The Kansas City Royals came up just a bit short against the Texas Rangers, 3 to 2, on May 14, 1981.

1981 Kansas City Royals

Final

TEX

Rangers

17-12

3

KCR

2

1

2

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

2

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

0

0

R

3

2

H

6

6

E

0

1

Top 1st

TEX

KCR

Rangers

Double by Buddy Bell; Al Oliver scored.

1

0

Rangers

Single by Leon Roberts; Buddy Bell scored.

2

0

Bottom 4th

TEX

KCR

Royals

Single by Willie Aikens; Hal McRae scored.

2

1

Royals

Sacrifice fly by John Wathan; George Brett scored.

2

2

Top 8th

TEX

KCR

Rangers

Home run by Pat Putnam.

3

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bump Wills 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Rivers CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Al Oliver DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Buddy Bell 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Leon Roberts LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Johnny Grubb RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Sundberg C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pat Putnam 1B 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Mario Mendoza SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3 1 1 2 1 1 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Doc Medich (W) 8.0 6 2 2 1 4 0
John Henry Johnson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Comer (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 6 2 2 1 5 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal McRae DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
George Brett 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jamie Quirk 3B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Danny Garcia PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Aikens 1B 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
John Wathan C 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
Ken Phelps PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Frank White 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Cesar Geronimo RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U L Washington SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2 0 1 5 0 1 8

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Splittorff (L) 8.1 6 3 3 0 2 1
Renie Martin 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 6 3 3 1 2 1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

23

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.348

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Marsh

Alec Marsh

K

33

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

28

5th

R

117

11th

SO

183

29th

ERA

3.16

5th

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

15-10

3

Final

2

TOR Blue Jays

13-12

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Tue
4/23
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM