[1]BOXSCORE: 1977 Toronto Blue Jays At 1977 Kansas City Royals 4/30/1977 [1]Paul Splittorff and George Brett lead the Royals to a commanding victory in KC! [1] Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG Royals AB R H RBI AVG J.Scott LF 4 0 1 1 .333 G.Brett 3B 5 3 4 3 .352 H.Torres 2B 4 0 2 0 .474 H.McRae LF 2 1 1 3 .351 B.Bailor SS 4 0 2 0 .290 A.Otis CF 4 1 1 0 .130 O.Velez DH 4 0 1 0 .246 J.Mayberry 1B 4 0 0 0 .224 D.Ault 1B 4 0 0 0 .313 A.Cowens RF 4 1 2 1 .347 A.Woods RF 3 0 1 0 .333 C.Rojas DH 4 0 0 0 .000 G.Woods CF 3 0 0 0 .192 F.Patek SS 4 0 1 1 .343 A.Ashby C 3 0 1 0 .276 B.Martinez C 4 0 0 0 .000 D.McKay 3B 3 1 1 0 .215 F.White 2B 4 2 3 0 .254 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 32 1 9 1 Totals 35 8 12 8 Blue Jays....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 9 1 Royals.......... 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 - 8 12 1 [1]Blue Jays (6-15) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Garvin LOSS(2-2) 5 1/3 10 8 6 0 1 2 92 4.08 A1 C9 M.Willis 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 4.85 D1 D6 C.Hartenstei 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 3.86 D7 [1]Totals 8 12 8 6 0 3 2 [1]Royals (14-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET P.Splittorff WIN(4-1) 9 9 1 1 1 5 0 121 3.76 A1 [1]Totals 9 9 1 1 1 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 36,713 DATE- Saturday, April 30th 1977 TIME- Night UMPIRES- Ron Luciano, Ken Kaiser, Bill Haller, Bill Kunkel T- 2:20 LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 5 Royals: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 0 Royals: 4 ERRORS- J.Garvin, G.Brett DOUBLES- A.Cowens(4th), F.Patek(8th), F.White(3rd) TRIPLES- G.Brett-3(3rd), F.White(1st) HOME RUNS- G.Brett(2nd), H.McRae(2nd) SACRIFICE FLIES- H.McRae-2 WALKS- A.Woods STRIKE OUTS- O.Velez, G.Woods-3, D.McKay, H.McRae, J.Mayberry, B.Martinez GIDP- H.Torres, B.Bailor, D.Ault, A.Ashby George Brett had 4 hits and 3 RBI and Paul Splittorff completed the game without help from the bullpen as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 8 to 1 at Royals stadium. Brett was a one-man wrecking crew. He tripled in the 1st inning, ripped a solo home run (his 2nd of the season) in the 3rd inning, tripled knocking in a run in the 4th inning and tripled scoring a run in the 6th inning. Kansas City finished with 12 hits in the victory. Splittorff(4-1) was the winner allowing 1 run for the game. Jerry Garvin(2-2) was the losing pitcher. Kansas City scored big getting 8 runs off him in 5 and 1/3 innings. With this win, Kansas City has a division leading 14-5 record. They have been 7-3 lately. Not able to get much going in recent weeks, Toronto is 2-8 of late and now has an overall record of 6-15, worst in the division. [2] [1]SCORESHEET: 1977 Toronto Blue Jays at 1977 Kansas City Royals J.Scott-A1 A1:G/63 B1:F/8 C1:G/63 D1:Si>2# H.Torres-A1 A2:P/4 *3*:Si *6*:Si D2:G-DP/1 63>1o B.Bailor-A1 A3:Si B3:G-DP/6 C3:Si>12 D3:G/63 43>1o O.Velez-A1 A4:Si>12 B4:G/23 C4:K *9*:G/31 D.Ault-A1 A5:G/43 *4*:L/6 C5:G-DP/4 D5:G/53 63>1o A.Woods-A1 *2*:W>b1 B6:F/8 *7*:Si D6:F/9 G.Woods-A1 A7:K B7:K C7:K A.Ashby-A1 A8:Si>12 *5*:F/9 C8:G-DP/1 63>1o D.McKay-A1 A9:F/8 B9:K *8*:Si+E/ 5 G.Brett-A1 A1:Tr *3*:HR>b# C1:Tr>3# D1:Tr>2# E1:G/53 H.McRae-A1 A2:SF/8>3 B2:HR>b# C2:SF/9>3 D2:K # # A.Otis-A1 A3:Si B3:E/1 C3:L/5 D3:G/63 J.Mayber-A1 A4:F/9 