Toronto Blue Jays vs Kansas City Royals
August 4, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 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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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Kansas City Royals 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 5 1 2 1
Bailor rf,ss,rf 5 0 1 0
Howell 3b 4 1 1 0
Carty dh 4 0 2 2
  Upshaw pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
McKay 2b 4 2 2 0
Woods lf 4 1 3 1
Cerone c 2 0 0 0
Gomez ss 2 0 1 0
  Velez ph,rf 0 0 0 1
  Johnson ss 0 0 0 0
Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 12 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 2 1 0
LaCock 1b 5 2 3 0
Porter c 4 0 2 2
Hurdle lf 3 0 1 2
Cowens cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Poquette rf 2 0 0 0
  Wilson pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Quirk 3b 3 0 1 0
Terrell 2b 2 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
  Washington pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Toronto 100 101 0025120
Kansas City 100 020 100480
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Jefferson   6.1 8 4 4 6 3
  Cruz  W (3-0) 2.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
6
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   6.1 8 3 3 0 2
  Hrabosky  L (4-5) 2.2 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
0
4

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Porter (21,off Jefferson); LaCock (8,off Jefferson).  3B–Toronto A Woods (1,off Splittorff); Howell (3,off Splittorff).  SH–Cerone 2 (3,off Splittorff,off Hrabosky).  SF–Velez (1,off Hrabosky).  HBP–Velez (2,by Splittorff).  IBB–Porter (10,by Jefferson).  CS–Gomez (8,2nd base by Splittorff/Porter).  SB–Wilson (34,2nd base off Jefferson/Cerone).  HBP–Splittorff (2,Velez).  IBB–Jefferson (2,Porter).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:42.  A–35,064.
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