With Rico Carty driving in five runs with a pair of homers and Willie Upshaw socking a two-run double in the ninth, the Blue Jays posted an 8-7 victory over the Royals. Carty's second round-tripper came with two mates aboard in the eighth and pulled the Jays within one run at 7-6. After the first two batters were retired in the Jays' ninth, pinch-hitters Tommy Hutton and Sam Ewing singled and Upshaw drilled a pitch off the left field wall to score both runners. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 8, Kansas City Royals 7
Game Played on Thursday, April     27, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Blue Jays    2  0  1    0  0  0    0  3  2  -   8 12  0
Royals       0  3  0    1  0  1    2  0  0  -   7 11  1


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Upshaw lf             5   0   1   2     0   1   .154      Wilson cf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Bailor cf             5   2   3   1     0   0   .379      McRae dh              5   1   1   0     0   1   .234
Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Brett 3b              3   1   1   1     2   0   .197
Carty dh              4   2   2   5     0   0   .262      Cowens rf             4   1   1   1     1   0   .283
Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Porter c              4   1   2   0     0   0   .379
Velez rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .231        Otis ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .268
Cerone c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Poquette lf           3   3   3   1     0   0   .391
Iorg 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .171        Zdeb ph,lf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Hutton ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Hurdle 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .205
  Nordbrook pr,ss     0   1   0   0     0   0   .000        LaCock 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gomez ss              3   2   2   0     0   0   .188      Patek ss              4   0   3   3     0   0   .260
  Ewing ph            1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000      White 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .109
  McKay pr,2b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .120      Gura p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   8  12   8     0   1             Totals               37   7  11   6     5   3

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 17,422
Left on Base: Blue Jays 3, Royals 8
DP: Blue Jays 1, Royals 2
Errors: Poquette
Doubles: Upshaw (1), Poquette 2 (3), McRae (5), Brett (5)
Home Runs: Carty 2 (5)
Stolen Bases: Brett (3), Zdeb (1), Patek (5)
GIDP: Howell (1), Iorg (1), White (1)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy                  6.1   8   7   7   4   2   0  30   6.14
Moore W(1-0)            1.2   3   0   0   0   1   0   8   8.53
Willis SV(3)            1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.70
Totals                  9    11   7   7   5   3   0  42

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gura                    7.2   9   6   5   0   1   2  31   3.05
Hrabosky                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.50
Bird L(1-1)             1     3   2   2   0   0   0   6   4.85
Totals                  9    12   8   7   0   1   2  38

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Bill Kunkel


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Upshaw lined to center; Bailor singled to left;
Howell flied out to center; Carty homered [Bailor scored];
Mayberry popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Royals 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez grounded out (second to first); Cerone
popped to first; Iorg flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens walked; Porter singled to right [Cowens to
third]; Poquette singled to center [Cowens scored, Porter to
second]; Hurdle walked [Porter to third, Poquette to second];
Patek singled to center [Porter scored, Poquette to third,
Hurdle to second]; White grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Poquette scored, Hurdle to third, Patek out at second];
Wilson grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Royals 3.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez singled to right; Upshaw reached on an
error by Poquette [Gomez to second]; Bailor singled to center
[Gomez scored (unearned), Upshaw to second]; Howell grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Upshaw to
third, Bailor out at second]; Carty grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Royals 3.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett
walked; Cowens popped to second; Porter popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Royals 3.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Velez
singled to left; Cerone singled to right [Velez to third]; Iorg
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Cerone out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3,
Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Poquette doubled to right; Hurdle grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Poquette to third]; Patek grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Poquette scored]; White flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Royals 4.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez grounded out (pitcher to first); Upshaw
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Wilson struck out; McRae struck out; Brett walked;
Brett stole second; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Royals 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell flied out to left; Carty popped to second;
Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 3, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Porter grounded out (second to first); Poquette
doubled to left; Hurdle grounded out (third to first); Patek
singled to left [Poquette scored]; White grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Royals 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez grounded out (third to first); Cerone
grounded out (pitcher to first); Iorg flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Wilson flied out to left; McRae doubled to right;
Brett doubled to left [McRae scored]; MOORE REPLACED CLANCY
(PITCHING); Cowens singled to right [Brett scored]; Porter
singled to left [Cowens to second]; ZDEB BATTED FOR POQUETTE;
Zdeb forced Porter (third to second) [Cowens to third]; Zdeb
stole second; Hurdle grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Royals 7.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LACOCK REPLACED
HURDLE (PLAYING 1B); Gomez singled to left; Upshaw struck out;
Bailor singled to center [Gomez to second]; Howell popped to
shortstop; Carty homered [Gomez scored, Bailor scored]; HRABOSKY
REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Mayberry lined to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Royals 7.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek singled to center; White struck out; Patek
stole second; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 6, Royals 7.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: BIRD REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Velez flied
out to right; Cerone popped to second; HUTTON BATTED FOR IORG;
Hutton singled to right; NORDBROOK RAN FOR HUTTON; EWING BATTED
FOR GOMEZ; Ewing singled to left [Nordbrook to second]; MCKAY
RAN FOR EWING; Upshaw doubled to left [Nordbrook scored, McKay
scored]; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Royals 7.

ROYALS 9TH: NORDBROOK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); MCKAY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); WILLIS REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Brett
lined to second; Cowens grounded out (third to first); OTIS
BATTED FOR PORTER; Otis walked; Zdeb flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Royals 7.