Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
April 27, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1978 at Royals Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 8, Kansas City Royals 7

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Upshaw lf 5 0 1 2
Bailor cf 5 2 3 1
Howell 3b 4 0 0 0
Carty dh 4 2 2 5
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Velez rf 4 0 1 0
Cerone c 4 0 1 0
Iorg 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 1 0
  Nordbrook pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Gomez ss 3 2 2 0
  Ewing ph 1 0 1 0
  McKay pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 0 0
McRae dh 5 1 1 0
Brett 3b 3 1 1 1
Cowens rf 4 1 1 1
Porter c 4 1 2 0
  Otis ph 0 0 0 0
Poquette lf 3 3 3 1
  Zdeb ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Hurdle 1b 3 0 0 0
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Patek ss 4 0 3 3
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 6
Toronto 201 000 0328120
Kansas City 030 101 2007111
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy   6.1 8 7 7 4 2
  Moore  W (1-0) 1.2 3 0 0 0 1
  Willis  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura   7.2 9 6 5 0 1
  Hrabosky   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bird  L (1-1) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
0
1

  E–Poquette (2).  DP–Toronto 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Toronto Upshaw (1,off Bird), Kansas City Poquette 2 (3,off Clancy 2); McRae (5,off Clancy); Brett (5,off Clancy).  HR–Toronto Carty 2 (5,1st inning off Gura 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Gura 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Brett (3,2nd base off Clancy/Cerone); Zdeb (1,2nd base off Moore/Cerone); Patek (5,2nd base off Moore/Cerone).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:21.  A–17,422.
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