fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainge vs. Trout
Ainge strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Trout
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Moore
Bannister takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Moore
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Moore
Lemon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Trout
Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Trout
Howell is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Trout
Carty hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Moore
Nordhagen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Velez. Nordhagen reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torres vs. Moore
Torres bunts towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torres for the out. Nordhagen moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nahorodny vs. Moore
Nahorodny takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Jefferson
Jesse Jefferson now pitching.
Bell takes first base on ball four. Nahorodny moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Morrison vs. Jefferson
Morrison hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Velez. Morrison reaches second base with a double. Nordhagen scores. Nahorodny scores. Bell moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Pryor vs. Jefferson
Pryor hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bell tags and scores. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bannister vs. Jefferson
Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 7 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Trout
Velez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bosetti vs. Trout
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Trout
Cerone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bosetti moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kusick vs. Trout
Kusick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bosetti scores. Cerone moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ainge vs. Trout
Ainge hits a fly ball into left field. Bannister settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cerone tags and scores. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Trout
Griffin bunts towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kusick moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bailor vs. Trout
Bailor hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 7 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Jefferson
Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Jefferson
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ainge scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Jefferson
Ralph Garr pinch hits for Wayne Nordhagen.
Garr strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Jefferson
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ainge scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Trout
Howell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carty vs. Trout
Carty hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nahorodny settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Velez vs. Trout
Velez hits a popup towards short. Pryor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bosetti vs. Trout
Bosetti hits a popup towards short. Pryor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nahorodny vs. Jefferson
Nahorodny hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Jefferson
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Jefferson
Morrison hits a popup, foul, towards third. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Trout
Cerone hits a fly ball into right field. Torres settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Trout
Kusick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainge vs. Trout
Ainge hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Trout covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pryor vs. Jefferson
Pryor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Jefferson
Bannister hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Jefferson
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Trout
Griffin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailor vs. Trout
The ball gets by Nahorodny for a passed ball. Griffin moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bailor vs. Trout
Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morrison scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Griffin scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Trout
Howell strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Trout
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Jefferson
Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. Jefferson
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Jefferson
Torres hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nahorodny vs. Jefferson
Nahorodny hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torres moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Jefferson
Bell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Trout
Mike Squires now playing first base.
Velez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon. Velez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bosetti vs. Trout
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cerone vs. Trout
Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pryor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kusick vs. Trout
Kusick strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Jefferson
Morrison hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pryor vs. Jefferson
Pryor hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bailor. Pryor reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bannister vs. Jefferson
Bannister hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Ainge settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Squires vs. Jefferson
Squires takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Jefferson
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Ainge fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainge vs. Farmer
Ed Farmer now pitching.
Ainge hits a fly ball into right field. Torres settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Farmer
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morrison scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Farmer
Bailor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Farmer
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morrison scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/3/1979 -- Chicago at Toronto (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI Toronto AB R H RBI
Morrison J, 2b 4 1 2 3 Griffin A, ss 5 1 2 0
Pryor G, ss 4 0 1 1 Bailor B, rf 4 1 1 1
Bannister A, lf 4 0 0 0 Howell R, 3b 5 1 2 2
Johnson L, 1b 4 1 1 1 Carty R, dh 4 0 1 0
Squires M, 1b 0 0 0 0 Velez O, lf 3 0 2 0
Lemon C, cf 5 0 1 0 Bosetti R, cf 4 1 0 0
Nordhagen W, dh 2 1 1 0 Cerone R, c 4 1 1 0
Garr R, ph 2 0 0 0 Kusick C, 1b 4 0 1 1
Torres R, rf 2 1 1 0 Ainge D, 2b 3 0 0 1
Nahorodny B, c 3 2 2 0
Bell K, 3b 3 2 1 3
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33 8 10 8 36 5 10 5
Chicago 130 310 000 -- 8
Toronto 200 200 100 -- 5
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Trout S (W) 8.0 10 5 4 1 5
Farmer E (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Moore B (L) 3.1 4 6 6 3 1
Jefferson J 5.2 6 2 2 2 3
E -- Torres R, Kusick C, Nahorodny B
DP -- Toronto 2
LOB -- Chicago 6, Toronto 7
2B -- Nordhagen W, Morrison J, Velez O, Pryor G
HR -- Morrison J, Howell R, Bell K, Johnson L
SH -- Torres R
SF -- Pryor G, Ainge D
HBP -- by Moore B (Morrison J)
PB -- Nahorodny B
T -- 2:28
A -- 14232
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