The Kansas City Royals put the smackdown on the Minnesota Twins, 17 to 5, on May 12, 1976.

Final

Twins

11-12

5

Royals

13-9

17

MIN

KCR

1

0

7

2

0

4

3

0

3

4

1

0

5

3

0

6

0

2

7

0

1

8

0

9

1

R

5

17

H

6

22

E

2

4

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

MIN

KCR

Double by Al Cowens; Amos Otis and George Brett scored.

0

2

Single by Bob Stinson; Error by Steve Braun; Hal McRae and Al Cowens scored.

0

4

Triple by Tom Poquette; Bob Stinson, Freddie Patek, and Frank White scored.

0

7

Bottom 2nd

MIN

KCR

Single by Hal McRae; George Brett scored.

0

8

Double by Al Cowens; John Mayberry scored.

0

9

Sacrifice fly by Bob Stinson; Hal McRae scored.

0

10

Sacrifice fly by Freddie Patek; Al Cowens scored.

0

11

Bottom 3rd

MIN

KCR

George Brett ground ball; Error by Rod Carew; Tom Poquette scored.

0

12

Double by Hal McRae; George Brett scored.

0

13

Sacrifice fly by Al Cowens; John Mayberry scored.

0

14

Top 4th

MIN

KCR

Single by Steve Braun; Error by Al Cowens; Rod Carew scored.

1

14

Top 5th

MIN

KCR

Larry Hisle hit into fielder's choice; Error by Frank White; Luis Gomez scored.

2

14

Single by Rod Carew; Lyman Bostock scored.

3

14

Steve Braun grounded out; Larry Hisle scored.

4

14

Bottom 6th

MIN

KCR

Double by Tom Poquette; Bob Stinson scored.

4

15

Single by George Brett; Frank White scored.

4

16

Bottom 7th

MIN

KCR

Single by Freddie Patek; Fran Healy scored.

4

17

Top 9th

MIN

KCR

Steve Brye grounded out; Luis Gomez scored.

5

17

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Lyman Bostock CF	5	1	2	0	0	0	4
Larry Hisle LF	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Brye LF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rod Carew 1B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1
Jerry Terrell RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Steve Braun 3B	5	0	1	1	0	0	1
Butch Wynegar DH	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
Dan Ford RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Craig Kusick 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Randall 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Roof C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Borgmann C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Gomez SS	3	2	1	0	1	1	1
Totals	36	5	6	4	4	2	9

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Joe Decker (L)	1.0	8	10	10	3	2
Vic Albury	4.2	9	6	4	1	1
Mike Pazik	2.1	5	1	1	0	2
Totals	8.0	22	17	15	4	5

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Tom Poquette LF	6	1	3	4	0	2	0	7
Amos Otis CF	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
George Brett 3B	5	3	3	2	0	0	1	3
Jamie Quirk 3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Mayberry 1B	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	2
Tony Solaita 1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Hal McRae DH	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	3
Al Fitzmorris PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fran Healy PH	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	1
Al Cowens RF	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	4
Bob Stinson C	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	3
Freddie Patek SS	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	1
Frank White 2B	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
Totals	43	17	22	16	4	5	1	29

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Steve Busby	4.1	4	4	2	4	1
Marty Pattin (W)	2.2	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Hall	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Mingori	1.0	2	1	1	0	0
Totals	9.0	6	5	3	4	2

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Perez

RBI

23

Perez

AVG

.348

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

33

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

28

5th

R

117

11th

SO

183

29th

ERA

3.16

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	17	7	.708
Royals	15	10	.600	2.5
Tigers	14	11	.560	3.5
Twins	10	13	.435	6.5
White Sox	3	21	.125	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/25	TOR	@	KCR	2:10 PM
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

Last Game

Royals

15-10

3

Final

2

Blue Jays

13-12

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

23

García

23

Ward

Batting Average Leaders

.371

Ohtani

.365

Betts

.359

Contreras

Hit Leaders

39

Ohtani

38

Betts

36

Altuve

Run Leaders

26

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.468

Betts

.439

Contreras

.433

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.695

Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

.651

Cruz

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

40

Crochet

39

Jones

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

0.85

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

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

441.7

Betts

430.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

334

Betts

327

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