The Royals made it eight straight wins as Amos Otis swatted a grand-slam homer in the first inning to trigger a 5-0 whitewash of the Blue Jays. Paul Splittorff tossed a five-hitter, struck out four and walked none to gain his third victory of the campaign.

Willie Wilson and Hal McRae opened the game with back-to-back singles and executed a double steal. With two out, Darrell Porter received an intentional walk to load the bases and Otis then belted a 2-2 pitch into the left-center seats. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 5, Toronto Blue Jays 0

Game Played on Tuesday, April 18, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Royals       4  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  9  2
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             5   1   1   0     0   2   .207      Bosetti cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
McRae dh              5   1   1   0     0   2   .281      Bailor rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .429
Brett 3b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .235      Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .316
Cowens rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .345      Carty dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Porter c              3   1   1   1     1   0   .367      Ault lf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .500
Otis cf               4   1   1   4     0   1   .286      Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .206
Hurdle 1b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .233      Cerone c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .231
  LaCock 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McKay 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Patek ss              4   0   3   0     0   0   .259      Gomez ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .111
White 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .154      Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kirkwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5   9   5     1   9             Totals               32   0   5   0     0   4

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 10,218
Left on Base: Royals 6, Blue Jays 5
DP: Royals 2, Blue Jays 0
Errors: Brett, Patek, Howell
Doubles: Hurdle (1), Patek (3)
Home Runs: Otis (2)
Stolen Bases: Wilson (4), McRae (2), Patek (2), Brett (2)
GIDP: Gomez (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(3-0)       9     5   0   0   0   4   0  32   1.11
Totals                  9     5   0   0   0   4   0  32

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(0-3)        2.1   6   5   5   1   1   1  14   9.64
Kirkwood                3.2   2   0   0   0   5   0  13   2.89
Willis                  3     1   0   0   0   3   0  11   4.70
Totals                  9     9   5   5   1   9   1  38

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Nestor Chylak


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to center; McRae singled to left
[Wilson to second]; Brett struck out; Wilson stole third and
McRae stole second; Cowens popped to catcher in foul territory;
Porter was walked intentionally; Otis homered [Wilson scored,
McRae scored, Porter scored]; Hurdle grounded out (second to
first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti struck out; Bailor grounded out (pitcher
to first); Howell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 4, Blue Jays 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Patek singled to left; Patek stole second; White
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson grounded out (second
to first); McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty grounded out (third to first); Ault struck
out; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 4, Blue Jays 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett singled; Brett stole second; Cowens grounded
out (third to first); Porter singled to center [Brett scored];
KIRKWOOD REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Otis was called out on
strikes; Hurdle doubled to center [Porter to third]; Patek
popped to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Blue Jays
0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone singled to left; McKay lined to left;
Gomez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Cerone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Blue
Jays 0.

ROYALS 4TH: White flied out to left; Wilson was called out on
strikes; McRae was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti reached on an error by Patek; Bailor
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bosetti to second]; Howell
struck out; Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 5, Blue Jays 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett was called out on strikes; Cowens grounded out
(second to first); Porter grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ault singled to left; Mayberry singled to left
[Ault to third]; Cerone hit into a double play (third to second)
[Ault out at home (second to catcher), Mayberry out at second];
McKay forced Cerone (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 5, Blue Jays 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis popped to second; Hurdle grounded out
(shortstop to first); Patek doubled to left; White struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: LACOCK REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING 1B); Gomez popped
to second; Bosetti popped to second; Bailor reached on an error
by Brett [Bailor to second]; Howell grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Blue Jays 0.

ROYALS 7TH: WILLIS REPLACED KIRKWOOD (PITCHING); Wilson was
called out on strikes; McRae struck out; Brett lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Ault
singled to left; Mayberry flied out to right; Cerone popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Blue Jays 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Cowens struck out; Porter popped to third; Otis
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: McKay grounded out (third to first); Gomez
grounded out (first unassisted); Bosetti flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Blue Jays 0.

ROYALS 9TH: LaCock grounded out (pitcher to first); Patek
singled to left; White popped to second in foul territory;
Wilson reached on an error by Howell [Patek to second]; McRae
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Blue Jays
0.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bailor singled to right; Howell struck out; Carty
flied out to right; Ault lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 5, Blue Jays 0.

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