The Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Kansas City Royals, 16 to 12, on August 6, 1979.

1979 Toronto Blue Jays

Final

KCR

Royals

56-54

16

TOR

12

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

3

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

3

2

7

11

0

8

2

3

9

0

4

R

16

12

H

17

16

E

0

3

Bottom 3rd

KCR

TOR

Blue Jays

Home run by John Mayberry; Alfredo Griffin and Roy Howell scored.

0

3

Top 6th

KCR

TOR

Royals

Single by Hal McRae; Freddie Patek scored.

1

3

Royals

Darrell Porter walked; Willie Wilson scored.

2

3

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Al Cowens; George Brett scored.

3

3

Bottom 6th

KCR

TOR

Blue Jays

Single by Rick Cerone; Joe Cannon and Rick Bosetti scored.

3

5

Top 7th

KCR

TOR

Royals

Single by Freddie Patek; Amos Otis scored.

4

5

Royals

Single by Willie Wilson; Frank White scored.

5

5

Royals

Single by George Brett; Freddie Patek and Willie Wilson scored.

7

5

Royals

Single by Ralph LaCock; Hal McRae and George Brett scored.

9

5

Royals

Single by Frank White; Darrell Porter scored.

10

5

Royals

Single by Freddie Patek; Ralph LaCock and Amos Otis scored.

12

5

Royals

Single by George Brett; Frank White and Willie Wilson scored.

14

5

Top 8th

KCR

TOR

Royals

Single by Freddie Patek; Al Cowens and John Wathan scored.

16

5

Bottom 8th

KCR

TOR

Blue Jays

Home run by Rico Carty.

16

6

Blue Jays

Double by Rick Bosetti; Otto Velez scored.

16

7

Blue Jays

Single by Rick Cerone; Rick Bosetti scored.

16

8

Bottom 9th

KCR

TOR

Blue Jays

Double by Rico Carty; John Mayberry scored.

16

9

Blue Jays

Single by Rick Cerone; Rico Carty scored.

16

10

Blue Jays

Single by Alfredo Griffin; Otto Velez scored.

16

11

Blue Jays

Bob Bailor grounded out; Rick Cerone scored.

16

12

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF,CF 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hal McRae DH 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
George Brett 3B 4 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jerry Terrell 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Darrell Porter C 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
Ralph LaCock 1B 6 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Al Cowens RF 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amos Otis CF 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Wathan LF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Frank White 2B 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
U L Washington PR,2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 4 2 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 3
Todd Cruz PR,SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 16 17 16 0 7 2 1 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rich Gale 5.2 7 5 5 4 2 1
Steve Mingori (W) 1.1 4 3 3 0 0 1
Eduardo Rodriguez 1.1 3 4 4 2 1 0
Dan Quisenberry 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 16 12 12 6 3 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Alfredo Griffin SS 4 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 3
Al Woods LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Bailor PH,RF 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Roy Howell 3B 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
John Mayberry 1B 5 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
Tony Solaita DH 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Cannon PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rico Carty PH 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
Otto Velez RF,LF 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rick Bosetti CF 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Rick Cerone C 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3
Danny Ainge 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Gomez 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 41 12 16 12 2 6 3 0 1 26

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Stieb (L) 6.0 5 6 6 4 2 0
Dave Freisleben 0.0 3 5 4 1 0 0
Jesse Jefferson 0.2 3 3 3 2 0 0
Jackson Todd 2.1 6 2 2 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 17 16 12 7 2 0

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