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Royals 9 @ Blue Jays 8
Exhibition Stadium
August 11, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals, played on August 11, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium. The home team Blue Jays were bested by the visiting Royals with a score of 9 to 8.

Game Summary

DateAugust 11, 1978 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 9 H: 16 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 9
Hits: 16
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Toronto Blue Jays
R: 8 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 8
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherAl Hrabosky  
Losing PitcherVictor Cruz  
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Game Winning RBIClint Hurdle 

Game Info

DateAugust 11, 1978 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamToronto Blue Jays 
Visiting Starting PitcherDennis Leonard  
Home Starting PitcherBalor Moore  
BallparkExhibition Stadium 
CityToronto 
StateONT 
Attendance20,602 
Time of Game3 hours 22 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Haller
1B: Ron Luciano
2B: Ken Kaiser
3B: Mike Reilly

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Joe Zdeb  Left Fielder 
Hal McRae  DH 
Al Cowens  Right Fielder 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
John Wathan  Catcher 
Pete LaCock  First Baseman 
Jerry Terrell  Third Baseman 
U L Washington  Second Baseman 
Whitey Herzog  Manager 

Toronto Blue Jays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rick Bosetti  Center Fielder 
Bob Bailor  Right Fielder 
Roy Howell  Third Baseman 
Rico Carty  DH 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Al Woods  Left Fielder 
Dave McKay  Second Baseman 
Alan Ashby  Catcher 
Luis Gomez  Shortstop 
Roy Hartsfield  Manager 

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Royals 9 @ Blue Jays 8
Exhibition Stadium
August 11, 1978

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         Game of 8/11/1978 -- Kansas City at Toronto (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Toronto            AB  R  H RBI
Patek F, ss           4  2  1  0   Bosetti R, cf         3  0  1  1   
Zdeb J, lf            2  1  1  0   Bailor B, rf          4  1  0  0   
Hurdle C, ph-lf       3  2  3  4   Howell R, 3b          5  1  1  0   
McRae H, dh           5  1  1  0   Carty R, dh           3  1  1  2   
Cowens A, rf          4  1  2  2   Velez O, ph           1  0  0  0   
Otis A, cf            4  1  3  3   Mayberry J, 1b        5  1  3  2   
Wilson W, cf          0  0  0  0   Woods A, lf           5  1  2  0   
Wathan J, c           4  0  1  0   McKay D, 2b           4  1  1  0   
Porter D, ph-c        1  0  1  0   Ashby A, c            4  2  2  3   
LaCock P, 1b          4  1  0  0   Gomez L, ss           2  0  0  0   
Terrell J, 3b         1  0  0  0   Ault D, ph            1  0  1  0   
Braun S, ph-3b        1  0  1  0   Johnson T, pr-ss      0  0  0  0   
White F, ph           1  0  0  0   Cerone R, ph          1  0  0  0   
Quirk J, 3b           1  0  0  0                                      
Washington U, 2b      5  0  2  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40  9 16  9                        38  8 12  8

Kansas City      021 021 020 1 --  9
Toronto          231 100 100 0 --  8

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Leonard D             2.1  7  6  6  1  1
McGilberry R          2.1  3  1  1  1  0
Mingori S             2.2  2  1  1  0  1
Pattin M              1.0  0  0  0  1  0
Hrabosky A (W)        1.2  0  0  0  0  1

  Toronto              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Moore B               2.1  5  3  3  2  1
Murphy T              3.0  5  3  2  2  1
Willis M              3.0  4  2  2  0  2
Cruz V (L)            1.2  2  1  1  1  1

E -- Bosetti R, Quirk J
DP -- Toronto 2
LOB -- Kansas City 9, Toronto 7
2B -- Bosetti R, Howell R, Wathan J, Woods A, Braun S, Ashby A
HR -- Otis A, Ashby A, Carty R, Mayberry J, Hurdle C
SB -- Patek F
CS -- Bosetti R, Otis A
SH -- Gomez L, Bosetti R, Ashby A
SF -- Cowens A, Otis A, Hurdle C
HBP -- by Leonard D (McKay D)
T -- 3:22
A -- 20602

    

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