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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
May 1, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on May 1, 1977 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 1, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 1, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Lemanczyk |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Larry Gura |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 34,066 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Terry Cooney 1B: Greg Kosc 2B: Russ Goetz 3B: George Maloney |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| John Scott | Left Fielder |
| Hector Torres | Second Baseman |
| Bob Bailor | Shortstop |
| Otto Velez | DH |
| Doug Ault | First Baseman |
| Al Woods | Right Fielder |
| Alan Ashby | Catcher |
| Steve Bowling | Center Fielder |
| Dave McKay | Third Baseman |
| Roy Hartsfield | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| Tom Poquette | Left Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
May 1, 1977
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Gura
Scott hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Gura
Torres hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Gura
Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Lemanczyk
Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Lemanczyk
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Lemanczyk
Poquette takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Lemanczyk
Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Poquette moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Porter vs. Lemanczyk
There's a wild pitch. Poquette scores. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Porter vs. Lemanczyk
Porter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Lemanczyk
Otis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mayberry scores. Porter moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cowens vs. Lemanczyk
Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Porter scores. Otis moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Patek vs. Lemanczyk
There goes Cowens. The throw from Ashby and he is out, Torres applying the tag. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Gura
Velez hits a line drive into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ault vs. Gura
Ault hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Gura
Woods strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lemanczyk
Patek hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Torres reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Lemanczyk
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Lemanczyk
Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Bowling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Lemanczyk
McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Gura
Ashby hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowling vs. Gura
Bowling hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Gura
McKay hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette who is chasing the ball. McKay reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Scott vs. Gura
Scott hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Lemanczyk
Poquette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Lemanczyk
Mayberry hits a line drive into left field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Lemanczyk
Porter hits a popup, foul, towards third. McKay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Lemanczyk
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Gura
Torres hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Gura
Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Gura
Velez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Lemanczyk
Cowens hits a line drive towards third. McKay reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lemanczyk
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemanczyk fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Lemanczyk
White strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ault vs. Gura
Ault hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Gura
Woods bunts towards first. Mayberry fields the ball and throws to Gura covering. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ashby vs. Gura
Ashby strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bowling vs. Gura
Bowling is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Lemanczyk
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Lemanczyk
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Lemanczyk
Poquette hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Bowling. Poquette reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Lemanczyk
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ault scoops it up and throws to first, with Lemanczyk covering, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Gura
McKay hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Gura
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Gura
Torreshits a dribbler in front of the plate. Porter interferes with Torres who is awarded first base. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailor vs. Gura
Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bailor for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Lemanczyk
Porter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Woods. Porter reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Lemanczyk
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bailor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cowens vs. Lemanczyk
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bailor fields it and has Porter trapped. There's the throw to Torres who tags Porter for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Lemanczyk
Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cowens moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Lemanczyk
There goes Patek. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Patek steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
White vs. Lemanczyk
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Gura
Velez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ault vs. Gura
Ault hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gura fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Gura
Woods hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ashby vs. Gura
Gura fires to first and has Woods trapped. There's the throw to Patek who tags Woods for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Gura
Ashby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bowling vs. Gura
Bowling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ashby moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McKay vs. Gura
McKay hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Lemanczyk
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ault scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Lemanczyk
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Bowling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Lemanczyk
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Littell
Mark Littell now pitching.
Scott strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Littell
Torres hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailor vs. Littell
Bailor is called out on strikes. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Velez vs. Littell
Velez takes first base on ball four. Torres moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ault vs. Littell
Ault is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Lemanczyk
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Lemanczyk
Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ault fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Lemanczyk
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bailor misplays the ball. That's an error on Bailor. Porter moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cowens vs. Lemanczyk
Cowens hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Scott. Cowens reaches second base with a double. Porter scores. Otis moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Patek vs. Lemanczyk
Patek hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Bowling. Patek reaches second base with a double. Otis scores. Cowens scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Hartenstein
Chuck Hartenstein now pitching.
White hits a line drive towards short. Bailor reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Hartenstein
Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Hartenstein
McRae hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Scott. McRae reaches second base with a double. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Poquette vs. Hartenstein
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ault scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Poquette for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Littell
Woods hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Woods reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ashby vs. Littell
Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Woods moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ewing vs. Littell
Sam Ewing pinch hits for Steve Bowling.
Ewing hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Woods scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fairly vs. Littell
Ron Fairly pinch hits for Dave McKay.
Fairly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ewing moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Scott vs. Littell
Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torres vs. Littell
Torres hits a popup towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/1/1977 -- Toronto at Kansas City (D)
Toronto AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Scott J, lf 5 0 0 0 Brett G, 3b 5 1 1 1
Torres H, 2b 4 0 1 0 McRae H, dh 5 0 1 1
Bailor B, ss 4 0 0 0 Poquette T, lf 4 1 2 0
Velez O, dh 3 1 1 1 Mayberry J, 1b 3 1 1 0
Ault D, 1b 4 0 0 0 Porter D, c 3 2 1 0
Woods A, rf 4 1 3 0 Otis A, cf 4 1 1 1
Ashby A, c 4 0 1 0 Cowens A, rf 4 1 2 2
Bowling S, cf 3 0 1 0 Patek F, ss 4 1 2 2
Ewing S, ph 1 0 1 1 White F, 2b 4 0 1 0
McKay D, 3b 3 0 1 0
Fairly R, ph 1 0 1 0
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36 2 10 2 36 8 12 7
Toronto 000 000 101 -- 2
Kansas City 300 000 05x -- 8
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Lemanczyk D (L) 7.1 10 7 5 3 1
Hartenstein C 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Gura L (W) 7.0 6 1 1 0 3
Littell M (S) 2.0 4 1 1 1 3
E -- Porter D, Bailor B
LOB -- Toronto 9, Kansas City 7
2B -- Poquette T, Porter D, Cowens A, Patek F, McRae H, Woods A
3B -- McKay D
HR -- Velez O
SB -- Patek F
CS -- Cowens A, Woods A
WP -- Lemanczyk D
T -- 2:24
A -- 34066
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