Eric Soderholm, Jorge Orta and Ron Blomberg delivered two-run homers to lead the White Sox to a 9-5 verdict over the Blue Jays. The wind was blowing at 25 miles per hour and aided the hitters.

Soderholm's drive followed a triple by Chet Lemon in the second inning, Ralph Garr singled ahead of Orta's blow in the third, and Orta doubled before Blomberg's drive in the seventh. Rico Carty and Otto Velez hit solo homers for the Blue Jays and Velez knocked in two more runs with a sixth-inning triple. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 9, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Game Played on Tuesday, April 11, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Blue Jays 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 - 5 9 0 White Sox 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 x - 9 10 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosetti cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .222 Garr lf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .389 Bailor lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .500 Orta 2b 5 2 2 2 0 0 .375 Howell 3b 5 1 1 0 0 2 .313 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Carty dh 3 1 1 1 2 0 .143 Bonds rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .286 Mayberry 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Blomberg dh 4 1 1 2 0 1 .154 Velez rf 3 1 2 3 1 0 .500 Lemon cf 2 1 2 0 1 0 .462 Iorg 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Soderholm 3b 3 2 1 2 1 0 .333 Gomez ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .083 Kessinger ss 2 1 0 0 2 1 .333 Cerone c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .250 Nahorodny c 4 0 2 2 0 0 .375 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 5 9 5 5 6 Totals 32 9 10 9 5 3 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 3,347 Left on Base: Blue Jays 9, White Sox 5 DP: Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0 Doubles: Cerone (1), Orta (3) Triples: Velez (1), Lemon (1) Home Runs: Carty (1), Velez (1), Soderholm (1), Orta (1), Garr (1), Blomberg (2) GIDP: Orta (1) Hit by Pitch: Lemon (2,by Jefferson) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jefferson L(0-1) 7 10 9 9 5 3 4 36 7.94 Willis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.86 Totals 8 10 9 9 5 3 4 38 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec W(1-0) 5.2 6 4 4 1 3 2 24 6.35 Willoughby 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 27.00 Torrealba SV(1) 3 1 0 0 3 3 0 13 0.00 Totals 9 9 5 5 5 6 2 41 Hit by Pitch: Jefferson (1) Wild Pitches: Jefferson (1) Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Rich Garcia BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti flied out to center; Bailor singled to center; Howell forced Bailor (shortstop to second); Carty forced Howell (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta grounded out (pitcher to first); Lamar Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; Velez walked; Iorg forced Velez (second to shortstop); Gomez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Bonds made an out to shortstop; Blomberg was called out on strikes; Lemon tripled to right; Soderholm homered [Lemon scored]; Kessinger was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone struck out; Bosetti flied out to left; Bailor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr singled to right; Orta homered [Garr scored]; Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); Bonds grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Carty homered; Mayberry made an out to third; Velez homered; Iorg was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: Blomberg made an out to shortstop; Lemon walked; Lemon was picked off first (pitcher to first); Soderholm walked; Kessinger walked [Soderholm to second]; Nahorodny flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 4. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez flied out to center; Cerone flied out to right; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr homered; Orta made an out to second; Lamar Johnson popped to first; Bonds walked; Blomberg flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bailor singled to right; Howell singled to right [Bailor to second]; Carty made an out to shortstop; Mayberry flied out to right; Velez tripled to center [Bailor scored, Howell scored]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Iorg grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon singled to shortstop; Soderholm forced Lemon (second to shortstop); Kessinger grounded out (third to first) [Soderholm to second]; Nahorodny singled to left [Soderholm scored]; Garr flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, White Sox 6. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Gomez walked; Cerone doubled to left [Gomez to third]; Bosetti singled to left [Gomez scored, Cerone to third]; TORREALBA REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); Bailor reached on a fielder's choice [Cerone out at home (pitcher to catcher), Bosetti to third, Bailor to second]; Howell struck out; Carty was walked intentionally; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 5, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 7TH: Orta doubled to center; Lamar Johnson grounded out (second to first); Bonds struck out; Blomberg homered [Orta scored]; Lemon was hit by a pitch; Soderholm flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, White Sox 8. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Velez grounded out (third to first); Iorg singled to second; Gomez grounded out (third to first) [Iorg to second]; Cerone struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, White Sox 8. WHITE SOX 8TH: Kessinger walked; Jefferson threw a wild pitch [Kessinger to second]; Nahorodny singled to center [Kessinger scored]; WILLIS REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Garr forced Nahorodny (pitcher to shortstop); Orta grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Garr out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, White Sox 9. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bosetti lined to third; Bailor walked; Howell struck out; Carty walked [Bailor to second]; Mayberry popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, White Sox 9.

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