The Kansas City Royals came up just a bit short against the Minnesota Twins, 7 to 6, on May 17, 1979.

Final

Twins

23-12

7

Royals

21-17

6

MIN

KCR

1

4

0

2

0

3

0

4

1

5

0

6

0

7

0

8

2

9

0

3

R

7

6

H

14

11

E

4

3

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

MIN

KCR

Single by Butch Wynegar; Roy Smalley scored.

1

0

Single by Ron Jackson; Error by Amos Otis; Ken Landreaux scored.

2

0

Single by Glenn Adams; Error by Darrell Porter; Butch Wynegar scored.

3

0

Single by Willie Norwood; Ron Jackson scored.

4

0

Top 4th

MIN

KCR

Single by Hosken Powell; Rob Wilfong scored.

5

0

Bottom 4th

MIN

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Clint Hurdle; Darrell Porter scored.

5

1

Top 8th

MIN

KCR

Home run by Rob Wilfong.

6

1

Wild pitchSome( by Al Hrabosky); John Castino scored.

7

1

Bottom 8th

MIN

KCR

Double by Amos Otis; Error by Ken Landreaux; Willie Wilson and George Brett scored.

7

3

Bottom 9th

MIN

KCR

Single by Clint Hurdle; Error by Willie Norwood; John Wathan scored.

7

4

Double by Ralph LaCock; Clint Hurdle scored.

7

5

Single by Tom Poquette; Ralph LaCock scored.

7

6

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Hosken Powell RF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Roy Smalley SS	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	3
Ken Landreaux LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Butch Wynegar C	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Ron Jackson 1B	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
Glenn Adams DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Morales PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Norwood CF	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Rob Wilfong 2B	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	5
John Castino 3B	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	38	7	14	5	1	3	1	1	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jerry Koosman (W)	8.0	8	5	3	3	4
Mike Marshall (S)	1.0	3	1	1	0	0
Totals	9.0	11	6	4	3	4

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Willie Wilson LF	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	2
Tom Poquette PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Terrell PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Brett 3B	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
Amos Otis CF	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2
Darrell Porter C	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Hal McRae DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
John Wathan 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Clint Hurdle RF	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Freddie Patek SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Braun PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
U L Washington 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph LaCock PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	34	6	11	4	3	4	2	1	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Leonard (L)	6.0	11	5	4	2	1	0
Eduardo Rodriguez	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	1
Al Hrabosky	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	9.0	14	7	6	3	1	1

Explore

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