B4:K C4:G/63 *7*:G/53 A.Cowens-A1 A5:Si>13 B5:Do>1# *5*:G/63 D5:P/3 C.Rojas-A1 A6:F/7 B6:P/6 C6:G/63 D6:G/63 F.Patek-A1 *2*:G/63 B7:Do>2# C7:P/3 *8*:F/7 B.Martin-A1 A8:F/8 B8:P/5 *6*:P/6 D8:K F.White-A1 A9:G/53 *4*:Tr C9:Do D9:Si [1]*** TOP OF INNING 1 *** 0 J.Scott 1- 4 3 Ground Out b-0 1 H.Torres 2- 3 7 Pop Out b-0 2 B.Bailor 1- 9 1 Single b-1 2 1 O.Velez 6- 8 5 Single 1-2 b-1 2 12 D.Ault 1- 3 5 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 *** 0 G.Brett 1- 6 17 4 Triple b-3 0 3 H.McRae 3- 8 5 Sac Fly 3-H b-0 1 A.Otis 4- 9 6 Single b-1 1 1 J.Mayberry 5- 6 17 3 Fly Out b-0 2 1 A.Cowens 2-10 4 Single 1-3 b-1 2 1 3 C.Rojas 1-10 3 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 2 *** 0 A.Woods 3-11 6 Walk b-1 0 1 G.Woods 2- 8 3 Strike Out b-0 1 1 A.Ashby 5- 6 1 Single 1-2 b-1 1 12 D.McKay 3- 9 2 Fly Out b-0 2 12 J.Scott 4- 3 6 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 *** 0 F.Patek 2- 5 2 Ground Out b-0 1 B.Martinez 3- 8 3 Fly Out b-0 2 F.White 1- 6 6 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 3 *** 0 H.Torres 4- 8 1 Single b-1 0 1 B.Bailor 2-10 2 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0 2 O.Velez 4- 4 6 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 *** 0 G.Brett 1- 5 5 Home Run b-H 0 H.McRae 2- 9 6 Home Run b-H 0 A.Otis 5-11 2 1 Base Error - P b-1 0 1 J.Mayberry 5- 7 3 Strike Out b-0 1 1 A.Cowens 2- 7 3 Double 1-H b-2 1 2 C.Rojas 2- 9 3 Pop Out b-0 2 2 F.Patek 6- 6 2 3 Double 2-H b-2 2 2 B.Martinez 2- 4 2 Pop Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 4 *** 0 D.Ault 3- 8 18 3 Line Out b-0 1 A.Woods 5- 4 3 Fly Out b-0 2 G.Woods 5- 7 3 Strike Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 *** 0 F.White 2- 9 12 3 Triple b-3 0 3 G.Brett 1- 6 5 3 Triple 3-H b-3 0 3 H.McRae 6- 8 3 Sac Fly 3-H b-0 1 A.Otis 3-12 2 Line Out b-0 2 J.Mayberry 2- 8 2 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 5 *** 0 A.Ashby 3-11 1 Fly Out b-0 1 D.McKay 5- 7 3 Strike Out b-0 2 J.Scott 2- 4 2 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 *** 0 A.Cowens 2- 3 2 Ground Out b-0 1 C.Rojas 1- 6 5 Ground Out b-0 2 F.Patek 1- 7 3 Pop Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 6 *** 0 H.Torres 4-10 3 Single b-1 0 1 B.Bailor 4- 8 5 Single 1-2 b-1 0 12 O.Velez 1- 6 3 Strike Out b-0 1 12 D.Ault 5- 6 1 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 *** 0 B.Martinez 3- 2 1 Pop Out b-0 1 F.White 5- 5 14 5 Double b-2 SUBSTITUTE P - Mike Willis 1 2 G.Brett 6- 6 2 3 Triple 2-H b-3 1 3 H.McRae 4- 7 3 Strike Out b-0 2 3 A.Otis 5- 8 2 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 7 *** 0 A.Woods 5- 8 6 Single b-1 0 1 G.Woods 5- 7 5 Strike Out b-0 1 1 A.Ashby 5-11 1 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 *** 0 J.Mayberry 4- 4 4 Ground Out b-0 1 A.Cowens 4-10 4 Pop Out b-0 2 C.Rojas 2- 4 4 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 8 *** 0 D.McKay 5- 4 4 Single & Error - 3B b-2 0 2 J.Scott 1- 9 6 Single 2-H b-1 0 1 H.Torres 2- 4 5 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0 2 B.Bailor 5- 5 6 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 *** SUBSTITUTE P - Chuck Hartenstein 0 F.Patek 6- 8 5 Fly Out b-0 1 B.Martinez 4- 6 3 Strike Out b-0 2 F.White 5- 5 5 Single b-1 2 1 G.Brett 2- 9 3 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 9 *** 0 O.Velez 6- 3 5 Ground Out b-0 1 D.Ault 5- 4 6 Ground Out b-0 2 A.Woods 4- 3 2 Fly Out b-0