Hal McRae collected four hits and U.L. Washington, Amos Otis and Al Cowens had three apiece as the Royals snapped their four-game losing streak by defeating the Blue Jays, 5-3. The Royals took a 3-0 lead before the Blue Jays counted in the eighth inning on a double by Bob Bailor, single by Rico Carty and groundout by John Mayberry.

The Royals then put over what proved to be the deciding pair in the home half when Washington doubled, McRae singled and Otis doubled. Larry Gura gained his ninth victory for a personal season high with relief assistance of Marty Pattin and Steve Mingori in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Game Played on Saturday, August 5, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 11 1 Royals 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 x - 5 14 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosetti cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Washington ss 4 2 3 1 1 0 .291 Upshaw ph,cf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .251 McRae dh 5 1 4 1 0 0 .276 Ewing rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .205 LaCock 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Bailor rf,cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .261 Otis cf 3 0 3 1 2 0 .274 Howell 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .281 Porter c 4 0 0 0 1 2 .270 Carty dh 4 0 3 0 0 0 .282 Hurdle lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Mayberry 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .254 Wilson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 McKay 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Cowens rf 4 1 3 0 0 1 .260 A. Woods lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .218 Quirk 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .286 Cerone c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .214 Terrell 2b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .175 Gomez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .216 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ault ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .161 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 3 11 3 1 5 Totals 36 5 14 4 4 5 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 34,179 Left on Base: Blue Jays 9, Royals 12 DP: Blue Jays 1, Royals 0 Errors: Cerone, Quirk Doubles: Mayberry (12), Gomez (5), Bailor (22), A. Woods (4), Cerone (6), Cowens (13), Otis 2 (21), Quirk (1), Washington (1) Stolen Bases: Terrell 2 (5) Caught Stealing: McKay (2) Sacrifice Hits: Terrell (4) GIDP: LaCock (6) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk L(4-13) 5.2 10 3 3 3 2 0 29 5.98 Willis 2 4 2 2 1 2 0 11 5.76 Murphy 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4.35 Totals 8 14 5 5 4 5 0 41 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura W(9-2) 8 10 3 3 1 5 0 35 2.76 Pattin 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.07 Mingori SV(6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.91 Totals 9 11 3 3 1 5 0 39 Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Rich Garcia BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti flied out to right; Bailor reached on an error by Quirk; Howell struck out; Carty singled to left [Bailor to second]; Mayberry flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Washington grounded out (second to first); McRae singled to right; LaCock flied out to left; Otis walked [McRae to second]; Porter walked [McRae to third, Otis to second]; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: McKay singled to left; McKay was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); A. Woods was called out on strikes; Cerone flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens doubled to left; Quirk grounded out (shortstop to first); Terrell reached on a fielder's choice [Cowens out at home (error by Cerone) (second to catcher)]; Terrell stole second; Terrell stole third; Washington walked; McRae flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti popped to catcher in foul territory; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: LaCock grounded out (first to pitcher); Otis singled to center; Porter lined to left; Hurdle flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell flied out to center; Carty singled to left; Mayberry singled to right [Carty to second]; McKay popped to first in foul territory; A. Woods popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Cowens was called out on strikes; Quirk lined to left; Terrell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone popped to second; On a bunt Gomez made an out to catcher; Luis Gomez called for interference for running into his own bunt; UPSHAW BATTED FOR BOSETTI; Upshaw walked; Bailor lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: UPSHAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Washington singled to right; McRae singled to left [Washington to third]; LaCock grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Washington scored, McRae out at second]; Otis doubled to left; Porter struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell was called out on strikes; Carty grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry doubled to right; McKay popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Cowens singled to center; Quirk doubled to left [Cowens to third]; Terrell out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Cowens scored, Quirk to third]; Washington singled to center [Quirk scored]; McRae singled to right [Washington to second]; WILLIS REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); LaCock lined to second; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 3. BLUE JAYS 7TH: A. Woods struck out; Cerone flied out to center; Gomez doubled to left; Upshaw struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 3. ROYALS 7TH: Otis walked; Porter forced Otis (pitcher to shortstop); Hurdle flied out to right; Cowens singled to right [Porter to third]; Quirk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Royals 3. BLUE JAYS 8TH: WILSON REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING LF); Bailor doubled to left; Howell flied out to left; Carty singled to left [Bailor to third]; Mayberry grounded out (second to first) [Bailor scored, Carty to second]; McKay grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 8TH: EWING REPLACED UPSHAW (PLAYING RF); BAILOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Terrell struck out; Washington doubled to left; McRae singled to center [Washington scored]; LaCock flied out to center; Otis doubled to left [McRae scored]; MURPHY REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Porter struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Royals 5. BLUE JAYS 9TH: A. Woods doubled to center; Cerone doubled to right [A. Woods scored]; PATTIN REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); AULT BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Ault flied out to center; Ewing singled to right [Cerone scored]; Bailor flied out to center; MINGORI REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Royals 5.

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