The Blue Jays completed the first triple play in their history en route to a 4-2 victory over the White Sox before a crowd of 44,327, including Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In the second inning, after Bobby Bonds homered for the White Sox, Lamar Johnson doubled and stayed at second on an infield hit by Ron Blomberg.

Junior Moore followed with a liner to Blue Jay pitcher Jim Clancy, who threw to John Mayberry at first base to double Blomberg. Mayberry then fired the ball to Luis Gomez at second and Johnson was tripled up before he could return to the bag. The Blue Jays scored on a two-run single by Bob Bailor in the third inning and on homers by Doug Ault in the fourth and by Roy Howell in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 4, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Saturday, April 22, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

White Sox 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 8 1 Blue Jays 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 x - 4 8 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .324 Bosetti cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Orta 2b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .311 Bailor rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .368 Lemon cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .400 Howell 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .354 Bonds rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .333 Carty dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .326 Ault lf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .462 Blomberg dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .207 Hutton pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Soderholm ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Moore 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .294 Cerone c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .240 Nahorodny c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Iorg 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .211 Eden ss 1 1 1 0 2 0 .286 Gomez ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .152 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 8 2 2 5 Totals 31 4 8 4 2 3 Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 44,327 Left on Base: White Sox 4, Blue Jays 6 DP: White Sox 0, Blue Jays 2 Errors: Moore, Ault Doubles: Lamar Johnson (4), Mayberry (1) Home Runs: Bonds (1), Ault (1), Howell (1) Sacrifice Hits: Gomez (2) Sacrifice Flies: Orta (1) GIDP: Lamar Johnson (4), Garr (1) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood L(0-3) 7.2 8 4 4 2 2 2 33 4.40 Willoughby 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 27.00 Totals 8 8 4 4 2 3 2 34 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clancy W(1-1) 8.2 8 2 2 2 4 1 32 4.60 Willis SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.86 Totals 9 8 2 2 2 5 1 33 Wild Pitches: Clancy (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Terry Cooney WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta struck out; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti flied to left; Bailor popped to second; Howell popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Bonds homered; Lamar Johnson doubled to left; Blomberg singled to shortstop [Lamar Johnson stayed at second]; On a bunt Moore hit into a triple play (pitcher to first to shortstop) [Lamar Johnson out at third, Blomberg out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty struck out; Ault grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Blue Jays 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Nahorodny flied to left; Eden walked; Garr flied to left; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone singled to right; Iorg singled to right [Cerone to second]; Gomez out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Cerone to third, Iorg to second]; Bosetti reached on a fielder's choice [Cerone out at home (third unassisted), Iorg to third, Bosetti to second]; Bailor singled to left [Iorg scored, Bosetti scored, Bailor to third (error by Moore)]; Howell walked; Carty popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Blue Jays 2. WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon flied to right; Bonds singled to right; Lamar Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bonds out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ault homered; Mayberry flied to right; Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); Iorg popped to shortstop in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Blue Jays 3. WHITE SOX 5TH: Blomberg grounded out (first to pitcher); Moore was called out on strikes; Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez flied to right; Bosetti grounded out (second to first); Bailor grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Blue Jays 3. WHITE SOX 6TH: Eden walked; Clancy threw a wild pitch [Eden to second]; Garr singled to left [Eden to third]; Orta hit a sacrifice fly to center [Eden scored, Garr to second]; Lemon popped to shortstop; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell grounded out (second to first); Carty popped to shortstop; Ault walked; Mayberry flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); Blomberg popped to shortstop; Moore singled to left [Moore to second (error by Ault)]; Nahorodny popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Cerone popped to catcher in foul territory; Iorg lined to third; On a bunt Gomez singled to third; Bosetti grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 3. WHITE SOX 8TH: Eden singled to right; Garr grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Eden out at second]; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Bailor popped to shortstop; Howell homered; Carty grounded out (third to first); Ault singled to center; HUTTON RAN FOR AULT; Mayberry doubled to right [Hutton to third]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Cerone struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 4. WHITE SOX 9TH: HUTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lemon grounded out (third to first); Bonds struck out; Lamar Johnson singled to left; WILLIS REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); SODERHOLM BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Blue Jays 4.

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