After the Blue Jays scored an unearned run in the third inning, Rico Carty and John Mayberry smashed consecutive homers in the sixth to beat the White Sox, 3-2. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Friday, July 7, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Blue Jays 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 6 0 White Sox 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosetti cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Molinaro dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .306 Bailor rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Garr lf 4 0 3 0 0 1 .286 Howell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .295 Nordhagen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Carty dh 3 1 2 2 1 0 .285 Lemon cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .286 Upshaw pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Cruz cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .263 Pryor ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Hutton lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Blomberg ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Velez ph,lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .302 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .255 McKay 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Orta 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .295 Ashby c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Soderholm 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Gomez ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .214 Washington rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .258 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nahorodny c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .238 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kessinger ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .251 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Breazeale ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bannister pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Barrios p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 6 3 3 5 Totals 34 2 9 2 4 6 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 18,643 Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, White Sox 10 DP: Blue Jays 0, White Sox 1 Errors: Kessinger Doubles: Orta (12), Lemon (18) Home Runs: Carty (12), Mayberry (14) Stolen Bases: McKay (3) Sacrifice Hits: Molinaro (2) GIDP: McKay (6) Hit by Pitch: Bosetti (1,by Barrios) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jefferson 4 9 2 2 1 3 0 21 4.22 Coleman W(4-0) 4 0 0 0 3 3 0 15 2.44 Willis 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.68 Cruz SV(4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 9 2 2 4 6 0 39 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barrios 2.1 2 1 0 2 1 0 13 4.08 Hinton L(1-2) 6.2 4 2 2 1 4 2 23 2.68 Totals 9 6 3 2 3 5 2 36 Hit by Pitch: Barrios (6) Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Marty Springstead BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled to left; Bailor popped to first; Howell flied out to left; Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Molinaro walked; On a bunt Garr singled [Molinaro to second]; Lemon popped to catcher in foul territory; Lamar Johnson popped to third in foul territory; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); Hutton singled to right; McKay forced Hutton (second to shortstop); McKay stole second; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm was called out on strikes; Washington was called out on strikes; Nahorodny struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez reached on an error by Kessinger; Bosetti was hit by a pitch [Gomez to second]; Bailor popped to first in foul territory; Howell walked [Gomez to third, Bosetti to second]; Carty walked [Gomez scored (unearned), Bosetti to third, Howell to second]; HINTON REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); Mayberry struck out; VELEZ BATTED FOR HUTTON; Velez struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: VELEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Kessinger flied out to left; Molinaro grounded out (first unassisted); On a bunt Garr singled; Lemon forced Garr (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: McKay flied out to center; Ashby grounded out (third to first); Gomez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Lamar Johnson singled to left [Lamar Johnson out at second (left to second)]; Orta doubled to right; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Washington singled to left [Orta scored]; Nahorodny singled to left [Washington to second]; Kessinger flied out to center; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bosetti grounded out (second to first); Bailor flied out to center; Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Molinaro singled to center; On a bunt Garr singled [Molinaro to second]; Lemon doubled to left [Molinaro scored, Garr to third]; COLEMAN REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first); Orta was walked intentionally; Soderholm popped to catcher in foul territory; Washington struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 1, White Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 6TH: CRUZ REPLACED LEMON (PLAYING CF); Carty homered; Mayberry homered; Velez walked; McKay grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Velez out at second]; Ashby was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Nahorodny was called out on strikes; Kessinger walked; Molinaro forced Kessinger (first to shortstop); Garr struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Lamar Johnson flied out to right; Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Howell popped to first in foul territory; Carty singled to center; UPSHAW RAN FOR CARTY; Mayberry struck out; Velez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: UPSHAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Soderholm popped to first in foul territory; Washington flied out to right; Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby lined to third; On a bunt Gomez singled; Gomez was picked off first (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: BREAZEALE BATTED FOR KESSINGER; Breazeale walked; WILLIS REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); BANNISTER RAN FOR BREAZEALE; Molinaro out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Bannister to second]; NORDHAGEN BATTED FOR GARR; Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); PRYOR BATTED FOR CRUZ; CRUZ REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); BLOMBERG BATTED FOR PRYOR; Blomberg made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, White Sox 2.

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