Allowing only one hit, Larry Gura pitched the Royals to a 3-0 victory over the Blue Jays. It was Gura's third shutout in five starts. Damaso Garcia led off the seventh inning with a double to wreck Gura's no-hit bid. Loser Jesse Jefferson also flirted with a no-hitter for 6 1/3 innings before giving up a single by Hal McRae. The Royals broke up the scoreless duel in the eighth when John Wathan singled and, after two out, Clint Hurdle homered. McRae added a round-tripper in the ninth for an insurance run. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 3, Toronto Blue Jays 0

Game Played on Wednesday, April 30, 1980 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 4 0 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Griffin ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .243 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .206 McRae dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .275 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .197 Velez dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Detherage pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Howell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Wathan c 3 1 1 0 0 1 .405 Bonnell rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Quirk 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Garcia 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .241 LaCock lf,1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Bailor lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .125 Hurdle rf 3 1 1 2 0 0 .275 Davis c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Washington ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .255 Ainge ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 3 4 3 2 2 Totals 28 0 1 0 1 2 Time of Game: 1:54 Attendance: 14,029 Left on Base: Royals 1, Blue Jays 2 DP: Royals 0, Blue Jays 1 Errors: Griffin Doubles: Garcia (7) Home Runs: Hurdle (3), McRae (3) Stolen Bases: Washington (3) Caught Stealing: Detherage (1) Sacrifice Hits: Quirk (1) GIDP: Aikens (3) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura W(3-1) 9 1 0 0 1 2 0 29 1.73 Totals 9 1 0 0 1 2 0 29 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jefferson L(0-1) 7.2 3 2 2 1 2 1 26 6.00 McLaughlin 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 6.17 Totals 9 4 3 3 2 2 2 31 Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Vic Voltaggio ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); White grounded out (first unassisted); McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied out to center; Bosetti flied out to center; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 2ND: Aikens struck out; Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); Quirk grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez struck out; Howell grounded out (first to pitcher); Bonnell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 3RD: LaCock flied out to left; Hurdle flied out to center; Washington lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Garcia grounded out (third to first); Bailor popped to second; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 4TH: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); White reached on an error by Griffin [White to first]; White was picked off first (pitcher to first); McRae popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Griffin lined to shortstop; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); Mayberry flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 5TH: Aikens grounded out (second to first); Wathan struck out; Quirk grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell grounded out (third to first); Bonnell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 6TH: LaCock flied out to center; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington walked; Washington stole second; Wilson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Garcia doubled to left; Bailor walked; Davis reached on a fielder's choice [Garcia out at third (pitcher to third), Bailor to second]; Griffin flied out to center; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 7TH: White flied out to left; McRae singled to left; Aikens grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [McRae out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry lined to center; Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 8TH: Wathan singled to right; Quirk out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Wathan to second]; LaCock grounded out (first unassisted) [Wathan to third]; Hurdle homered [Wathan scored]; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Washington grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Bonnell flied out to center; Garcia flied out to left; Bailor flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 9TH: Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); White flied out to center; McRae homered; Aikens walked; DETHERAGE RAN FOR AIKENS; Detherage was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 9TH: DETHERAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LACOCK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); AINGE BATTED FOR DAVIS; Ainge popped to first in foul territory; Griffin grounded out (third to first); Bosetti popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Blue Jays 0.

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