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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
April 30, 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 April 30, 1977 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 30, 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 | April 30, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| 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 | 15,301 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 11 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Maloney 1B: Terry Cooney 2B: Greg Kosc 3B: Russ Goetz |
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 |
| Gary Woods | Center Fielder |
| Alan Ashby | Catcher |
| Dave McKay | Third Baseman |
| Roy Hartsfield | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Hal McRae | Left Fielder |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
| Cookie Rojas | DH |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Buck Martinez | Catcher |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
April 30, 1977
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Splittorff
Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torres vs. Splittorff
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Splittorff
Bailor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Velez vs. Splittorff
Velez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bailor moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ault vs. Splittorff
Ault 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
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 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Garvin
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Garvin
Otis strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Splittorff
Woods hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Splittorff
Woods hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Splittorff
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. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Garvin
Mayberry strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Garvin
Cowens 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: ---
Rojas vs. Garvin
Rojas 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--
Patek vs. Garvin
There goes Rojas. The throw from Ashby and he is out, Torres applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Splittorff
McKay 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, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Splittorff
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Splittorff
Torres 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
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Garvin
Patek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Scott. Patek reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martinez vs. Garvin
Martinez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Patek scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Garvin
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKay fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Garvin
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bailor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. White moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Garvin
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
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Splittorff
Bailor hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Splittorff
Velez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ault vs. Splittorff
Ault hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woods vs. Splittorff
There goes Velez. The throw from Martinez and he is out, Patek applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Garvin
Otis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Garvin
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Garvin
Cowens strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Garvin
Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Patek vs. Garvin
Patek takes first base on ball four. Mayberry moves to third. Rojas moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Martinez vs. Garvin
Martinez hits a popup, foul, towards third. McKay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Splittorff
Woods hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Splittorff
Woods is called out on strikes. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Splittorff
Ashby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKay vs. Splittorff
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards second base. White fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Garvin
White hits a fly ball into right field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Garvin
Brett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Garvin
Garvin fires to first and has Brett trapped. There's the throw to Bailor who tags Brett for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Garvin
McRae hits a popup towards short. Bailor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Splittorff
Scott 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, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Splittorff
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, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Splittorff
Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, 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, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Garvin
Mayberry hits a popup towards first. Ault settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Garvin
Garvin fires to first and has Otis trapped. There's the throw to Bailor who tags Otis for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Garvin
Cowens hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Splittorff
Velez hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ault vs. Splittorff
Ault 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, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
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 7
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Garvin
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKay fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Garvin
Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Garvin
Martinez hits a fly ball into right field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Splittorff
Woods hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Splittorff
Ashby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKay vs. Splittorff
Splittorff fires to first and picks off Ashby. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Splittorff
McKay hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Garvin
White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Garvin
Brett is called out on strikes. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Garvin
McRae hits a popup towards short. Bailor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Splittorff
Joe Zdeb now playing left field.
Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torres vs. Splittorff
Splittorff fires to first and picks off Scott. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Splittorff
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, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Splittorff
Bailor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Velez vs. Splittorff
Velez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Velez reaches second base with a double. Bailor goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ault vs. Splittorff
Ault is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Woods vs. Splittorff
Woods hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Velez scores. Ault moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Woods vs. Splittorff
Woods hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Ault trying to get to home. Cowens throws the ball in to Martinez who tags Ault who's trying to score from second, for the out. Woods moves to second. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Garvin
Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Garvin
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bailor fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Garvin
John Wathan pinch runs for John Mayberry.
Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wathan moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rojas vs. Garvin
Rojas hits a popup towards third. McKay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Patek vs. Garvin
Patek hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ault settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/30/1977 -- Toronto at Kansas City (N)
Toronto AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Scott J, lf 4 0 2 0 Brett G, 3b 3 0 0 0
Torres H, 2b 4 0 0 0 McRae H, lf 4 0 0 0
Bailor B, ss 4 1 2 0 Zdeb J, lf 0 0 0 0
Velez O, dh 4 1 3 1 Otis A, cf 4 0 2 0
Ault D, 1b 3 0 0 0 Mayberry J, 1b 3 0 0 0
Woods A, rf 4 0 1 1 Wathan J, pr 0 0 0 0
Woods G, cf 4 0 1 0 Cowens A, rf 4 0 1 0
Ashby A, c 1 0 0 0 Rojas C, dh 4 0 2 0
McKay D, 3b 3 0 0 0 Patek F, ss 3 1 1 0
Martinez B, c 3 0 1 1
White F, 2b 3 0 0 0
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31 2 9 2 31 1 7 1
Toronto 000 000 002 -- 2
Kansas City 001 000 000 -- 1
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin J (W) 9.0 7 1 1 3 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (L) 9.0 9 2 2 3 1
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Toronto 5, Kansas City 6
2B -- Patek F, Velez O
CS -- Rojas C, Velez O, Brett G, Otis A
T -- 2:11
A -- 15301
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