The Baltimore Orioles couldn't pull it off against the Kansas City Royals, 6 to 5, on April 23, 1978.

1978 Baltimore Orioles

Final

KCR

Royals

10-2

6

BAL

Orioles

5-9

5

KCR

BAL

1

0

2

2

1

1

3

2

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

2

0

7

0

0

8

1

2

9

0

0

R

6

5

H

12

9

E

0

1

Bottom 1st

KCR

BAL

Orioles

Single by Lee May; Al Bumbry scored.

0

1

Orioles

Sacrifice fly by Gary Roenicke; Ken Singleton scored.

0

2

Top 2nd

KCR

BAL

Royals

Freddie Patek grounded out; Darrell Porter scored.

1

2

Bottom 2nd

KCR

BAL

Orioles

Single by Billy Smith; Mark Belanger scored.

1

3

Top 3rd

KCR

BAL

Royals

Single by Darrell Porter; George Brett and Al Cowens scored.

3

3

Top 6th

KCR

BAL

Royals

Double by Hal McRae; Clint Hurdle and Willie Wilson scored.

5

3

Top 8th

KCR

BAL

Royals

Home run by Hal McRae.

6

3

Bottom 8th

KCR

BAL

Orioles

Single by Eddie Murray; Terry Crowley and Al Bumbry scored.

6

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson CF,LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hal McRae DH 5 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 6
George Brett 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Al Cowens RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Darrell Porter C 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
Tom Poquette LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joe Zdeb PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Lahoud PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amos Otis CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Hurdle 1B 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
Ralph LaCock 1B 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
Frank White 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 37 6 12 6 1 6 6 1 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Busby 0.1 1 2 2 3 0 0
Larry Gura (W) 5.1 6 1 1 2 0 0
Steve Mingori 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Doug Bird 1.0 1 2 2 2 0 0
Al Hrabosky 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Marty Pattin (S) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 5 5 8 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Al Bumbry LF,CF 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Billy Smith 2B 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
Ken Singleton RF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Carlos Lopez PH,RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Eddie Murray 1B 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
Kiko Garcia SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee May DH 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Larry Harlow CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Roenicke PH,LF 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Pat Kelly PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Douglas DeCinces 3B 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rick Dempsey C 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mark Belanger SS 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Terry Crowley PH,1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 5 9 5 0 8 3 2 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dennis Martinez 3.2 7 3 1 1 2 0
Tim Stoddard (L) 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 0
Tippy Martinez 2.1 2 1 1 3 2 1
Don Stanhouse 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 12 6 4 6 6 1

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Rodriguez

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K

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ERA

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16 9 .640
Yankees Yankees
17 10 .630
Red Sox Red Sox
14 13 .519 3.0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
13 14 .481 4.0
Rays Rays
13 14 .481 4.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Mon
4/29
NYY NYY
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
4/30
NYY NYY
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Wed
5/1
NYY NYY
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM

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Perez

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Soto

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Contreras

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Ohtani

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Ozuna

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13

Turang

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11

Jr.

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Imanaga

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Suárez

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Minter

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Wheeler

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44

Glasnow

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42

Castillo

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López

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0.98

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12.13

Crochet

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Ryan

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9.33

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Jones

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4

Ryan

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Betts

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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
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CHC CHC
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BOS BOS
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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