The Kansas City Royals were decisively beaten by the Detroit Tigers, 7 to 3, on April 9, 1979.

Final

Tigers

1-1

7

Royals

3-1

3

DET

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

1

0

5

0

6

0

2

7

2

0

8

0

9

4

1

R

7

3

H

10

8

E

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 4th

DET

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Phil Mankowski; Steve Kemp scored.

1

0

Bottom 6th

DET

KCR

Double by Ralph LaCock; Darrell Porter scored.

1

Sacrifice fly by Frank White; Ralph LaCock scored.

1

2

Top 7th

DET

KCR

Double by Ron LeFlore; Error by Frank White; Phil Mankowski and Alan Trammell scored.

3

2

Top 9th

DET

KCR

Single by Ron LeFlore; Phil Mankowski and Lance Parrish scored.

5

2

Lou Whitaker hit into fielder's choice; Error by Steve Mingori; Alan Trammell scored.

6

2

Sacrifice fly by Jerry Morales; Ron LeFlore scored.

7

2

Bottom 9th

DET

KCR

Single by Amos Otis; Frank White scored.

7

3

Tigers

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Ron LeFlore CF	5	1	2	4	0	1	0	0	3
Lou Whitaker 2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Morales RF	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2
Steve Kemp LF	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Jason Thompson 1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Phil Mankowski 3B	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
Lance Parrish C	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dan Gonzales DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
John Wockenfuss PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Alan Trammell SS	4	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	3
Totals	35	7	10	6	3	7	1	1	14

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Milt Wilcox (W)	6.0	5	2	2	4	4
John Hiller (S)	3.0	3	1	1	1	0
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	5	4

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
George Brett 3B	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2
Hal McRae DH	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
Amos Otis CF	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Darrell Porter C	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
Ralph LaCock 1B	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
John Wathan PH,1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Hurdle LF	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Willie Wilson PR,LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Cowens RF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Frank White 2B	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
Freddie Patek SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	34	3	8	3	5	4	1	1	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Rich Gale (L)	6.2	7	3	3	2	5
Steve Mingori	1.2	3	4	2	1	2
Eduardo Rodriguez	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	10	7	5	3	7

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

25

Perez

AVG

.352

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

37

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

5th

R

119

11th

SO

187

27th

ERA

3.13

4th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	7	.720
Royals	16	10	.615	2.5
Tigers	14	11	.560	4.0
Twins	11	13	.458	6.5
White Sox	3	22	.120	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/26	KCR	@	DET	1:10 PM
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

Last Game

Royals

16-10

2

Final

1

Blue Jays

13-13

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.374

Betts

.365

Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

40

Betts

39

Ohtani

37

Altuve

Run Leaders

27

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.477

Betts

.446

Contreras

.430

Soto

SLG Leaders

.678

Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

.649

Henderson

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

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

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

462.9

Betts

436.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

351

Betts

331

Cruz

319

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