Sporting Digest: Baseball

THE Toronto Blue Jays have taken a 2-0 lead in the American League play-offs after beating Chicago White Sox 7-3 and 3-1 in the first two games at Comiskey Park. On Tuesday they banged out 17 hits against Jack McDowell, a 22-game winner, and a Chicago White Sox pitching staff that led the league in earned run average.

THE Chicago Cubs yesterday fired their manager Jim Lefebvre, despite leading the club to only their third winning season since 1972.

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Chicago): Toronto Blue Jays 7 Chicago White Sox 3; Toronto Blue Jays 3 Chicago White Sox 1 (Toronto lead best-of-seven series 2-0).