Rallying for two runs in the ninth inning, the Blue Jays gained a 5-4 victory over the Royals, who lost their fourth straight game. Dave McKay and Al Woods sparked the rally with singles. After Rick Cerone sacrificed, McKay scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly by Otto Velez. Rick Bosetti then singled to drive in Woods with the winning run. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 5, Kansas City Royals 4

Game Played on Friday, August 4, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Blue Jays 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 - 5 12 0 Royals 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 - 4 8 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosetti cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .269 Patek ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .276 Bailor rf,ss,rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .261 McRae dh 4 2 1 0 1 0 .269 Howell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 3 .285 LaCock 1b 5 2 3 0 0 0 .317 Carty dh 4 0 2 2 0 0 .277 Porter c 4 0 2 2 1 1 .274 Upshaw pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Hurdle lf 3 0 1 2 1 1 .263 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Cowens cf,rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .253 McKay 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .236 Poquette rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .218 A. Woods lf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .216 Wilson pr,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Cerone c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Quirk 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Gomez ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .215 Terrell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Velez ph,rf 0 0 0 1 0 0 .301 Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Johnson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Washington pr,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 5 12 5 0 4 Totals 34 4 8 4 6 4 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 35,064 Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, Royals 9 DP: Blue Jays 1, Royals 1 Doubles: Porter (21), LaCock (8) Triples: A. Woods (1), Howell (3) Stolen Bases: Wilson (34) Caught Stealing: Gomez (8) Sacrifice Hits: Cerone 2 (3) Sacrifice Flies: Velez (1) GIDP: Terrell (2) Hit by Pitch: Velez (2,by Splittorff) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jefferson 6.1 8 4 4 6 3 0 32 4.16 Cruz W(3-0) 2.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.74 Totals 9 8 4 4 6 4 0 40 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff 6.1 8 3 3 0 2 0 27 3.18 Hrabosky L(4-5) 2.2 4 2 2 0 2 0 11 2.88 Totals 9 12 5 5 0 4 0 38 Hit by Pitch: Splittorff (2) Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled to left; Bailor singled to center [Bosetti to third]; Howell was called out on strikes; Carty singled to left [Bosetti scored, Bailor to second]; Mayberry popped to third; McKay forced Carty (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae walked; LaCock singled to left [McRae to second]; Porter singled to left [McRae to third, LaCock to second]; Hurdle walked [McRae scored, LaCock to third, Porter to second]; Cowens struck out; Poquette flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: A. Woods flied out to left; Cerone grounded out (third to first); Gomez singled to left; Gomez was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 2ND: Quirk singled to center; Terrell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Quirk out at second]; Patek walked; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bosetti flied out to right; Bailor grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: LaCock lined to left; Porter struck out; Hurdle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty grounded out (second to first); Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; McKay singled to left; A. Woods tripled to right [McKay scored]; Cerone grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Cowens lined to right; Poquette flied out to left; Quirk lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Royals 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez flied out to center; Bosetti flied out to right; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: Terrell grounded out (third to first); Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae singled to right; LaCock singled to center [McRae to second]; Porter doubled to left [McRae scored, LaCock scored]; Hurdle lined to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Royals 3. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell tripled to left; Carty grounded out (second to first) [Howell scored]; Mayberry lined to left; McKay flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 3. ROYALS 6TH: Cowens flied out to left; Poquette walked; WILSON RAN FOR POQUETTE; Wilson stole second; Quirk walked; BRAUN BATTED FOR TERRELL; Braun forced Quirk (second to shortstop) [Wilson to third]; WASHINGTON RAN FOR BRAUN; Patek grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 3. BLUE JAYS 7TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); COWENS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); A. Woods singled to center; Cerone out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [A. Woods to second]; VELEZ BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Velez was hit by a pitch; HRABOSKY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Bosetti lined to center [A. Woods to third]; Bailor struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 3. ROYALS 7TH: VELEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BAILOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); McRae popped to third; LaCock doubled to right; Porter was walked intentionally; Hurdle singled to center [LaCock scored, Porter to third, Hurdle to second (on throw to home)]; CRUZ REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Cowens reached on a fielder's choice [Porter out at home (pitcher to third)]; Wilson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 4. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Howell was called out on strikes; Carty singled to left; UPSHAW RAN FOR CARTY; Mayberry flied into a double play (second to first) [Upshaw out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 4. ROYALS 8TH: UPSHAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Quirk popped to shortstop; Washington flied out to left; Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 4. BLUE JAYS 9TH: McKay singled to right; A. Woods singled to left [McKay to second]; Cerone out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [McKay to third, A. Woods to second]; Velez hit a sacrifice fly to center [McKay scored, A. Woods to third]; Bosetti singled to left [A. Woods scored]; Bailor forced Bosetti (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Royals 4. ROYALS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING SS); BAILOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); McRae lined to right; LaCock flied out to left; Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Royals 4.

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