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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
August 3, 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 August 3, 1977 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 3, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 3, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jerry Garvin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 16,775 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Kunkel 1B: Bill Deegan 2B: Dale Ford 3B: Jim McKean |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Steve Staggs | Second Baseman |
| Bob Bailor | Center Fielder |
| Otto Velez | DH |
| Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
| Ron Fairly | Right Fielder |
| Doug Ault | First Baseman |
| Al Woods | Left Fielder |
| Hector Torres | Shortstop |
| Alan Ashby | Catcher |
| Roy Hartsfield | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
| John Wathan | Catcher |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Joe Zdeb | Left Fielder |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
August 3, 1977
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staggs vs. Splittorff
Staggs 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, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Splittorff
Bailor hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Splittorff
Velez is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Garvin
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Garvin
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Garvin, and towards Torres, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Garvin
Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Garvin
Cowens takes first base on ball four. Otis moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wathan vs. Garvin
Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Splittorff
Rader 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, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Splittorff
Fairly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ault vs. Splittorff
Ault hits a line drive into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woods vs. Splittorff
Woods hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Garvin
Mayberry hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zdeb vs. Garvin
Zdeb hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader juggles the ball. That's an error on Rader. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Garvin
Patek takes first base on ball four. Zdeb moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Garvin
White hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ault settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brett vs. Garvin
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Zdeb moves to third. Patek moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McRae vs. Garvin
McRae strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Splittorff
Torres hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ashby vs. Splittorff
Ashby bunts towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashby for the out. Torres moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Staggs vs. Splittorff
Staggs 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, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bailor vs. Splittorff
Bailor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Torres trying to get to home. Zdeb throws the ball in to Wathan who tags Torres, who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Garvin
Otis strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Garvin
Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Garvin
Wathan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Staggs reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Splittorff
Velez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zdeb. Velez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rader vs. Splittorff
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Velez moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fairly vs. Splittorff
Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields it and throws to home to get Velez. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ault vs. Splittorff
Ault hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Garvin
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zdeb vs. Garvin
Zdeb hits a line drive into right field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Garvin
Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Garvin
White hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Garvin
Brett hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Garvin
McRae takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Garvin
Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McRae moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cowens vs. Garvin
Cowens hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wathan vs. Garvin
Wathan hits a line drive into right field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Splittorff
Woods hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torres vs. Splittorff
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ashby vs. Splittorff
Ashby hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zdeb. Ashby reaches second base with a double. Torres goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Staggs vs. Splittorff
Staggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bailor vs. Splittorff
Bailor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Velez vs. Splittorff
Velez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Garvin
Mayberry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zdeb vs. Garvin
Zdeb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ault scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zdeb for the out. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Patek vs. Garvin
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader juggles the ball. That's an error on Rader. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Garvin
White hits a line drive into center field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brett vs. Garvin
Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Splittorff
Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Splittorff
Fairly hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wathan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ault vs. Splittorff
Ault strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Garvin
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ault scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McRae for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Garvin
Otis hits a popup towards first. Ault settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Garvin
Cowens hits a popup towards first. Ault settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Splittorff
Woods hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Splittorff
Torres hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Splittorff
Ashby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Staggs vs. Splittorff
Staggs 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, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Garvin
Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Garvin
Mayberry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zdeb vs. Garvin
Zdeb hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woods. Zdeb reaches second base with a double. Mayberry goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Patek vs. Garvin
Patek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Zdeb moves to third. Patek moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
White vs. Vuckovich
Pete Vuckovich now pitching.
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Staggs fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Staggs. Zdeb scores. Patek scores. White moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Vuckovich
Brett is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McRae vs. Vuckovich
McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Vuckovich
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vuckovich fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Splittorff
Bailor hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Bailor reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Velez vs. Splittorff
Velez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Splittorff
Rader hits a line drive into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fairly vs. Splittorff
Fairly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bailor scores. Velez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ault vs. Splittorff
Ault hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Velez moves to third. Fairly moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Woods vs. Bird
Doug Bird now pitching.
Woods hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Howell vs. Bird
Roy Howell pinch hits for Hector Torres.
Howell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zdeb. Howell reaches second base with a double. Velez scores. Fairly scores. Ault moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ashby vs. Bird
Dave McKay pinch runs for Roy Howell.
Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bird fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Vuckovich
Dave McKay now playing shortstop.
Cowens hits a line drive towards short. McKay reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Vuckovich
Wathan hits a line drive into center field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Vuckovich
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zdeb vs. Vuckovich
Zdeb strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staggs vs. Bird
Staggs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bird fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Bird
Bailor hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Bird
Velez strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/3/1977 -- Toronto at Kansas City (N)
Toronto AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Staggs S, 2b 5 0 0 0 Brett G, 3b 4 1 1 1
Bailor B, cf 4 1 2 0 McRae H, dh 4 0 0 0
Velez O, dh 4 1 1 0 Otis A, cf 5 0 2 0
Rader D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Cowens A, rf 4 0 0 0
Fairly R, rf 4 1 2 1 Wathan J, c 5 0 0 0
Ault D, 1b 4 0 1 0 Mayberry J, 1b 3 2 2 0
Woods A, lf 4 0 1 0 Zdeb J, lf 5 1 1 1
Torres H, ss 3 1 1 0 Patek F, ss 3 2 2 0
Howell R, ph 1 0 1 2 White F, 2b 4 1 1 4
McKay D, pr-ss 0 0 0 0
Ashby A, c 2 0 1 1
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35 4 10 4 37 7 9 6
Toronto 000 010 030 -- 4
Kansas City 000 400 30x -- 7
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin J (L) 6.1 9 7 7 4 2
Vuckovich P 1.2 0 0 0 2 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (W) 7.1 9 4 4 3 2
Bird D (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Rader D 2, Staggs S
LOB -- Toronto 8, Kansas City 12
2B -- Velez O, Ashby A, Zdeb J, Bailor B, Howell R
HR -- White F, Brett G
SH -- Ashby A
T -- 2:24
A -- 16775
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