The Toronto Blue Jays handily defeated the Kansas City Royals, 5 to 2, on August 12, 1978.

1978 Toronto Blue Jays

Final

KCR

Royals

63-50

2

1

1

0

2

1

3

3

0

1

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

1

9

0

R

2

5

H

8

12

E

0

0

Top 1st

KCR

TOR

Royals

Single by Al Cowens; Hal McRae scored.

1

0

Top 2nd

KCR

TOR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Tom Poquette; Darrell Porter scored.

2

0

Bottom 2nd

KCR

TOR

Blue Jays

Triple by Rick Cerone; Al Woods scored.

2

1

Blue Jays

Sacrifice fly by Luis Gomez; Rick Cerone scored.

2

2

Blue Jays

Triple by Bob Bailor; Rick Bosetti scored.

2

3

Bottom 3rd

KCR

TOR

Blue Jays

Home run by Otto Velez.

2

4

Bottom 8th

KCR

TOR

Blue Jays

Home run by Rick Cerone.

2

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Tom Poquette RF 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal McRae DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Ralph LaCock 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Al Cowens CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Clint Hurdle LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Darrell Porter C 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Jamie Quirk 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
U L Washington 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Totals 32 2 8 2 0 5 5 1 0 8

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Splittorff (L) 3.2 8 4 4 3 2 1
Randy McGilberry 4.1 4 1 1 4 1 1
Totals 8.0 12 5 5 7 3 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rick Bosetti CF 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Bob Bailor RF 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Roy Howell 3B 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Otto Velez DH 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
John Mayberry 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dave McKay 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Al Woods LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rick Cerone C 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 7
Luis Gomez SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rico Carty PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Johnson SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 31 5 12 5 2 7 3 0 1 22

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Clancy (W) 9.0 8 2 2 5 5 0
Totals 9.0 8 2 2 5 5 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Varsho

Daulton Varsho

RBI

13

Varsho

Daulton Varsho

AVG

.310

Turner

Justin Turner

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Berríos

José Berríos

K

33

Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

ERA

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

Team Rankings

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HR

21

21st

R

93

22nd

SO

208

12th

ERA

4.18

21st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Orioles Orioles
15 7 .682
Yankees Yankees
16 8 .667
Red Sox Red Sox
13 11 .542 3.0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
13 11 .542 3.0
Rays Rays
12 13 .480 4.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

14-10

3

Final

2

TOR Blue Jays

13-11

Tue 23 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
4/22
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
4-2
Mon
4/22
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-4
Mon
4/22
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
1-2
Mon
4/22
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
5-6
Mon
4/22
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4-7

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
ARI ARI
@
STL STL
1:15 PM
Wed
4/24
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
3:45 PM
Wed
4/24
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Wed
4/24
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM