Daring baserunning gave the Blue Jays a 3-2, 10-inning triumph over the Royals. The score was 2-2 going into the bottom of the 10th when Bob Bailor opened by drawing a base on balls and moving to second on a single by Rico Carty. Otto Velez then grounded to third baseman Jamie Quirk, who tossed to second baseman U.L. Washington for a forceout on Carty. Bailor, after reaching third, kept running and scored ahead of Washington's throw to the plate. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 3, Kansas City Royals 2

Game Played on Sunday, August 13, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 9 1 Blue Jays 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 11 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 3 0 2 0 1 0 .282 Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .270 Zdeb lf,rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .261 Bailor rf 5 1 4 1 0 0 .272 McRae dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Howell 3b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .277 Cowens rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .277 Carty dh 5 0 2 0 0 1 .284 Wilson pr,lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .224 Velez lf 4 0 0 1 1 2 .290 Otis cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Ault 1b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .197 Wathan c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .287 Upshaw pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Porter ph,c 1 0 0 1 0 0 .265 Johnson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 LaCock 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .318 McKay 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Terrell 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .186 Ashby c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .259 Braun ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Gomez ss 3 2 3 0 0 0 .227 White ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Mayberry ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Quirk 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Washington 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .286 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 2 9 2 3 5 Totals 34 3 11 3 4 5 Time of Game: 2:48 Attendance: 30,270 Left on Base: Royals 9, Blue Jays 9 DP: Royals 2, Blue Jays 2 Errors: Terrell, Ault Doubles: Patek (18) Home Runs: Cowens (4) Stolen Bases: Zdeb (3), McRae (13), Patek (33), Gomez (2) Caught Stealing: Washington (6), Patek (7) Sacrifice Hits: Patek (9), Ault (1), McKay (9) Sacrifice Flies: Howell (1) GIDP: Terrell (4), Ashby (6) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura 8.1 9 2 2 4 5 0 35 2.55 Hrabosky L(5-6) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 2.89 Totals 9.2 11 3 3 4 5 0 41 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood 7 8 2 1 3 2 1 31 4.33 Cruz 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.91 Willis W(2-5) 2.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 5.57 Totals 10 9 2 1 3 5 1 41 Passed Balls: Ashby 2 (11) Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ron Luciano ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to left; Zdeb forced Patek (third to second); Zdeb stole second; McRae reached on an error by Ault [Zdeb to third]; Cowens struck out; McRae stole second; Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti was called out on strikes; Bailor singled to left; Howell flied out to center; Carty singled to right [Bailor to third]; Velez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 2ND: Wathan flied to right in foul territory; LaCock struck out; Terrell singled to center; Washington flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ault singled to left; McKay flied out to center; Ashby grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ault out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek popped to first in foul territory; Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez singled to right; Bosetti popped to shortstop; Bailor singled to left [Gomez to third]; Howell hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gomez scored]; Carty struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1. ROYALS 4TH: Cowens popped to first; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan singled to left; LaCock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Velez walked; Ault out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Velez to second]; McKay singled to center [Velez to third]; Ashby lined into a double play (first unassisted) [McKay out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1. ROYALS 5TH: Terrell lined to right; Washington walked; Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Patek walked; Patek stole second; Ashby allowed a passed ball [Patek to third]; Zdeb walked; McRae flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez singled to center; Bosetti forced Gomez (pitcher to shortstop); Bailor flied out to center; Howell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 1. ROYALS 6TH: Cowens homered; Otis singled to center; Wathan singled to center [Otis to second]; LaCock flied out to left; Terrell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Wathan out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Carty popped to catcher in foul territory; Velez flied out to center; Ault reached on an error by Terrell [Ault out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 1. ROYALS 7TH: Washington singled to left; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Washington to second]; Zdeb grounded out (third to first); McRae lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: McKay popped to catcher in foul territory; Ashby struck out; Gomez singled to left; Gomez stole second; Bosetti walked; Bailor singled to left [Gomez scored, Bosetti out at third (left to third to second to shortstop)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 2. ROYALS 8TH: Cowens singled to left; CRUZ REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); WILSON RAN FOR COWENS; Ashby allowed a passed ball [Wilson to second]; Otis grounded out (second to first) [Wilson to third]; PORTER BATTED FOR WATHAN; Porter reached on a fielder's choice [Wilson scored (unearned)]; LaCock popped to shortstop; BRAUN BATTED FOR TERRELL; WILLIS REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); WHITE BATTED FOR BRAUN; White struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: ZDEB CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PORTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); QUIRK REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING 3B); Howell popped to shortstop; Carty popped to catcher; Velez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 2. ROYALS 9TH: Washington struck out; Patek doubled to left; Zdeb struck out while Patek was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Ault walked; UPSHAW RAN FOR AULT; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Upshaw to second]; Ashby walked; HRABOSKY REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); MAYBERRY BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Mayberry flied out to center; Bosetti popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 2. ROYALS 10TH: JOHNSON REPLACED UPSHAW (PLAYING SS); MAYBERRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); McRae grounded out (third to first); Wilson popped to first in foul territory; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 10TH: Bailor singled to right; Howell flied out to left; Carty singled to left [Bailor to second]; Velez forced Carty (third to second) [Bailor scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Blue Jays 3.

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