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Toronto Blue Jays 4 Kansas City Royals 7

April 7,1979

Visiting Team

Toronto Blue Jays (0-2)

Home Team

Kansas City Royals (2-0)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Kauffman Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

21,850

Time of Game

2:23

Umpires

[HP]: Harold Easley [1B]: Larry Zirbel [2B]: John Shulock [3B]: Bob Jones

Toronto Blue Jays 4 Kansas City Royals 7

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**Debut for umpire Bob Jones**
3rd inning: OA.3XH(25165);2-3 **the pitch bounced away from Cerone**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	0-2		0	0	1		0	0	0		0	2	1			4	8	2		7	14	19	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Kansas City Royals	KCA	2-0		2	0	2		0	0	1		0	2	x			7	11	0		1	5	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Toronto Blue Jays - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Alfredo Griffin	ss	21.183	B	4	1	2	1		0	0	.250		2	33
2	Bob Bailor	rf	27.271	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.222		2	292
3	Rick Bosetti	cf	25.245	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.000		2	192
4	Rico Carty	dh	39.218	R	3	1	2	0		1	0	.667		2	1493
5	Otto Velez	lf	28.129	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.000		1	316
6	John Mayberry	1b	30.048	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.625		2	1153
7	Roy Howell	3b	25.110	L	3	0	0	0		1	1	.000		2	523
8	Rick Cerone	c	24.323	R	4	1	1	2		0	0	.143		2	134
9	Dave McKay	2b	29.024	B	3	1	1	0		0	0	.143		2	319
	Al Woods	ph	25.242	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		2	186
Totals

Errors: Alfredo Griffin 2

2B: Alfredo Griffin (1), John Mayberry (2)

3B: Bob Bailor (1)

HR: Rick Cerone (1)

RBI: Alfredo Griffin (1), Bob Bailor (1), Rick Cerone 2 (2)

GDP: Otto Velez (1)

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	George Brett	3b	25.327	L	4	1	1	0		0	1	.222		2	733
2	Hal McRae	dh	33.271	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.250		2	1095
3	Amos Otis	cf	31.346	R	4	1	2	2		0	1	.429		2	1379
4	Darrell Porter	c	27.080	L	4	1	2	2		0	1	.571		2	818
5	Pete LaCock	1b	27.080	L	4	1	1	0		0	1	.200		2	471
6	Clint Hurdle	lf	21.251	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.200		2	144
	Willie Wilson	lf	23.272	B	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000		2	154
7	Al Cowens	rf	27.164	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.125		2	678
8	Frank White	2b	28.215	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.125		2	710
9	Freddie Patek	ss	34.180	R	3	1	1	1		1	0	.714		2	1420
Totals

2B: Amos Otis (1), Darrell Porter (2), Clint Hurdle (1)

HR: Amos Otis (1)

RBI: Amos Otis 2 (3), Darrell Porter 2 (5), Al Cowens (1), Frank White (1), Freddie Patek (2)

SH: Willie Wilson (1)

CS: Freddie Patek (1)

Toronto Blue Jays - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Clancy	R	L 0-1	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	1		6.00	1.50		1	45
2	Jesse Jefferson	R		2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0		9.00	2.00		1	148
Totals				0.0

WP: Jim Clancy (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Clancy (0-0-0), Jesse Jefferson (0-0-0)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Gura	L	W 1-0	7.2	6	3	3	1	2	1		3.52	0.91		1	196
2	George Throop	R		1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0		9.00	3.00		1	13
3	Al Hrabosky	L	SV 1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.00	0.00		1	388
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Gura (0-0-0), George Throop (0-0-0), Al Hrabosky (0-0-0)