The Kansas City Royals couldn't pull it off against the Texas Rangers, 8 to 7, on April 30, 1979.

1979 Kansas City Royals

Final

TEX

Rangers

12-7

8

KCR

Royals

11-10

7

TEX

KCR

1

1

1

2

0

0

3

5

2

4

0

1

5

0

2

6

2

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

1

R

8

7

H

7

13

E

0

3

Top 1st

TEX

KCR

Rangers

Single by Al Oliver; Bill Sample scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

TEX

KCR

Royals

Hal McRae grounded out; George Brett scored.

1

1

Top 3rd

TEX

KCR

Rangers

Nelson Norman ground ball; Error by U L Washington; Bump Wills scored.

2

1

Rangers

Oscar Gamble walked; Nelson Norman scored.

3

1

Rangers

Single by Richie Zisk; Bill Sample and Al Oliver scored.

5

1

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Jim Sundberg; Oscar Gamble scored.

6

1

Bottom 3rd

TEX

KCR

Royals

Triple by Al Cowens; Amos Otis and Darrell Porter scored.

6

3

Bottom 4th

TEX

KCR

Royals

Home run by Clint Hurdle.

6

4

Bottom 5th

TEX

KCR

Royals

Home run by Al Cowens.

6

5

Royals

Single by Clint Hurdle; Ralph LaCock scored.

6

6

Top 6th

TEX

KCR

Rangers

Single by Bump Wills; Jim Sundberg scored.

7

6

Rangers

Sacrifice hit by Nelson Norman; Bump Wills scored.

8

6

Bottom 9th

TEX

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by John Wathan; Amos Otis scored.

8

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bill Sample LF 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Buddy Bell 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Al Oliver CF 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Oscar Gamble DH 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
Richie Zisk RF 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Sundberg C 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Jorgensen 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Bump Wills 2B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Nelson Norman SS 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 29 8 7 7 0 5 3 2 0 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Fergie Jenkins 4.2 7 6 6 3 3 2
Jim Kern (W) 3.1 4 0 0 1 2 0
Sparky Lyle (S) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 13 7 7 5 6 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
George Brett 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Hal McRae DH 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Amos Otis CF 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Darrell Porter C 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Al Cowens RF 4 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 7
Ralph LaCock 1B 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
John Wathan PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Hurdle LF 3 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 5
Frank White PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
Jamie Quirk PH,SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U L Washington 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 37 7 13 7 2 5 6 0 1 28

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rich Gale 2.1 4 6 4 3 2 0
Steve Busby (L) 6.2 3 2 0 2 1 0
Totals 9.0 7 8 4 5 3 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

17

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.324

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

29

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.05

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

23

7th

R

92

11th

SO

141

26th

ERA

2.79

2nd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
13 6 .684
Royals Royals
12 7 .632 1.0
Tigers Tigers
10 9 .526 3.0
Twins Twins
6 11 .353 6.0
White Sox White Sox
3 15 .167 9.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Sat
4/20
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
7:10 PM
Sun
4/21
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Mon
4/22
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Tue
4/23
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM

Last Game

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CWS White Sox

2-15

2

Final

4

KCR Royals

12-6

Wed 17 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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8

Trout

Mike Trout

8

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

7

O'Neill

Tyler O'Neill

RBI Leaders

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23

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

21

Ward

Taylor Ward

20

Jr.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

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.388

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.377

Arcia

Orlando Arcia

.369

Betts

Mookie Betts

Hit Leaders

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31

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

31

Betts

Mookie Betts

31

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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22

Betts

Mookie Betts

20

Marte

Ketel Marte

18

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.485

Winker

Jesse Winker

.478

Soto

Juan Soto

.470

Betts

Mookie Betts

SLG Leaders

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.732

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.675

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.667

Busch

Michael Busch

SB Leaders

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9

Turang

Brice Turang

8

Carroll

Corbin Carroll

8

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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3

Peguero

Elvis Peguero

3

Bradford

Cody Bradford

3

Miller

Bryce Miller

Strikeout Leaders

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34

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

32

Jones

Jared Jones

31

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

ERA Leaders

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0.42

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.50

López

Reynaldo López

0.86

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

WHIP Leaders

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0.68

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

0.71

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

0.77

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

K/9 Leaders

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13.25

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

13.06

Greene

Hunter Greene

12.52

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

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16.00

Jones

Jared Jones

14.00

Houck

Tanner Houck

13.00

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

Walk Leaders

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2

Jones

Jared Jones

2

Kirby

George Kirby

2

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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367.4

Betts

Mookie Betts

296.1

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

293

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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277

Betts

Mookie Betts

230

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

221

Trout

Mike Trout

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
Wed
4/17
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
0-5
Wed
4/17
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Wed
4/17
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
5-4
Wed
4/17
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
9-7
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
1-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
4/19
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
HOU HOU
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM