George Brett stroked three singles, extending his batting streak to 28 games, and Larry Gura continued his mastery of the Blue Jays with seven innings of pitching in the Royals' 11-5 victory. Gura raised his career record against the Blue Jays to 9-0 and posted his 17th victory of the season. Brett hit a sacrifice fly for the Royals' initial run in the first inning and then collected his three hits before striking out in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 11, Toronto Blue Jays 5
Game Played on Saturday, August    16, 1980 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  2  -   5 14  1
Royals       1  4  0    3  0  1    2  0  x  -  11 17  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            5   1   1   0     0   1   .246      Wilson cf             5   2   2   0     0   0   .333
Bailor rf,p           4   1   3   0     0   0   .208        LaCock lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .191
  Barlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wathan lf             3   1   1   3     0   0   .312
  Schrom p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Torres lf,cf        2   0   0   1     0   0   .176
  Braun ph            1   1   1   1     0   0   .189      G. Brett 3b           4   2   3   2     0   1   .394
Mayberry 1b           5   1   2   3     0   1   .236      Porter c              4   1   2   0     1   0   .284
Velez dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Aikens 1b             5   0   1   1     0   0   .282
  Moseby rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .221      McRae dh              5   1   2   2     0   0   .308
Garcia 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Hurdle rf             4   2   3   1     0   0   .306
Howell 3b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .263      White 2b              2   0   1   0     0   0   .264
Iorg lf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .242        Mulliniks 2b        2   1   1   1     0   0   .192
Ainge cf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .302      Washington ss         3   1   1   0     1   0   .266
Davis c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .235      Gura p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kucek p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garvin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   5  14   5     0   2             Totals               39  11  17  11     2   1

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 39,631
Left on Base: Blue Jays 8, Royals 7
DP: Blue Jays 1, Royals 0
Errors: Ainge
Doubles: Mayberry (13), Braun (1), Wilson (23), McRae (29), Hurdle (24), Mulliniks (1)
Home Runs: Wathan (4)
Stolen Bases: Bailor (8), Wilson (49)
Sacrifice Flies: G. Brett (4)
GIDP: McRae (8)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kucek L(3-5)            1.2   6   5   5   0   0   1  11   7.89
Garvin                  1.2   5   3   3   1   0   0  11   2.70
McLaughlin              2.2   4   1   1   0   0   0  11   4.70
Bailor                  0     2   2   2   1   0   0   3   7.71
Barlow                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.53
Schrom                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8    17  11  11   2   1   1  42

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gura W(17-5)            7    10   3   3   0   2   0  30   2.21
Pattin                  2     4   2   2   0   0   0  10   3.80
Totals                  9    14   5   5   0   2   0  40

Wild Pitches: Pattin (1)

Umpires: HP - Dallas Parks, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Rick Reed, 3B - George Maloney


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Bailor
singled to third; Mayberry struck out; Bailor stole second;
Velez popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to left; Wilson stole second; Wathan
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wilson to third]; G. Brett
lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Wilson scored]; Porter
singled to center; Aikens lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Blue Jays 0, Royals 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Garcia popped to second; Howell popped to
catcher; Iorg singled to center; Ainge flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae singled to center [McRae to third (error by
Ainge)]; Hurdle singled to right [McRae scored]; White popped to
third in foul territory; Washington singled to left [Hurdle to
second]; Wilson flied out to center; Wathan homered [Hurdle
scored, Washington scored]; GARVIN REPLACED KUCEK (PITCHING); G.
Brett singled to right; Porter popped to shortstop; 4 R, 5 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 5.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Davis lined to center; Griffin grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bailor lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 5.

ROYALS 3RD: Aikens grounded out (second to first); McRae
grounded out (second to first); Hurdle singled to right; White
singled to left [Hurdle to second]; Washington flied out to
right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 5.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: MULLINIKS REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING 2B); Mayberry
popped to shortstop; Velez flied out to right; Garcia popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Royals 5.

ROYALS 4TH: Wilson doubled to right; Wathan grounded out (second
to first) [Wilson to third]; G. Brett singled to center [Wilson
scored]; Porter walked [G. Brett to second]; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED
GARVIN (PITCHING); Aikens lined to center [G. Brett to third];
McRae doubled to right [G. Brett scored, Porter scored]; Hurdle
grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Royals 8.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Howell lined to right; Iorg grounded out
(shortstop to first); Ainge singled to left; Davis grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 8.

ROYALS 5TH: Mulliniks grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington flied out to center; Wilson flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Royals 8.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: TORRES REPLACED WATHAN (PLAYING LF); Griffin
singled to left; Bailor singled to left [Griffin to second];
Mayberry doubled to right [Griffin scored, Bailor scored]; Velez
grounded out (third to first); Garcia lined to first; Howell
singled to right [Mayberry scored]; Iorg singled to left [Howell
to second]; On a bunt Ainge grounded out (pitcher to first); 3
R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Royals 8.

ROYALS 6TH: Torres grounded out (second to first); G. Brett
singled to right; Porter singled to right [G. Brett to third];
Aikens singled to left [G. Brett scored, Porter to second];
McRae grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Aikens out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3,
Royals 9.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Davis singled to left; Griffin struck out; Bailor
singled to right [Davis out at third (right to third)]; Mayberry
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays
3, Royals 9.

ROYALS 7TH: BAILOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); MOSEBY REPLACED
VELEZ (PLAYING RF); Hurdle doubled to right; Mulliniks doubled
to right [Hurdle scored]; Washington walked; BARLOW REPLACED
BAILOR (PITCHING); Wilson forced Washington (pitcher to
shortstop) [Mulliniks to third]; Torres forced Wilson (first to
shortstop) [Mulliniks scored]; G. Brett struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Royals 11.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: PATTIN REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Moseby lined to
center; Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell singled
to center; Iorg forced Howell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Royals 11.

ROYALS 8TH: SCHROM REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING); Porter flied out
to left; Aikens flied out to center; McRae grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Royals 11.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED WILSON (PLAYING LF); TORRES
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Ainge singled to left; Davis
forced Ainge (shortstop to second); Griffin flied out to center;
BRAUN BATTED FOR SCHROM; Braun doubled to right [Davis scored];
Mayberry singled to right [Braun scored]; Pattin threw a wild
pitch [Mayberry to second]; Moseby popped to third in foul
territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Royals 11.