The Blue Jays had a victorious Opening Day for the season and their history, beating the Chicago White Sox 9-5 at Exhibition Stadium.
John Scott was their first batter, starting in Left, while Bill Singer was their Opening Day pitcher, though he didn’t get the win, that honor went to Jerry Johnson who came in during the fifth inning and pitched 2.2 innings, while Pete Vuckovich picked up the save with two innings of scoreless work.
Their hitting star that day was first baseman Doug Ault, who had quite the day going 3-for-4 with two home runs and four runs batted in, while second baseman Pedro Garcia also went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
For a better look at the historic game, here’s the Baseball-Reference link for the game box score:
https://www.baseball-
