With two out in the ninth inning, the Blue Jays rallied for two runs to defeat the Royals, 2-1, behind the seven-hit pitching of rookie Jerry Garvin, who gained his fourth straight victory. The Royals scored their run in the third on a double by Fred Patek and single by Buck Martinez.

Paul Splittorff, pitching for the Royals, seemed to have the game in hand until Bailor awoke the Blue Jays with a single. Otto Velez followed with a double to tie the score. After an intentional pass to Doug Ault, Al Woods singled to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 2, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Saturday, April     30, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  9  0
Royals       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Scott lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .188      Brett 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .325
Torres 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .235      McRae lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .367
Bailor ss             4   1   2   0     0   0   .319        Zdeb lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Velez dh              4   1   3   1     0   0   .442      Otis cf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .243
Ault 1b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .342      Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .240
A. Woods rf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .250        Wathan pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
G. Woods cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .220      Cowens rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .286
Ashby c               1   0   0   0     2   0   .232      Rojas dh              4   0   2   0     0   0   .250
McKay 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .184      Patek ss              3   1   1   0     1   0   .297
Garvin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Martinez c            3   0   1   1     0   0   .235
                                                          White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .219
                                                          Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   9   2     3   1             Totals               31   1   7   1     3   4

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 15,301
Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, Royals 6
DP: Blue Jays 0, Royals 1
Doubles: Velez (7), Patek (6)
Caught Stealing: Velez (2), Rojas (1), Brett (2), Otis (1)
GIDP: Torres (1)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garvin W(4-0)           9     7   1   1   3   4   0  34   2.14
Totals                  9     7   1   1   3   4   0  34

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(1-2)       9     9   2   2   3   1   0  34   4.01
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   1   0  34

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Russ Goetz


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Scott singled to center; Torres grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Scott out at
second]; Bailor singled to right; Velez singled to center
[Bailor to third]; Ault grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae flied
out to center; Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Royals 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: A. Woods flied out to left; G. Woods popped to
shortstop; Ashby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry struck out; Cowens grounded out (second to
first); Rojas singled to left; Rojas was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals
0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: McKay grounded out (second to first); Scott
grounded out (third to first); Torres grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek doubled to left; Martinez singled to right
[Patek scored]; White forced Martinez (third to second); Brett
grounded out (shortstop to first) [White to second]; McRae
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Royals 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor flied out to left; Velez singled to right;
Ault popped to first in foul territory; Velez was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis popped to second; Mayberry walked; Cowens
struck out; Rojas singled to left [Mayberry to second]; Patek
walked [Mayberry to third, Rojas to second]; Martinez popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Royals 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: A. Woods popped to shortstop; G. Woods was called
out on strikes; Ashby walked; McKay forced Ashby (second
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: White flied out to right; Brett walked; Brett was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop to first to second to shortstop); McRae popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Scott flied out to center; Torres flied out to
center; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis singled to left; Mayberry popped to first; Otis
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop to first); Cowens popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez flied out to right; Ault flied out to
center; A. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Rojas grounded out (third to first); Patek flied out
to right; Martinez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Royals 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: G. Woods flied out to left; Ashby walked; Ashby
was picked off first (pitcher to first); McKay flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: White popped to second; Brett was called out on
strikes; McRae popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Royals 1.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: ZDEB REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING LF); Scott singled
to left; Scott was picked off first (pitcher to first); Torres
flied out to center; Bailor singled to left; Velez doubled to
right [Bailor scored]; Ault was walked intentionally; A. Woods
singled to left [Velez scored, Ault to second]; G. Woods singled
to right [Ault out at home (right to catcher), A. Woods to
second]; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis singled to left; Mayberry forced Otis
(shortstop to second); WATHAN RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Cowens singled
to right [Wathan to second]; Rojas popped to third; Patek popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Royals 1.