Chet Lemon, Eric Soderholm and Bill Nahorodny slugged two-run homers to highlight a 17-hit attack that powered the White Sox to an 11-2 victory over the Blue Jays. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 11, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Game Played on Friday, April 21, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

White Sox 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 4 0 - 11 17 1 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 7 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Moore 3b 4 3 3 1 1 0 .286 Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Pryor 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bailor rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .382 Orta 2b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .333 Howell 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .356 Lemon cf 5 2 3 3 1 0 .444 Carty dh 2 1 1 1 1 0 .220 Bonds rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .316 Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .220 Lamar Johnson 1b 3 1 2 0 2 0 .308 Hutton lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Nordhagen lf 4 2 2 2 1 0 .333 Cerone c 4 0 1 1 0 3 .238 Soderholm dh 5 1 1 2 0 1 .256 McKay 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .120 Nahorodny c 4 2 2 2 1 0 .316 Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .129 Eden ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Upshaw ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Barrios p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nordbrook ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 41 11 17 11 6 3 Totals 32 2 7 2 3 7 Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 10,108 Left on Base: White Sox 10, Blue Jays 8 DP: White Sox 2, Blue Jays 3 Errors: Eden Doubles: Nordhagen 2 (5), Nahorodny (2), Lemon (3), Howell (3) Triples: Moore (1), Lamar Johnson (1), Howell (1) Home Runs: Lemon (1), Soderholm (2), Nahorodny (1) Stolen Bases: Moore (1) Sacrifice Flies: Carty (3) GIDP: Nordhagen (1), Lamar Johnson (3), Eden (1), McKay (2), Bailor (1) Hit by Pitch: Orta (1,by Underwood), Nordbrook (1,by LaGrow) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barrios W(1-1) 5.1 6 1 1 3 4 0 25 4.11 LaGrow SV(3) 3.2 1 1 1 0 3 0 12 2.08 Totals 9 7 2 2 3 7 0 37 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood L(0-2) 3.2 8 4 4 1 2 1 20 9.28 Kirkwood 1.2 5 1 1 1 1 0 11 3.27 Moore 2.1 4 6 6 4 0 2 13 11.57 Willis 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.00 Totals 9 17 11 11 6 3 3 48 Hit by Pitch: LaGrow (1), Underwood (1) Wild Pitches: Kirkwood (1) Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Terry Cooney WHITE SOX 1ST: Moore tripled to center; Orta struck out; Lemon homered [Moore scored]; Bonds grounded out (third to first); Lamar Johnson singled to center; Nordhagen doubled to left [Lamar Johnson to third]; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor popped to first; Howell singled to second; Carty singled to center [Howell to second]; Mayberry flied to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); Eden singled to shortstop; Moore flied to right; Orta was hit by a pitch [Eden to second]; Lemon popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Hutton singled to left; Cerone struck out; McKay grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hutton to second]; Gomez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Bonds struck out; Lamar Johnson walked; Nordhagen grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lamar Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bosetti flied to center; Bailor flied to left; Howell doubled to left; Carty popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm flied to center; Nahorodny doubled to center; Eden grounded out (second to first) [Nahorodny to third]; Moore singled to center [Nahorodny scored]; Moore stole second; Orta singled to right [Moore scored]; KIRKWOOD REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Kirkwood threw a wild pitch [Orta to second]; Lemon walked; Bonds lined to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry walked; Hutton lined to shortstop; Cerone was called out on strikes; McKay forced Mayberry (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Lamar Johnson tripled to right; Nordhagen popped to second; Soderholm struck out; Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez struck out; Bosetti walked; Bailor flied to center; Howell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 4, Blue Jays 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Eden grounded out (first unassisted); Moore singled to right; Orta singled to left [Moore to second]; Lemon singled to left [Moore scored, Orta to second]; Bonds singled to third [Orta to third, Lemon to second]; MOORE REPLACED KIRKWOOD (PITCHING); Lamar Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bonds out at second]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Carty walked; Mayberry singled to right [Carty to second]; Hutton forced Mayberry (shortstop to second) [Carty to third]; Cerone singled to center [Carty scored, Hutton to second]; LAGROW REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); McKay grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cerone out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 5, Blue Jays 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: Nordhagen walked; Soderholm homered [Nordhagen scored]; Nahorodny walked; Eden grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Nahorodny out at second]; Moore walked; Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 7, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: UPSHAW BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Upshaw struck out; Bosetti reached on an error by Eden; Bailor grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bosetti out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 7, Blue Jays 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: NORDBROOK REPLACED UPSHAW (PLAYING SS); Lemon doubled to left; Bonds flied to center [Lemon to third]; Lamar Johnson walked; Nordhagen doubled to center [Lemon scored, Lamar Johnson scored]; Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Nahorodny homered [Nordhagen scored]; WILLIS REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Eden popped to first in foul territory; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 11, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: PRYOR REPLACED MOORE (PLAYING 3B); Howell tripled to center; Carty hit a sacrifice fly to center [Howell scored]; Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; Hutton flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 11, Blue Jays 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta grounded out (second to first); Lemon popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 11, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Cerone struck out; McKay was called out on strikes; Nordbrook was hit by a pitch; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 11, Blue Jays 2.

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