Jorge Orta hit two homers and Wayne Nordhagen and Ralph Garr one apiece to account for all the White Sox runs in a 5-4 victory over the Blue Jays. Orta's blows came on his first two at-bats. Nordhagen and Garr hit back-to-back clouts in the fifth inning. The fourth win in five games gave the Sox their best opening record since 1966. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Game Played on Wednesday, April 12, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Blue Jays 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 9 1 White Sox 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 x - 5 7 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosetti cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .227 Garr lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .364 Bailor 3b 4 2 3 0 0 0 .625 Orta 2b 4 2 3 2 0 0 .450 Howell rf 2 1 1 1 2 1 .333 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Carty dh 4 0 2 2 0 1 .222 Bonds rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .167 Blomberg dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .125 Hutton lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Lemon cf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .467 Iorg 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .273 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Kessinger ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 .267 Upshaw ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Nordhagen c 3 1 1 2 0 0 .273 Nordbrook ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A. Woods ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .077 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ashby c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 4 9 4 2 5 Totals 29 5 7 5 1 2 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 5,742 Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, White Sox 1 DP: Blue Jays 0, White Sox 1 Errors: Ashby Doubles: Bailor (1), Howell (2), Lamar Johnson (2) Home Runs: Orta 2 (3), Nordhagen (1), Garr (2) Stolen Bases: Lemon (1) Caught Stealing: Bailor (1), Lemon (1), Orta (1) GIDP: Mayberry (2) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk L(0-2) 8 7 5 5 1 2 4 30 7.71 Totals 8 7 5 5 1 2 4 30 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone W(1-0) 7.1 8 4 4 2 5 0 30 3.77 LaGrow SV(2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.25 Totals 9 9 4 4 2 5 0 36 Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Vic Voltaggio BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (second to first); Bailor doubled to center; Howell doubled to left [Bailor scored]; Carty made an out to second; Mayberry singled to center [Howell scored]; Hutton struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (first unassisted); Orta homered; Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); Bonds flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Iorg struck out; Gomez grounded out (pitcher to first); Ashby popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 2ND: Blomberg struck out; Lemon made an out to third; Soderholm grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bosetti grounded out (third to first); Bailor singled to right; Bailor was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Howell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (third to first); Nordhagen popped to first; Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty singled to third; Mayberry grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carty out at second]; Hutton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta homered; Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); Bonds flied out to center; Blomberg grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Iorg grounded out (pitcher to first); Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon singled to left; Soderholm flied out to center; Lemon stole second [Lemon to third (error by Ashby)]; Kessinger reached on a fielder's choice [Lemon out at third (pitcher to third)]; Nordhagen homered [Kessinger scored]; Garr homered; Orta grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti struck out; Bailor grounded out (second to first); Howell walked; Carty struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 6TH: Lamar Johnson doubled to left; Bonds flied out to right [Lamar Johnson to third]; Blomberg struck out; Lemon walked; Lemon was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Hutton lined to first; Iorg singled to second; UPSHAW BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Upshaw forced Iorg (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 7TH: NORDBROOK REPLACED UPSHAW (PLAYING SS); Soderholm flied out to center; Kessinger flied out to left; Nordhagen flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ashby flied out to center; Bosetti singled to center; Bailor singled to left [Bosetti to third]; Howell walked [Bailor to second]; LAGROW REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Carty singled to center [Bosetti scored, Bailor scored, Howell to third]; Mayberry flied out to center; Hutton flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 4, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 8TH: Garr lined to first; Orta singled to center; Orta was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Lamar Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, White Sox 5. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Iorg flied out to right; A. WOODS BATTED FOR NORDBROOK; A. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, White Sox 5.

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