The Royals exploded for nine runs in the second inning and enjoyed an 11-2 opening-game romp over the Blue Jays. The big frame, which was highlighted by a bases-loaded triple by John Wathan, included nine hits, four walks and two Blue Jay errors. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 11, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Thursday, April     5, 1979 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  3
Royals       0  9  1    0  0  1    0  0  x  -  11 11  2


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            4   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Brett 3b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .200
Bailor rf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .200      White 2b              4   1   0   0     1   0   .000
Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Otis cf               3   2   1   1     1   1   .333
Carty dh              3   0   2   0     1   0   .667        LaCock 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Woods pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cowens rf             4   1   0   0     1   0   .000
Mayberry 1b           4   0   4   2     0   0  1.000      McRae dh              5   2   1   1     0   0   .200
Bosetti cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Porter c              3   1   2   3     1   1   .667
  Wilborn cf          3   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Wilson pr,cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brown lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wathan 1b,c           4   1   2   3     0   0   .500
McKay 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hurdle lf             2   2   0   0     2   0   .000
Cerone c              3   1   0   0     1   1   .000      Patek ss              4   1   4   1     0   0  1.000
Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   7   2     3   6             Totals               36  11  11   9     6   3

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 37,754
Left on Base: Blue Jays 9, Royals 7
DP: Blue Jays 2, Royals 1
Errors: Howell 2, McKay, Brett 2
Doubles: Mayberry (1), McRae (1), Wathan (1), Porter (1)
Triples: Wathan (1)
GIDP: White (1), LaCock (1)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(0-1)        1.2   3   9   3   4   1   0  14  16.20
Moore                   2.1   3   1   1   2   1   0  12   3.86
Murphy                  3     5   1   1   0   1   0  13   3.00
Freisleben              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8    11  11   5   6   3   0  42

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard W(1-0)          6     6   2   0   2   4   0  27   0.00
Mingori SV(1)           3     1   0   0   1   2   0  11   0.00
Totals                  9     7   2   0   3   6   0  38

Wild Pitches: Moore (1)

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Harold Easley, 2B - Larry Zirbel, 3B - Don Schulte


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Debut for umpires Harold Easley, John Shulock,
Don Schulte and Larry Zirbel; Griffin walked; Bailor lined
into a double play (second to first) [Griffin out at first];
Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 0.

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

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty singled to right; Mayberry doubled to left
[Carty to third]; Bosetti grounded out (first unassisted);
Rick Bosetti ejected by HP umpire John Shulock; Brown
reached on a fielder's choice [Carty out at home (pitcher to
third to catcher)]; Debut game for Bobby Brown; McKay
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals
0.

ROYALS 2ND: WILBORN REPLACED BOSETTI (PLAYING CF); Cowens
walked; Debut game for Ted Wilborn; McRae reached on an
error by Howell [Cowens to second]; Porter walked [Cowens to
third, McRae to second]; Wathan tripled to left [Cowens scored,
McRae scored (unearned), Porter scored]; Hurdle walked; Patek
singled to center [Wathan scored, Hurdle to second]; Brett flied
out to left; White walked [Hurdle to third, Patek to second];
Otis reached on an error by McKay [Hurdle scored (unearned),
Patek scored (unearned) (no RBI), White to second]; Cowens flied
out to center; McRae doubled to left [White scored (unearned),
Otis to third]; MOORE REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Porter
singled to left [Otis scored (unearned), McRae scored
(unearned)]; Wathan flied out to right; 9 R (3 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 9.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin
flied out to left; Bailor reached on an error by Brett; Howell
forced Bailor (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Royals 9.

ROYALS 3RD: Hurdle walked; Patek singled to left [Hurdle to
second]; Brett forced Patek (third to second) [Hurdle to third];
White popped to second; Otis walked [Brett to second]; Moore
threw a wild pitch [Hurdle scored, Brett to third, Otis to
second]; Cowens flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Royals 10.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty singled to right; Mayberry singled to
center [Carty to second]; Wilborn popped to shortstop; Brown
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Carty to third, Mayberry to
second]; McKay grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 10.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae flied out to left; Porter was called out on
strikes; Wathan doubled to left; Hurdle reached on a fielder's
choice [Wathan out at third (third unassisted)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 10.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone walked; Griffin struck out; Bailor singled
to right [Cerone to second]; Howell flied to left in foul
territory; Carty reached on an error by Brett [Cerone to third,
Bailor to second]; Mayberry singled to center [Cerone scored
(unearned), Bailor scored (unearned), Carty to second]; Wilborn
struck out; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Royals 10.

ROYALS 5TH: MURPHY REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Patek singled to
left; Brett struck out; White grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Patek out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Royals 10.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Brown grounded out (first to pitcher); McKay
popped to shortstop; Cerone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Royals 10.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis singled to left; Cowens popped to shortstop;
McRae grounded out (third to first) [Otis to second]; Porter
doubled to right [Otis scored]; WILSON RAN FOR PORTER; Wathan
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Royals
11.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: LACOCK REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING 1B); WILSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); WATHAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C );
MINGORI REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Griffin flied out to
center; Bailor flied out to right; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Royals 11.

ROYALS 7TH: Hurdle grounded out (first unassisted); Patek
singled to left; Brett singled to right [Patek to second]; White
reached on an error by Howell [Patek to third, Brett to second];
LaCock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays
2, Royals 11.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Carty walked; WOODS RAN FOR CARTY; Mayberry
singled to right [Woods to second]; Wilborn struck out; Brown
flied out to center; McKay forced Mayberry (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Royals 11.

ROYALS 8TH: WOODS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); FREISLEBEN
REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Cowens grounded out (third to
first); McRae popped to first in foul territory; Wilson grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Royals 11.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Cerone grounded out (second to first); Griffin
flied out to center; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Royals 11.