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Jim Clancy allowed only two hits and pitched the Blue Jays to a 4-1 victory over the Royals in a game stopped by rain after 5½ innings. Roy Howell homered for the Jays' initial run in the third inning. John Mayberry knocked in a tally with a triple in the fourth and scored on a bunt by Al Woods. Toronto Blue Jays 4, Kansas City Royals 1Game Played on Friday, April 13, 1979 (Day game) at Exhibition StadiumRoyals 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 2 0 Blue Jays 0 0 1 2 1 x - 4 7 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brett 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .417 Griffin ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .095 McRae dh 2 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Bailor rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .308 Otis cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .391 Bosetti cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Porter c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .350 Carty dh 2 1 1 1 1 0 .300 LaCock 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .409 Hurdle lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Woods lf 1 0 0 1 0 1 .286 Cowens rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .100 Howell 3b 2 1 2 1 0 0 .250 White 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Cerone c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Patek ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .476 McKay 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .421 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 20 1 2 0 4 2 Totals 21 4 7 4 1 1 Time of Game: 1:26 Attendance: 40,035 Left on Base: Royals 5, Blue Jays 4 DP: Royals 0, Blue Jays 0 Doubles: Cerone (2), McKay (1) Triples: Mayberry (1) Home Runs: Howell (1) Sacrifice Hits: Woods (1) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff L(1-1) 5 7 4 4 1 1 1 23 3.21 Totals 5 7 4 4 1 1 1 23 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clancy W(1-1) 6 2 1 0 4 2 0 24 3.00 Totals 6 2 1 0 4 2 0 24 Passed Balls: Cerone (1) Wild Pitches: Clancy (2) Umpires: HP - Dick Nelson, 1B - Joe Sawchuk, 2B - Alan Contant, 3B - Rich Panas ROYALS 1ST: Brett struck out; McRae walked; Otis singled to left [McRae to second]; Porter flied out to center; LaCock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin lined to shortstop; Bailor popped to second; Bosetti flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle grounded out (pitcher to first); Cowens walked; White popped to second in foul territory; Patek forced Cowens (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty grounded out (third to first); Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); Woods was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 3RD: Brett flied out to left; McRae flied out to right; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Howell homered; Cerone doubled to left; McKay popped to shortstop; Griffin popped to second; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1. ROYALS 4TH: Porter flied out to right; LaCock grounded out (third to first); Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti grounded out (second to first); Carty walked; Mayberry tripled to left [Carty scored]; Woods out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Mayberry scored]; Howell singled to center; Cerone grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 3. ROYALS 5TH: Cowens flied out to right; White lined to left; Patek singled to center; Brett walked [Patek to second]; Clancy threw a wild pitch [Patek to third, Brett to second]; Cerone allowed a passed ball [Patek scored (unearned)]; McRae lined to left; 28 minute rain delay at 4:41pm; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 5TH: McKay doubled to left; Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor singled to left [McKay to third]; Bosetti popped to second; Carty singled to left [McKay scored, Bailor to second]; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 4. ROYALS 6TH: Otis struck out; Porter walked; LaCock flied out to center; Hurdle flied out to center; game called after 1:11 rain delay; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 4. |
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