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

.344

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM

Last Game

Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

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

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

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