The Kansas City Royals managed to stay ahead of the Cleveland Indians, 6 to 5, on April 15, 1978.

1978 Kansas City Royals

Final

CLE

Indians

2-4

5

KCR

Royals

5-1

6

CLE

KCR

1

1

1

2

0

1

3

0

0

4

4

1

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

2

8

0

0

9

0

R

5

6

H

11

14

E

1

1

Top 1st

CLE

KCR

Indians

Willie Horton hit into fielder's choice; Error by Frank White; Paul Dade scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

CLE

KCR

Royals

Home run by Hal McRae.

1

1

Bottom 2nd

CLE

KCR

Royals

Double by Willie Wilson; Freddie Patek scored.

1

2

Top 4th

CLE

KCR

Indians

Triple by Buddy Bell; Willie Horton and Larvell Blanks scored.

3

2

Indians

Single by Rick Manning; Buddy Bell scored.

4

2

Indians

Duane Kuiper hit into fielder's choice; Rick Manning scored.

5

2

Bottom 4th

CLE

KCR

Royals

Single by Willie Wilson; Frank White scored.

5

3

Bottom 6th

CLE

KCR

Royals

Home run by Clint Hurdle.

5

4

Bottom 7th

CLE

KCR

Royals

Single by Darrell Porter; Error by Paul Dade; George Brett scored.

5

5

Royals

Single by Clint Hurdle; Al Cowens scored.

5

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Paul Dade RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Duane Kuiper 2B 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Johnny Grubb LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Ted Cox PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andre Thornton 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Willie Horton DH 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Larvell Blanks SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Buddy Bell 3B 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Rick Manning CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Bo Diaz C 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ron Pruitt C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5 0 3 2 3 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Hood 5.0 11 4 4 0 1 2
Mike Paxton (L) 3.0 3 2 2 1 0 0
Totals 8.0 14 6 6 1 1 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF,CF 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
Hal McRae DH 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
George Brett 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Al Cowens RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Joe Zdeb PR,LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrell Porter PH,C 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Wathan C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph LaCock PH,1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Hurdle 1B,LF 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
Freddie Patek SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Frank White 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 36 6 14 6 2 1 1 0 1 28

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Busby 3.1 6 5 5 2 1 0
Marty Pattin (W) 3.2 5 0 0 1 0 0
Al Hrabosky (S) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 5 5 3 2 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

26

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.350

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

10th

R

132

12th

SO

204

28th

ERA

3.14

4th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
19 8 .704
Royals Royals
17 11 .607 2.5
Tigers Tigers
15 12 .556 4.0
Twins Twins
13 13 .500 5.5
White Sox White Sox
5 22 .185 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Fri
5/3
TEX TEX
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

KCR Royals

17-11

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

26

Bohm

Alec Bohm

26

Perez

Salvador Perez

Batting Average Leaders

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.391

Betts

Mookie Betts

.367

Smith

Will Smith

.354

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

Hit Leaders

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45

Betts

Mookie Betts

41

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

40

Turner

Trea Turner

Run Leaders

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29

Betts

Mookie Betts

25

Kwan

Steven Kwan

24

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

OBP Leaders

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.489

Betts

Mookie Betts

.443

Soto

Juan Soto

.434

Bohm

Alec Bohm

SLG Leaders

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.698

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.661

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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5

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

5

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

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53

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

42

Greene

Hunter Greene

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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0.63

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

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

Kirby

George Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Kirby

George Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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515.3

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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393

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

342

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
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM