The Kansas City Royals were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays, 8 to 7, on April 27, 1978.

Final

Blue Jays

7-11

8

Royals

11-5

7

TOR

KCR

1

2

0

2

0

3

1

0

4

0

1

5

0

6

0

1

7

0

2

8

3

0

9

2

0

R

8

7

H

12

11

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

TOR

KCR

Home run by Rico Carty; Bob Bailor scored.

2

0

Bottom 2nd

TOR

KCR

Single by Tom Poquette; Al Cowens scored.

2

1

Single by Freddie Patek; Darrell Porter scored.

2

Frank White grounded out; Tom Poquette scored.

2

3

Top 3rd

TOR

KCR

Single by Bob Bailor; Luis Gomez scored.

3

Bottom 4th

TOR

KCR

Freddie Patek grounded out; Tom Poquette scored.

3

4

Bottom 6th

TOR

KCR

Single by Freddie Patek; Tom Poquette scored.

3

5

Bottom 7th

TOR

KCR

Double by George Brett; Hal McRae scored.

3

6

Single by Al Cowens; George Brett scored.

3

7

Top 8th

TOR

KCR

Home run by Rico Carty; Luis Gomez and Bob Bailor scored.

6

7

Top 9th

TOR

KCR

Double by Willie Upshaw; Tim Nordbrook and Dave McKay scored.

8

7

Blue Jays

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	TB
Willie Upshaw LF	5	0	1	2	0	1	2
Bob Bailor CF	5	2	3	1	0	0	3
Roy Howell 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rico Carty DH	4	2	2	5	2	0	8
John Mayberry 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Otto Velez RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Rick Cerone C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Garth Iorg 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hutton PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Tim Nordbrook PR,SS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Gomez SS	3	2	2	0	0	0	2
Sam Ewing PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Dave McKay PR,2B	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	38	8	12	8	2	1	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jim Clancy	6.1	8	7	7	4	2
Balor Moore (W)	1.2	3	0	0	0	1
Mike Willis (S)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	11	7	7	5	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Wilson CF	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Hal McRae DH	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
George Brett 3B	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	2
Al Cowens RF	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Darrell Porter C	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Amos Otis PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Poquette LF	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	5
Joe Zdeb PH,LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Clint Hurdle 1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph LaCock 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Freddie Patek SS	4	0	3	3	0	0	1	3
Frank White 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	37	7	11	6	5	3	3	15

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR
Larry Gura	7.2	9	6	5	1	2
Al Hrabosky	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Bird (L)	1.0	3	2	2	0	0
Totals	9.0	12	8	7	1	2

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

26

Perez

AVG

.340

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

12th

R

133

11th

SO

209

26th

ERA

3.18

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	19	9	.679
Royals	17	12	.586	2.5
Tigers	16	12	.571	3.0
Twins	13	13	.500	5.0
White Sox	6	22	.214	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Fri 5/3	TEX	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Sat 5/4	TEX	@	KCR	7:10 PM

Last Game

Tigers

16-12

4

Final

1

Royals

17-12

Sun 28 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.387

Betts

.367

Smith

.354

Bohm

Hit Leaders

46

Betts

41

Ohtani

40

Kwan

Run Leaders

29

Betts

26

Jr.

25

Kwan

OBP Leaders

.482

Betts

.443

Soto

.434

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.670

Ozuna

.655

Betts

.639

Ohtani

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Minter

5

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

1.32

Suárez

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

521.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

398

Betts

347

Cruz

342

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