The Royals made it eight straight wins as Amos Otis swatted a grand-slam homer in the first inning to trigger a 5-0 whitewash of the Blue Jays. Paul Splittorff tossed a five-hitter, struck out four and walked none to gain his third victory of the campaign.

Willie Wilson and Hal McRae opened the game with back-to-back singles and executed a double steal. With two out, Darrell Porter received an intentional walk to load the bases and Otis then belted a 2-2 pitch into the left-center seats. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 5, Toronto Blue Jays 0

Game Played on Tuesday, April 18, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Royals 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 2 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .207 Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 McRae dh 5 1 1 0 0 2 .281 Bailor rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .429 Brett 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .235 Howell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .316 Cowens rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .345 Carty dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Porter c 3 1 1 1 1 0 .367 Ault lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .500 Otis cf 4 1 1 4 0 1 .286 Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .206 Hurdle 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Cerone c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .231 LaCock 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McKay 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Patek ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 .259 Gomez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .111 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 5 9 5 1 9 Totals 32 0 5 0 0 4 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 10,218 Left on Base: Royals 6, Blue Jays 5 DP: Royals 2, Blue Jays 0 Errors: Brett, Patek, Howell Doubles: Hurdle (1), Patek (3) Home Runs: Otis (2) Stolen Bases: Wilson (4), McRae (2), Patek (2), Brett (2) GIDP: Gomez (1) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(3-0) 9 5 0 0 0 4 0 32 1.11 Totals 9 5 0 0 0 4 0 32 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk L(0-3) 2.1 6 5 5 1 1 1 14 9.64 Kirkwood 3.2 2 0 0 0 5 0 13 2.89 Willis 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 11 4.70 Totals 9 9 5 5 1 9 1 38 Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Nestor Chylak ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to center; McRae singled to left [Wilson to second]; Brett struck out; Wilson stole third and McRae stole second; Cowens popped to catcher in foul territory; Porter was walked intentionally; Otis homered [Wilson scored, McRae scored, Porter scored]; Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti struck out; Bailor grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 2ND: Patek singled to left; Patek stole second; White grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson grounded out (second to first); McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty grounded out (third to first); Ault struck out; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 3RD: Brett singled; Brett stole second; Cowens grounded out (third to first); Porter singled to center [Brett scored]; KIRKWOOD REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Otis was called out on strikes; Hurdle doubled to center [Porter to third]; Patek popped to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone singled to left; McKay lined to left; Gomez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cerone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 4TH: White flied out to left; Wilson was called out on strikes; McRae was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti reached on an error by Patek; Bailor grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bosetti to second]; Howell struck out; Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 5TH: Brett was called out on strikes; Cowens grounded out (second to first); Porter grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ault singled to left; Mayberry singled to left [Ault to third]; Cerone hit into a double play (third to second) [Ault out at home (second to catcher), Mayberry out at second]; McKay forced Cerone (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 6TH: Otis popped to second; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek doubled to left; White struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: LACOCK REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING 1B); Gomez popped to second; Bosetti popped to second; Bailor reached on an error by Brett [Bailor to second]; Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 7TH: WILLIS REPLACED KIRKWOOD (PITCHING); Wilson was called out on strikes; McRae struck out; Brett lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Ault singled to left; Mayberry flied out to right; Cerone popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 8TH: Cowens struck out; Porter popped to third; Otis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 8TH: McKay grounded out (third to first); Gomez grounded out (first unassisted); Bosetti flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 9TH: LaCock grounded out (pitcher to first); Patek singled to left; White popped to second in foul territory; Wilson reached on an error by Howell [Patek to second]; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bailor singled to right; Howell struck out; Carty flied out to right; Ault lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 0.

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