The Toronto Blue Jays came up just a bit short against the Kansas City Royals, 9 to 8, on August 11, 1978.

Final

Royals

63-49

9

Blue Jays

44-70

8

KCR

TOR

1

0

2

3

1

4

0

1

5

2

0

6

1

0

7

0

1

8

2

0

9

0

10

1

0

R

9

8

H

16

12

E

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

KCR

TOR

Rico Carty grounded out; Bob Bailor scored.

0

1

Single by John Mayberry; Roy Howell scored.

0

2

Top 2nd

KCR

TOR

Home run by Amos Otis; Al Cowens scored.

2

Bottom 2nd

KCR

TOR

Home run by Alan Ashby; Al Woods and Dave McKay scored.

2

5

Top 3rd

KCR

TOR

Single by Al Cowens; Joe Zdeb scored.

3

5

Bottom 3rd

KCR

TOR

Home run by Rico Carty.

3

6

Bottom 4th

KCR

TOR

Sacrifice hit by Rick Bosetti; Alan Ashby scored.

3

7

Top 5th

KCR

TOR

Sacrifice fly by Al Cowens; Clint Hurdle scored.

4

7

Sacrifice fly by Amos Otis; Hal McRae scored.

5

7

Top 6th

KCR

TOR

Sacrifice fly by Clint Hurdle; Ralph LaCock scored.

6

7

Bottom 7th

KCR

TOR

Home run by John Mayberry.

6

8

Top 8th

KCR

TOR

Home run by Clint Hurdle; Freddie Patek scored.

8

Top 10th

KCR

TOR

Single by Clint Hurdle; Freddie Patek scored.

9

8

Royals

Blue Jays

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Freddie Patek SS	4	2	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	1
Joe Zdeb LF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Clint Hurdle PH,LF	3	2	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	6
Hal McRae DH	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Al Cowens RF	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
Amos Otis CF	4	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	6
Willie Wilson CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Wathan C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Darrell Porter PH,C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ralph LaCock 1B	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jerry Terrell 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Braun PH,3B	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Frank White PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Quirk 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
U L Washington 2B	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Totals	40	9	16	9	2	5	5	1	1	24

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Leonard	2.1	7	6	6	1	1	2
Randy McGilberry	2.1	3	1	1	1	0	0
Steve Mingori	2.2	2	1	1	0	1	1
Marty Pattin	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Al Hrabosky (W)	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	10.0	12	8	8	3	3	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Rick Bosetti CF	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2
Bob Bailor RF	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Howell 3B	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Rico Carty DH	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4
Otto Velez PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
John Mayberry 1B	5	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	6
Al Woods LF	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
Dave McKay 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Alan Ashby C	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	6
Luis Gomez SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Ault PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tim Johnson PR,SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Cerone PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	38	8	12	8	3	3	3	1	25

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Balor Moore	2.1	5	3	3	2	1	1
Tom Murphy	3.0	5	3	2	2	1	0
Mike Willis	3.0	4	2	2	0	2	1
Victor Cruz (L)	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0
Totals	10.0	16	9	8	5	5	2

Explore

More Blue Jays Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Varsho

RBI

13

Varsho

AVG

.324

Turner

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Berríos

K

33

Kikuchi

ERA

1.23

Berríos

Team Rankings

HR

22

22nd

R

96

23rd

SO

211

19th

ERA

4.14

22nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Orioles	16	8	.667
Yankees	17	9	.654
Red Sox	14	12	.538	3.0
Blue Jays	13	13	.500	4.0
Rays	13	13	.500	4.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/26	LAD	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Sat 4/27	LAD	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Sun 4/28	LAD	@	TOR	1:37 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM

Last Game

Royals

16-10

2

Final

1

Blue Jays

13-13

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.374

Betts

.365

Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

40

Betts

39

Ohtani

37

Altuve

Run Leaders

27

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.477

Betts

.446

Contreras

.430

Soto

SLG Leaders

.678

Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

.649

Henderson

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

462.9

Betts

436.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

351

Betts

331

Cruz

319

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0