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Royals 16 @ Blue Jays 12
Exhibition Stadium
August 6, 1979

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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 6, 1979 at Exhibition Stadium. The home team Blue Jays were bested by the visiting Royals with a score of 16 to 12.

Game Summary

DateAugust 6, 1979 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 16 H: 17 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 16
Hits: 17
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Toronto Blue Jays
R: 12 H: 16 E: 3 LOB: 9
Runs: 12
Hits: 16
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherSteve Mingori  
Losing PitcherDave Stieb  
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Game Winning RBIGeorge Brett 

Game Info

DateAugust 6, 1979 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamToronto Blue Jays 
Visiting Starting PitcherRich Gale  
Home Starting PitcherDave Stieb  
BallparkExhibition Stadium 
CityToronto 
StateONT 
Attendance15,108 
Time of Game3 hours 29 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ron Luciano
1B: Russ Goetz
2B: Ken Kaiser
3B: Rocky Roe

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Left Fielder 
Hal McRae  DH 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Darrell Porter  Catcher 
Pete LaCock  First Baseman 
Al Cowens  Right Fielder 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Whitey Herzog  Manager 

Toronto Blue Jays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Alfredo Griffin  Shortstop 
Al Woods  Left Fielder 
Roy Howell  Third Baseman 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Tony Solaita  DH 
Otto Velez  Right Fielder 
Rick Bosetti  Center Fielder 
Rick Cerone  Catcher 
Danny Ainge  Second Baseman 
Roy Hartsfield  Manager 

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Royals 16 @ Blue Jays 12
Exhibition Stadium
August 6, 1979

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         Game of 8/6/1979 -- Kansas City at Toronto (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Toronto            AB  R  H RBI
Wilson W, lf-cf       6  3  2  1   Griffin A, ss         4  1  3  1   
McRae H, dh           4  1  1  1   Woods A, lf           3  0  0  0   
Brett G, 3b           4  2  2  4   Bailor B, ph-rf       3  0  0  1   
Terrell J, 3b         1  0  1  0   Howell R, 3b          4  1  1  0   
Porter D, c           3  1  0  1   Mayberry J, 1b        5  2  2  3   
LaCock P, 1b          6  1  4  2   Solaita T, dh         2  0  0  0   
Cowens A, rf          5  1  0  1   Cannon J, pr          0  1  0  0   
Otis A, cf            2  2  0  0   Carty R, ph           2  2  2  2   
Wathan J, lf          2  1  1  0   Velez O, rf-lf        4  2  1  0   
White F, 2b           5  2  3  1   Bosetti R, cf         5  2  3  1   
Washington U, pr-2b   0  0  0  0   Cerone R, c           5  1  3  4   
Patek F, ss           4  2  3  5   Ainge D, 2b           2  0  0  0   
Cruz T, pr-ss         0  0  0  0   Gomez L, 2b           2  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42 16 17 16                        41 12 16 12

Kansas City      000 003 (11)20 -- 16
Toronto          003 002 034 -- 12

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gale R                5.2  7  5  5  4  2
Mingori S (W)*        1.1  4  3  3  0  0
Rodriguez E           1.1  3  4  4  2  1
Quisenberry D         0.2  2  0  0  0  0

  Toronto              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Stieb D (L)+          6.0  5  6  6  4  2
Freisleben D#         0.0  3  5  4  1  0
Jefferson J           0.2  3  3  3  2  0
Todd J                2.1  6  2  2  0  0
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
  # Pitched to 5 batters in 7th

E -- Ainge D, Howell R, Freisleben D
DP -- Toronto 2
LOB -- Kansas City 9, Toronto 9
2B -- Bosetti R 3, Carty R
HR -- Mayberry J, Carty R
SB -- Porter D
CS -- Griffin A
SH -- Ainge D, McRae H
SF -- Cowens A
HBP -- by Stieb D (Otis A)
Balk -- Stieb D
T -- 3:29
A -- 15108

    

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