A two-run homer by George Scott in the seventh inning lifted the Royals to a 6-5 victory over the Blue Jays. The Royals trailed, 5-4, going into the last of the seventh, when Al Cowens led off with a single. Scott then unloaded over the left field wall for his first homer in 36 games with Kansas City. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5
Game Played on Tuesday, July      31, 1979 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Blue Jays    2  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  2
Royals       1  1  1    0  0  1    2  0  x  -   6 14  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            5   2   4   1     0   0   .256      Patek ss              5   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Bosetti cf            5   2   2   2     0   1   .267      White 2b              5   0   2   0     0   3   .249
Howell 3b             5   0   2   1     0   1   .254      Otis cf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .290
Carty dh              5   0   2   0     0   0   .262      Brett 3b              3   1   2   1     0   0   .325
  Cannon pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .179        Washington 3b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Mayberry 1b           5   0   1   1     0   0   .272        Terrell 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .385
Velez rf              2   0   0   0     2   1   .280      Cowens rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .298
Woods lf              4   0   0   0     0   3   .279      Porter c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .295
Cerone c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .224      Scott 1b              2   2   2   2     2   0   .248
Johnson 2b            2   1   0   0     2   0   .119      Wathan dh             2   0   0   1     0   1   .222
Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaCock ph,dh        1   0   1   0     0   0   .286
  Jefferson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wilson lf             4   1   3   0     0   0   .307
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  11   5     4   7             Totals               36   6  14   6     2   6

Time of Game: 3:03   Attendance: 22,156
Left on Base: Blue Jays 9, Royals 11
DP: Blue Jays 1, Royals 1
Errors: Johnson, Jefferson
Doubles: Bosetti (19), Howell 2 (16), Brett 2 (29), Wilson (8), Cowens (13)
Triples: Griffin (6), Bosetti (2)
Home Runs: Scott (5)
Stolen Bases: White (17), Wilson (44)
Caught Stealing: Velez (1), Scott (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Wathan (4), Otis (3)
Hit by Pitch: Cerone (1,by Pattin), Cowens (3,by Underwood)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood               5.1  10   4   3   2   4   0  29   3.72
Jefferson L(1-9)        1     3   2   2   0   0   1   6   4.97
Buskey                  1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.56
Totals                  8    14   6   5   2   6   1  41

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard                 1.1   5   5   5   2   2   0  11   4.83
Pattin W(4-2)           6.1   5   0   0   2   5   0  26   4.26
Quisenberry             0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.84
Hrabosky SV(9)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.17
Totals                  9    11   5   5   4   7   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Underwood (6), Pattin (1)

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Mike Reilly


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin singled to right; Bosetti doubled to left
[Griffin scored]; Howell struck out; Carty singled to left
[Bosetti to third]; Mayberry forced Carty (third to second)
[Bosetti scored]; Velez walked [Mayberry to second]; Woods
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to shortstop; White struck out; Otis
singled to center; Brett doubled to right [Otis scored]; Cowens
was hit by a pitch; Porter flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Royals 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Cerone grounded out (third to first); Johnson
walked; Griffin tripled [Johnson scored]; Bosetti tripled
[Griffin scored]; PATTIN REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Howell
doubled to left [Bosetti scored]; Carty flied out to right;
Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Scott walked; Wathan flied out to right; Wilson
doubled to right [Scott to third]; Patek singled to center
[Scott scored, Wilson to third]; White struck out; Otis forced
Patek (second unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 5,
Royals 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Velez walked; Velez was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Woods was called out on strikes; Cerone
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 5, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett doubled to left; Cowens reached on an error by
Johnson [Brett to third]; Porter struck out; Scott walked
[Cowens to second]; Wathan hit a sacrifice fly to center [Brett
scored (unearned)]; Wilson popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Royals 3.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Johnson flied out to left; Griffin grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); White singled
to center; Otis flied out to center; White stole second; Brett
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Royals 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Howell doubled to right; Carty grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted)
[Howell to third]; Velez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Cowens doubled; Porter popped to first; Scott
singled to center [Cowens to third]; Wathan struck out while
Scott was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Royals 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 3B); Woods was
called out on strikes; Cerone was hit by a pitch; Johnson flied
out to left; Griffin singled to right [Cerone to second];
Bosetti forced Griffin (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Wilson singled to left; Patek flied out to center;
Wilson stole second; White singled to left [Wilson to third];
JEFFERSON REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Otis lined out on a
sacrifice fly to left [Wilson scored]; Washington forced White
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5,
Royals 4.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Carty
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry singled to right;
Velez forced Mayberry (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Cowens singled to left; Cowens was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Jefferson [Cowens to second]; Porter
flied out to center [Cowens to third]; Scott homered [Cowens
scored]; LACOCK BATTED FOR WATHAN; LaCock singled to center;
BUSKEY REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Wilson singled to left
[LaCock to second]; Patek forced Wilson (shortstop to second)
[LaCock to third]; White struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 5, Royals 6.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Woods
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cerone was called out on
strikes; Johnson walked; Griffin singled to left [Johnson to
second]; QUISENBERRY REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Bosetti
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays
5, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis struck out; Washington grounded out (second to
first); Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Royals 6.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: TERRELL REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING 3B); Howell
flied out to left; Carty singled to right; HRABOSKY REPLACED
QUISENBERRY (PITCHING); CANNON RAN FOR CARTY; Mayberry lined
into a double play (second to first) [Cannon out at first]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Royals 6.