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Scattering 10 hits, Larry Gura pitched the Royals to a 10-3 decision over the Blue Jays. The Royals scored three runs in the third inning when Hal McRae and George Brett rapped consecutive doubles, Darrell Porter tripled and Otto Velez dropped a fly ball by Pete LaCock. Amos Otis clouted a two-run homer in the eighth and Al Cowens followed with another round-tripper. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 10, Toronto Blue Jays 3Game Played on Thursday, August 9, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition StadiumRoyals 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 - 10 13 1
Blue Jays 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 10 2
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Wilson lf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .299 Griffin ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 .268
McRae dh 5 1 3 2 0 1 .256 Bailor rf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .226
Brett 3b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .325 Howell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .257
Porter c 5 2 2 1 0 0 .290 Carty dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .262
LaCock 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .293 Velez lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .296
Otis cf 3 1 1 3 0 0 .283 Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270
Cowens rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .292 Mayberry 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .278
White 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .249 Cerone c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223
Patek ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .247 Gomez 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .245
Cruz ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Huffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Freisleben p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 38 10 13 9 1 1 Totals 38 3 10 2 0 4
Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 20,102
Left on Base: Royals 3, Blue Jays 8
DP: Royals 0, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Gura, Velez 2
Doubles: Porter (15), McRae (18), Brett (32), Wilson (10), Carty (25), Bailor (6)
Triples: Porter (8)
Home Runs: Otis (13), Cowens (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis (4)
GIDP: Porter (8)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Gura W(8-8) 9 10 3 2 0 4 0 38 4.70
Totals 9 10 3 2 0 4 0 38
Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Huffman L(4-13) 6.1 9 7 6 0 1 0 28 6.08
Jefferson 0.2 3 3 3 1 0 2 6 5.38
Freisleben 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.34
Totals 9 13 10 9 1 1 2 40
Passed Balls: Porter (10)
Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Rocky Roe, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Russ Goetz
ROYALS 1ST: Blue Jays Manager Roy Hartsfield ejected by HP
umpire Ken Kaiser sometime in game; Wilson grounded out
(pitcher to first); McRae struck out; Brett grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays
0.
BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin popped to first in foul territory; Bailor
singled to left; Howell struck out; Carty flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Porter doubled to right; LaCock singled to right
[Porter to third]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Porter
scored]; Cowens popped to second; White singled to center
[LaCock to third, White out at second (center to shortstop)]; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 0.
BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez grounded out (third to first); Bosetti
popped to first; Mayberry singled to left; Cerone flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to center; Wilson flied out to left;
McRae doubled to right; Brett doubled to right [McRae scored];
Porter tripled [Brett scored]; LaCock reached on an error by
Velez [Porter scored (unearned) (no RBI), LaCock to third]; Otis
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 4, Blue Jays 0.
BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez flied out to left; Griffin singled to
center; Bailor forced Griffin (first to shortstop); Howell
singled to right [Bailor to third]; Carty doubled to right
[Bailor scored, Howell to third]; Velez popped to second; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); White
grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 1.
BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti struck out; Mayberry flied out to right;
Cerone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Blue Jays 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Wilson grounded out (second to first); McRae flied
out to center; Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Blue Jays 1.
BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez lined to shortstop; Griffin singled to
left; Bailor flied out to left; Howell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Porter flied out to left; LaCock flied out to
center; Otis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 1.
BLUE JAYS 6TH: Carty popped to second; Velez singled to left;
Bosetti flied out to right; Mayberry flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Cowens popped to first in foul territory; White
singled to shortstop; Patek singled to center [White to third];
Wilson doubled to left [White scored, Patek to third]; JEFFERSON
REPLACED HUFFMAN (PITCHING); McRae singled to left [Patek
scored, Wilson scored, McRae to third (error by Velez)]; Brett
reached on a fielder's choice [McRae out at home (second to
third)]; Porter flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 7, Blue Jays 1.
BLUE JAYS 7TH: Cerone popped to shortstop; Gomez singled to
right; Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first) [Gomez to
second]; Bailor doubled to left [Gomez scored]; Howell reached
on an error by Gura (assist by LaCock) [Bailor to third]; Porter
allowed a passed ball [Bailor scored (unearned)]; Carty grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals
7, Blue Jays 3.
ROYALS 8TH: LaCock walked; Otis homered [LaCock scored]; Cowens
homered; FREISLEBEN REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); White popped
to second; Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson
grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
10, Blue Jays 3.
BLUE JAYS 8TH: CRUZ REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING SS); Velez flied out
to left; Bosetti grounded out (second to first); Mayberry
singled to right; Cerone struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 10, Blue Jays 3.
ROYALS 9TH: McRae singled to right; Brett flied out to right;
Porter grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [McRae out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 10,
Blue Jays 3.
BLUE JAYS 9TH: Gomez flied out to center; Griffin popped to
first in foul territory; Bailor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 10, Blue Jays 3.
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