The Kansas City Royals dominated the Texas Rangers, 9 to 3, on May 1, 1979.

1979 Kansas City Royals

Final

TEX

Rangers

12-8

3

KCR

Royals

12-10

9

TEX

KCR

1

0

3

2

0

0

3

0

3

4

0

0

5

0

2

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

2

1

9

1

R

3

9

H

7

11

E

1

1

Bottom 1st

TEX

KCR

Royals

Home run by Frank White.

0

1

Royals

Darrell Porter grounded out; George Brett scored.

0

2

Royals

Single by John Wathan; Amos Otis scored.

0

3

Bottom 3rd

TEX

KCR

Royals

Single by Ralph LaCock; Amos Otis and Al Cowens scored.

0

5

Royals

Single by Freddie Patek; Darrell Porter scored.

0

6

Bottom 5th

TEX

KCR

Royals

Home run by Darrell Porter; Al Cowens scored.

0

8

Top 8th

TEX

KCR

Rangers

Bump Wills ground ball; Error by Freddie Patek; Jim Sundberg scored.

1

8

Rangers

Bill Sample grounded out; Bump Wills scored.

2

8

Bottom 8th

TEX

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Willie Wilson; Ralph LaCock scored.

2

9

Top 9th

TEX

KCR

Rangers

Single by Oscar Gamble; Richie Zisk scored.

3

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bill Sample LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bert Campaneris SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Bell 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Oliver CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richie Zisk RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Ellis 1B,C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gary Gray DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Oscar Gamble PH 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Sundberg C 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Mike Jorgensen 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bump Wills 2B 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nelson Norman SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Johnny Grubb PH,LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 3 7 2 0 1 2 0 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jon Matlack (L) 2.1 5 6 6 3 0 1
Doc Medich 4.2 5 2 2 0 3 1
Ed Farmer 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 11 9 9 3 3 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Frank White 2B 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
George Brett 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Amos Otis CF 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2
Al Cowens RF 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Hal McRae DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Darrell Porter C 3 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 4
John Wathan 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ralph LaCock PH,1B 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Freddie Patek SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Wilson LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 11 9 2 3 3 3 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Splittorff (W) 5.0 1 0 0 1 2 0
Marty Pattin (S) 4.0 6 3 2 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 3 2 1 2 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

8

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

32

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.328

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

5

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

54

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.74

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

39

14th

R

185

8th

SO

296

25th

ERA

3.37

8th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
24 14 .632
Twins Twins
22 15 .595 1.5
Royals Royals
23 16 .590 1.5
Tigers Tigers
19 19 .500 5.0
White Sox White Sox
10 28 .263 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/10
KCR KCR
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sat
5/11
KCR KCR
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sun
5/12
KCR KCR
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Mon
5/13
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Tue
5/14
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM

Last Game

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LAA Angels

14-24

4

Final

10

KCR Royals

23-16

Thu 9 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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12

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

12

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

11

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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38

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

33

Soto

Juan Soto

32

Bohm

Alec Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

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.355

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.353

Kwan

Steven Kwan

.346

Betts

Mookie Betts

Hit Leaders

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54

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

53

Betts

Mookie Betts

51

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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36

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

32

Contreras

William Contreras

32

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

OBP Leaders

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.451

Betts

Mookie Betts

.429

Soto

Juan Soto

.425

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.678

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.646

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.609

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

SB Leaders

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23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

15

Turang

Brice Turang

15

Caballero

José Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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6

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

6

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

5

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

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63

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

63

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

60

Cease

Dylan Cease

ERA Leaders

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1.08

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.53

López

Reynaldo López

1.64

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

WHIP Leaders

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0.72

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.75

Cease

Dylan Cease

0.77

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K/9 Leaders

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12.00

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

11.73

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

11.64

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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10.40

Jones

Jared Jones

9.75

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.33

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

Walk Leaders

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4

Eflin

Zach Eflin

5

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

5

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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619.9

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

586.9

Betts

Mookie Betts

569.2

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

DraftKings Points Leaders

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475

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

447

Betts

Mookie Betts

439

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

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
5/9
MIN MIN
@
TOR TOR
3-2
Thu
5/9
NYY NYY
@
TBR TBR
2-0
Thu
5/9
HOU HOU
@
DET DET
5-2
Wed
5/8
HOU HOU
@
NYY NYY
4-3
Wed
5/8
ARI ARI
@
CIN CIN
5-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/10
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
5/10
ARI ARI
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
5/10
ATL ATL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Fri
5/10
WSH WSH
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Fri
5/10
PHI PHI
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM