The Kansas City Royals managed to stay ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers, 7 to 6, on April 28, 1978.

1978 Kansas City Royals

Final

MIL

Brewers

9-9

6

KCR

Royals

12-5

7

MIL

KCR

1

2

0

2

3

0

3

0

1

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

2

7

0

1

8

1

3

9

0

R

6

7

H

8

13

E

2

1

Top 1st

MIL

KCR

Brewers

Single by Ben Oglivie; Sal Bando and Cecil Cooper scored.

2

0

Top 2nd

MIL

KCR

Brewers

Home run by Larry Hisle; Lenn Sakata and Sal Bando scored.

5

0

Bottom 3rd

MIL

KCR

Royals

Single by George Brett; Tom Poquette scored.

5

1

Bottom 6th

MIL

KCR

Royals

Single by Clint Hurdle; George Brett scored.

5

2

Royals

Single by Freddie Patek; Amos Otis scored.

5

3

Bottom 7th

MIL

KCR

Royals

Al Cowens grounded out; Joe Zdeb scored.

5

4

Top 8th

MIL

KCR

Brewers

Home run by Cecil Cooper.

6

4

Bottom 8th

MIL

KCR

Royals

Single by John Wathan; Amos Otis scored.

6

5

Royals

Single by Frank White; Error by Gorman Thomas; John Wathan scored.

6

6

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Ralph LaCock; Freddie Patek scored.

6

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Lenn Sakata 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Sal Bando 3B 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cecil Cooper 1B 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Larry Hisle LF 4 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 4
Ben Oglivie RF 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
Sixto Lezcano DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Gorman Thomas CF 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Buck Martinez C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dick Davis PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Nordbrook SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6 2 7 0 0 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lary Sorensen 6.0 7 3 3 2 3 0
Bob McClure 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 0
Eduardo Rodriguez (L) 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 13 7 6 2 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Tom Poquette LF 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Joe Zdeb PH,LF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ralph LaCock PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Wilson LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal McRae DH 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
George Brett 3B 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Al Cowens RF 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrell Porter C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amos Otis CF 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1
Clint Hurdle 1B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Wathan PH,1B 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Freddie Patek SS 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jerry Terrell 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Lahoud PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank White 2B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 7 13 7 0 2 3 1 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Busby 1.2 5 5 5 2 0 1
Jim Colborn (W) 6.1 3 1 1 5 0 1
Marty Pattin (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 6 6 7 0 2

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

22

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.337

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Marsh

Alec Marsh

K

33

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

28

5th

R

114

10th

SO

175

29th

ERA

3.21

5th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
17 7 .708
Tigers Tigers
14 10 .583 3.0
Royals Royals
14 10 .583 3.0
Twins Twins
9 13 .409 7.0
White Sox White Sox
3 20 .130 13.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

14-10

3

Final

2

TOR Blue Jays

13-11

Tue 23 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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27

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

22

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.364

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.357

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.347

Betts

Mookie Betts

Hit Leaders

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36

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

35

Kwan

Steven Kwan

35

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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24

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Marte

Ketel Marte

22

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

OBP Leaders

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.458

Betts

Mookie Betts

.432

Soto

Juan Soto

.430

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.677

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.671

Abrams

CJ Abrams

SB Leaders

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12

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Thomas

Lane Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

4

Garrett

Reed Garrett

Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

39

Jones

Jared Jones

38

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

1.33

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

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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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

11.92

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

10.00

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

3

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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413.3

Betts

Mookie Betts

393.9

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

386

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

DraftKings Points Leaders

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312

Betts

Mookie Betts

297

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

296

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
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
8-0
Tue
4/23
ARI ARI
@
STL STL
1-5
Tue
4/23
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
6-5
Mon
4/22
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
4-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Wed
4/24
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Wed
4/24
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM