A homer and triple by Rick Cerone, plus a homer by Otto Velez and triple by Bob Bailor, paced the Blue Jays to a 5-2 victory over the Royals. After the Royals took a 2-0 lead, the Jays jumped on Paul Splittorff for three runs in the second inning on a single by Al Woods, Cerone's triple, a sacrifice fly by Luis Gomez, pass to Rick Bosetti and Bailor's triple. Velez homered in the third and Cerone connected for the circuit in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 5, Kansas City Royals 2

Game Played on Saturday, August 12, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

Royals 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 Blue Jays 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 x - 5 12 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Poquette rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .208 Bosetti cf 3 1 2 0 2 0 .273 McRae dh 4 1 1 0 1 0 .280 Bailor rf 5 0 4 1 0 0 .266 LaCock 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .325 Howell 3b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .279 Cowens cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .274 Velez dh 5 1 1 1 0 2 .298 Hurdle lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .260 Porter c 2 1 1 0 2 0 .266 McKay 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .238 Quirk 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .100 A. Woods lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .240 Patek ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .278 Cerone c 4 2 2 2 0 0 .229 Washington 2b 3 0 1 0 1 2 .284 Gomez ss 1 0 0 1 0 0 .219 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carty ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283 McGilberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 8 2 5 5 Totals 31 5 12 5 7 3 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 23,132 Left on Base: Royals 9, Blue Jays 11 DP: Royals 2, Blue Jays 2 Triples: Cerone (2), Bailor (4) Home Runs: Velez (5), Cerone (2) Stolen Bases: Cowens (10) Caught Stealing: Johnson (1) Sacrifice Hits: McKay (8) Sacrifice Flies: Poquette (6), Gomez (3) GIDP: Hurdle (4), A. Woods (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff L(13-10) 3.2 8 4 4 3 2 1 21 3.35 McGilberry 4.1 4 1 1 4 1 1 19 6.30 Totals 8 12 5 5 7 3 2 40 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clancy W(9-9) 9 8 2 2 5 5 0 38 4.04 Totals 9 8 2 2 5 5 0 38 Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller ROYALS 1ST: Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae singled to left; LaCock singled to left [McRae to second]; Cowens singled to right [McRae scored, LaCock to second]; Hurdle lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [LaCock out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled to center; Bailor singled to center [Bosetti to third, Bailor to second (on throw to 3b)]; Howell grounded out (third to first); Velez was called out on strikes; Mayberry flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter singled to center; Quirk grounded out (second to first) [Porter to second]; Patek walked; Washington singled to left [Porter to third, Patek to second]; Poquette hit a sacrifice fly to left [Porter scored, Patek to third]; McRae grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: McKay grounded out (third to first); A. Woods singled to shortstop; Cerone tripled to right [A. Woods scored]; Gomez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cerone scored]; Bosetti walked; Bailor tripled to right [Bosetti scored]; Howell flied out to right; Blue Jays Manager Roy Hartsfield ejected by HP umpire Ron Luciano sometime in third; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 3. ROYALS 3RD: LaCock singled to center; Cowens forced LaCock (second to shortstop); Cowens stole second; Hurdle struck out; Porter walked; Quirk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Velez homered; Mayberry struck out; McKay walked; A. Woods grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [McKay out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 4. ROYALS 4TH: Patek struck out; Washington was called out on strikes; Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Cerone grounded out (third to first); Gomez flied out to right; Bosetti singled to center; Bailor singled to right [Bosetti to third]; Howell walked [Bailor to second]; MCGILBERRY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Velez popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 4. ROYALS 5TH: McRae walked; LaCock flied out to center; Cowens singled to right [McRae to second]; Hurdle grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cowens out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry walked; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Mayberry to second]; A. Woods was walked intentionally; Cerone lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 4. ROYALS 6TH: Porter walked; Quirk flied out to left; Patek singled to right [Porter to second]; Washington struck out; Poquette flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 6TH: CARTY BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Carty flied out to center; Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor singled to center; Howell walked [Bailor to second]; Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 4. ROYALS 7TH: JOHNSON REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING SS); McRae grounded out (third to first); LaCock flied out to right; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); McKay grounded out (second to first); A. Woods popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 4. ROYALS 8TH: Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Porter grounded out (second to first); Quirk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Cerone homered; Johnson singled to center; Johnson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Bosetti walked; Bailor forced Bosetti (second to shortstop); Howell singled to center [Bailor to second]; Velez was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 5. ROYALS 9TH: Patek lined to left; Washington walked; Poquette forced Washington (second to shortstop); McRae forced Poquette (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 5.

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