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

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

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

Last Game

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DET Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

KCR Royals

17-10

Fri 26 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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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.382

Betts

Mookie Betts

.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

Mookie Betts

40

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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28

Betts

Mookie Betts

24

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

Mookie Betts

SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

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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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

337

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
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
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

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