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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 5Game Played on Tuesday, July 31, 1979 (Night game) at Royals StadiumBlue 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.
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