The Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees, 10 to 4, in Game 2 of the 1978 ALCS on October 4, 1978.

1978 Kansas City Royals

Final

NYY

Yankees

1-1

4

KCR

Royals

1-1

10

NYY

KCR

1

0

1

2

0

4

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

2

3

8

2

2

9

0

R

4

10

H

12

16

E

1

1

Bottom 1st

NYY

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Darrell Porter; George Brett scored.

0

1

Bottom 2nd

NYY

KCR

Royals

Freddie Patek ground ball; Error by Bucky Dent; Clint Hurdle scored.

0

2

Royals

Single by Frank White; Al Cowens and Freddie Patek scored.

0

4

Royals

Single by Darrell Porter; Frank White scored.

0

5

Top 7th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Bucky Dent; Chris Chambliss and Roy White scored.

2

5

Bottom 7th

NYY

KCR

Royals

Triple by Clint Hurdle; Ralph LaCock scored.

2

6

Royals

Home run by Freddie Patek; Al Cowens scored.

2

8

Top 8th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Chris Chambliss; Reggie Jackson scored.

3

8

Yankees

Single by Bucky Dent; Graig Nettles scored.

4

8

Bottom 8th

NYY

KCR

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; George Brett scored.

4

9

Royals

Single by Ralph LaCock; Amos Otis scored.

4

10

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Gary Thomasson PH,CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thurman Munson C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Piniella LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Reggie Jackson RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Graig Nettles 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chris Chambliss 1B 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Roy White DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Fred Stanley 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cliff Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Doyle 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Blair PH,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bucky Dent SS 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 38 4 12 4 0 2 3 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Figueroa (L) 1.0 5 5 3 0 0 0
Dick Tidrow 5.2 8 3 3 2 1 1
Sparky Lyle 1.1 3 2 2 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 16 10 8 2 1 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
George Brett 3B 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hal McRae DH 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Amos Otis CF 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 3
Darrell Porter C 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ralph LaCock 1B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Clint Hurdle LF 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Willie Wilson PR,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Cowens RF 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Freddie Patek SS 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Frank White 2B 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 38 10 16 9 1 2 1 2 1 22

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura (W) 6.1 8 2 2 2 2 0
Marty Pattin 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 0
Al Hrabosky 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 12 4 4 2 3 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 8 .692
Royals Royals
17 10 .630 1.5
Tigers Tigers
14 12 .538 4.0
Twins Twins
12 13 .480 5.5
White Sox White Sox
4 22 .154 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Tue
4/30
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Wed
5/1
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

KCR Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.382

Betts

Mookie Betts

.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

Mookie Betts

40

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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28

Betts

Mookie Betts

24

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

Mookie Betts

SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

337

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM