The Kansas City Royals squeaked out a win over the New York Yankees, 10 to 9, on May 14, 1978.

Final

Yankees

17-12

9

Royals

17-13

10

NYY

KCR

1

0

2

0

1

3

2

0

4

0

2

5

4

2

6

1

7

0

3

8

2

0

9

0

1

R

9

10

H

12

14

E

1

3

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

NYY

KCR

Home run by Darrell Porter.

0

1

Top 3rd

NYY

KCR

Single by Chris Chambliss; Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson scored.

2

1

Bottom 4th

NYY

KCR

Clint Hurdle grounded out; Hal McRae scored.

2

Single by Darrell Porter; Al Cowens scored.

2

3

Top 5th

NYY

KCR

Single by Reggie Jackson; Willie Randolph scored.

3

Single by Chris Chambliss; Error by Freddie Patek; Reggie Jackson scored.

4

3

Double by Graig Nettles; Error by Tom Poquette; Lou Piniella and Chris Chambliss scored.

6

3

Bottom 5th

NYY

KCR

Double by Clint Hurdle; Error by Reggie Jackson; Willie Wilson and Hal McRae scored.

6

5

Top 6th

NYY

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson; Error by Clint Hurdle; Bucky Dent scored.

7

5

Bottom 6th

NYY

KCR

Willie Wilson grounded out; Amos Otis scored.

7

6

Bottom 7th

NYY

KCR

Double by Darrell Porter; Hal McRae scored.

7

Freddie Patek grounded out; Clint Hurdle scored.

7

8

Single by Frank White; Darrell Porter scored.

7

9

Top 8th

NYY

KCR

Double by Lou Piniella; Willie Randolph and Reggie Jackson scored.

9

Bottom 9th

NYY

KCR

Double by Amos Otis; Clint Hurdle scored.

9

10

Yankees

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Mickey Rivers CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Willie Randolph 2B	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	3
Thurman Munson C	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	3
Reggie Jackson RF	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	2
Lou Piniella DH	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2
Chris Chambliss 1B	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	2
Graig Nettles 3B	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	2
Roy White LF	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Bucky Dent SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Spencer PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Fred Stanley SS	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	36	9	12	7	5	7	3	16

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dick Tidrow	4.2	7	5	5	2	2	1
Sparky Lyle	2.1	5	4	4	2	0	0
Ken Clay (L)	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0
Totals	8.0	14	10	10	5	2	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Willie Wilson LF	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Tom Poquette RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Joe Zdeb PH,RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ralph LaCock PH,1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae DH	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	3
Al Cowens 3B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Clint Hurdle 1B,RF	5	2	3	3	0	0	0	5
Darrell Porter C	4	2	3	3	1	1	0	7
Amos Otis CF	2	1	2	1	0	3	0	3
Freddie Patek SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Frank White 2B	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	37	10	14	10	1	5	2	23

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Andy Hassler	4.2	7	6	5	4	1
Larry Gura	2.0	3	1	1	0	3
Doug Bird	1.0	2	2	2	1	1
Al Hrabosky (W)	1.1	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	9.0	12	9	8	5	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

8th

R

127

12th

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

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

29

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.677

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

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

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

Cruz

342

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