A homer and triple by Rick Cerone, plus a homer by Otto Velez and triple by Bob Bailor, paced the Blue Jays to a 5-2 victory over the Royals. After the Royals took a 2-0 lead, the Jays jumped on Paul Splittorff for three runs in the second inning on a single by Al Woods, Cerone's triple, a sacrifice fly by Luis Gomez, pass to Rick Bosetti and Bailor's triple. Velez homered in the third and Cerone connected for the circuit in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 5, Kansas City Royals 2
Game Played on Saturday, August    12, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Royals       1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0
Blue Jays    0  3  1    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   5 12  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette rf           4   0   0   1     0   0   .208      Bosetti cf            3   1   2   0     2   0   .273
McRae dh              4   1   1   0     1   0   .280      Bailor rf             5   0   4   1     0   0   .266
LaCock 1b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .325      Howell 3b             3   0   1   0     2   0   .279
Cowens cf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .274      Velez dh              5   1   1   1     0   2   .298
Hurdle lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .272      Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .260
Porter c              2   1   1   0     2   0   .266      McKay 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .238
Quirk 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .100      A. Woods lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .240
Patek ss              3   0   1   0     1   1   .278      Cerone c              4   2   2   2     0   0   .229
Washington 2b         3   0   1   0     1   2   .284      Gomez ss              1   0   0   1     0   0   .219
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carty ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .283
  McGilberry p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Johnson ss          1   0   1   0     0   0   .236
                                                          Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   8   2     5   5             Totals               31   5  12   5     7   3

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 23,132
Left on Base: Royals 9, Blue Jays 11
DP: Royals 2, Blue Jays 2
Triples: Cerone (2), Bailor (4)
Home Runs: Velez (5), Cerone (2)
Stolen Bases: Cowens (10)
Caught Stealing: Johnson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: McKay (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Poquette (6), Gomez (3)
GIDP: Hurdle (4), A. Woods (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(13-10)     3.2   8   4   4   3   2   1  21   3.35
McGilberry              4.1   4   1   1   4   1   1  19   6.30
Totals                  8    12   5   5   7   3   2  40

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy W(9-9)           9     8   2   2   5   5   0  38   4.04
Totals                  9     8   2   2   5   5   0  38

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae
singled to left; LaCock singled to left [McRae to second];
Cowens singled to right [McRae scored, LaCock to second]; Hurdle
lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [LaCock out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled to center; Bailor singled to
center [Bosetti to third, Bailor to second (on throw to 3b)];
Howell grounded out (third to first); Velez was called out on
strikes; Mayberry flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, Blue Jays 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter singled to center; Quirk grounded out (second
to first) [Porter to second]; Patek walked; Washington singled
to left [Porter to third, Patek to second]; Poquette hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Porter scored, Patek to third]; McRae
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2,
Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: McKay grounded out (third to first); A. Woods
singled to shortstop; Cerone tripled to right [A. Woods scored];
Gomez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cerone scored]; Bosetti
walked; Bailor tripled to right [Bosetti scored]; Howell flied
out to right; Blue Jays Manager Roy Hartsfield ejected by HP
umpire Ron Luciano sometime in third; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Blue Jays 3.

ROYALS 3RD: LaCock singled to center; Cowens forced LaCock
(second to shortstop); Cowens stole second; Hurdle struck out;
Porter walked; Quirk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
2, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Velez homered; Mayberry struck out; McKay walked;
A. Woods grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
first) [McKay out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2,
Blue Jays 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek struck out; Washington was called out on
strikes; Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Cerone grounded out (third to first); Gomez flied
out to right; Bosetti singled to center; Bailor singled to right
[Bosetti to third]; Howell walked [Bailor to second]; MCGILBERRY
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Velez popped to second; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, Blue Jays 4.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae walked; LaCock flied out to center; Cowens
singled to right [McRae to second]; Hurdle grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cowens out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry walked; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Mayberry to second]; A. Woods was walked
intentionally; Cerone lined into a double play (shortstop to
second) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
2, Blue Jays 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Porter walked; Quirk flied out to left; Patek
singled to right [Porter to second]; Washington struck out;
Poquette flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2,
Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: CARTY BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Carty flied out to
center; Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor
singled to center; Howell walked [Bailor to second]; Velez
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
2, Blue Jays 4.

ROYALS 7TH: JOHNSON REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING SS); McRae grounded
out (third to first); LaCock flied out to right; Cowens grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Blue
Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); McKay
grounded out (second to first); A. Woods popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Blue Jays 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Porter
grounded out (second to first); Quirk grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Cerone homered; Johnson singled to center;
Johnson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Bosetti walked; Bailor forced Bosetti (second to shortstop);
Howell singled to center [Bailor to second]; Velez was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Blue Jays 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Patek lined to left; Washington walked; Poquette
forced Washington (second to shortstop); McRae forced Poquette
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Blue
Jays 5.