A single by Rick Cerone with the bases loaded in the seventh inning drove in two runs and brought the Blue Jays an 8-6 victory over the Royals. A homer by Rico Carty sparked a five-run outburst by the Jays in the second. The Royals tied the score at 5-5, fell behind again and then drew even with a homer by Hal McRae in the seventh.

However, in the Blue Jays' eighth, John Mayberry walked and stopped at second on a single by Al Woods. Roy Howell bunted and all runners were safe on a late throw to third. After Dave McKay struck out, Cerone rapped his deciding single. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 8, Kansas City Royals 6

Game Played on Saturday, April 14, 1979 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Royals 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 6 12 3 Blue Jays 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 x - 8 10 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brett 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .393 Griffin ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .115 McRae dh 4 3 2 1 1 0 .308 Bailor rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .290 Otis cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .370 Bosetti cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .231 Porter c 3 1 1 2 0 0 .348 Carty dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 .292 LaCock 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .286 Mayberry 1b 2 2 2 0 2 0 .458 Hurdle lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .118 Wilborn pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilson pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Velez 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cowens rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .167 Woods lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .364 White 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .167 Howell 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .211 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .417 McKay 2b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .391 Braun ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Cerone c 4 1 1 2 0 0 .292 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lemongello p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Freisleben p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 12 6 3 1 Totals 36 8 10 7 3 3 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 11,683 Left on Base: Royals 5, Blue Jays 7 DP: Royals 0, Blue Jays 2 Errors: Porter, Patek, Mingori, Cerone Doubles: Brett (4), McRae (3), LaCock (3), Mayberry (3), McKay (2), Bailor (1), Woods (3) Home Runs: Cowens (1), McRae (1), Carty (2) Stolen Bases: Otis (2), White (2) Caught Stealing: Brett (1) Sacrifice Flies: Porter (1) GIDP: Cowens (2), Brett (1) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard L(1-1) 7 7 7 5 3 1 1 32 3.46 Mingori 0.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 5.40 Rodriguez 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00 Totals 8 10 8 6 3 3 1 39 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemongello 7 11 6 6 3 0 2 33 8.74 Freisleben W(1-0) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0.00 Totals 9 12 6 6 3 1 2 38 Umpires: HP - Joe Sawchuk, 1B - Alan Contant, 2B - Rich Panas, 3B - Dick Nelson ROYALS 1ST: Brett lined to left; McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis singled to right; Otis stole second; Porter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Bailor grounded out (second to first); Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Blue Jays 0. ROYALS 2ND: LaCock grounded out (shortstop to first); Hurdle flied out to left; Cowens homered; White flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty homered; Mayberry doubled to right; Woods flied out to right [Mayberry to third]; Howell walked; McKay doubled to left [Mayberry scored, Howell scored]; Cerone reached on an error by Patek [McKay scored (error by Porter; assist by Hurdle) (unearned) (no RBI), Cerone to third]; Griffin flied out to left; Bailor doubled to right [Cerone scored (unearned)]; Bosetti singled to left [Bailor to third, Bosetti to second (on throw to home)]; Carty was called out on strikes; 5 R (3 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Blue Jays 5. ROYALS 3RD: Patek popped to second; Brett doubled to right; McRae walked; Otis forced Brett (third unassisted) [McRae to second]; Porter singled to left [McRae scored, Otis to second]; LaCock singled to center [Otis to third, Porter to second]; Hurdle walked [Otis scored, Porter to third, LaCock to second]; Cowens singled to right [Porter scored, LaCock out at home (right to catcher), Hurdle to second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Mayberry singled to right; Woods flied out to left; Howell grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Mayberry to second]; McKay popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 5. ROYALS 4TH: White flied out to left; Patek popped to first; Brett walked; Brett was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Cerone flied out to center; Griffin grounded out (second to first); Bailor grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Blue Jays 5. ROYALS 5TH: McRae doubled to left; Otis flied out to right [McRae to third]; Porter hit a sacrifice fly to right [McRae scored]; LaCock doubled to left; Hurdle popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); Carty flied out to center; Mayberry walked; Woods doubled to center [Mayberry scored]; Howell flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 6. ROYALS 6TH: Cowens flied out to center; White singled to center; Patek flied out to right; White stole second [White to third (error by Cerone)]; Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 6TH: McKay flied out to right; Cerone lined to right; Griffin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Blue Jays 6. ROYALS 7TH: McRae homered; Otis flied out to center; Porter grounded out (first to pitcher); LaCock grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor popped to first in foul territory; Bosetti grounded out (second to first); Carty popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Blue Jays 6. ROYALS 8TH: Hurdle singled to right; FREISLEBEN REPLACED LEMONGELLO (PITCHING); WILSON RAN FOR HURDLE; Cowens grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Wilson out at second]; White struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Mayberry walked; MINGORI REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); WILBORN RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Woods singled to right [Wilborn to second]; Howell reached on a fielder's choice [Wilborn to third (error by Mingori), Woods to second]; McKay struck out; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Cerone singled to center [Wilborn scored, Woods scored, Howell to second]; Griffin singled to right [Howell to third, Cerone to second]; Bailor flied out to left; Bosetti struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 6, Blue Jays 8. ROYALS 9TH: VELEZ REPLACED WILBORN (PLAYING 1B); BRAUN BATTED FOR PATEK; Braun singled to left; Brett grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Braun out at second]; McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Blue Jays 8.

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