The Kansas City Royals squeaked out a win over the Cleveland Indians, 5 to 4, on April 26, 1979.

Final

Indians

5-11

4

Royals

9-8

5

CLE

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

0

1

5

0

6

1

3

7

0

8

0

9

1

R

4

5

H

10

E

1

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

CLE

KCR

Single by Gary Alexander; Andre Thornton scored.

1

0

Paul Dade hit into fielder's choice; Error by Freddie Patek; Gary Alexander scored.

2

0

Bottom 4th

CLE

KCR

Home run by Darrell Porter.

2

1

Top 6th

CLE

KCR

Home run by Bobby Bonds.

3

1

Bottom 6th

CLE

KCR

Triple by George Brett; Frank White scored.

3

2

Single by Amos Otis; George Brett scored.

3

Al Cowens grounded out; Amos Otis scored.

3

4

Top 9th

CLE

KCR

Home run by Gary Alexander.

4

Bottom 9th

CLE

KCR

Wild pitchSome( by Sid Monge); Willie Wilson scored.

4

5

Indians

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Jim Norris LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Rick Manning CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Bonds RF	4	1	3	1	1	0	1	1	6
Horace Speed PR,RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Andre Thornton 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	2
Gary Alexander C	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	5
Toby Harrah 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Duane Kuiper 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Dade DH	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
Tom Veryzer SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	4	10	4	2	2	6	3	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Mike Paxton	5.0	8	4	4	0	1	1
Don Hood	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Spillner (L)	3.0	2	1	1	3	0	0
Sid Monge	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	8.1	10	5	5	3	1	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Frank White 2B	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5
George Brett 3B	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	3
Amos Otis CF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
Darrell Porter C	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Al Cowens RF	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Hal McRae DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Hurdle LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Wilson LF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ralph LaCock 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Freddie Patek SS	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Poquette PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
U L Washington PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	5	10	4	1	3	1	1	17

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Rich Gale	8.0	10	4	4	1	6	2
Al Hrabosky (W)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	9.0	10	4	4	2	6	2

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

25

Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

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

Last Game

Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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