The Kansas City Royals took a loss to the Minnesota Twins, 8 to 6, on May 18, 1978.

Final

Twins

13-23

8

Royals

18-15

6

MIN

KCR

1

2

0

3

5

0

4

1

0

5

0

2

6

0

2

7

1

8

0

9

0

R

8

6

H

9

10

E

1

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

MIN

KCR

Home run by Rod Carew.

1

0

Bottom 1st

MIN

KCR

Home run by Hal McRae.

1

Top 3rd

MIN

KCR

Single by Mike Cubbage; Hosken Powell and Rod Carew scored.

3

1

Single by Butch Wynegar; Dan Ford scored.

4

1

Double by Jose Morales; Mike Cubbage and Butch Wynegar scored.

6

1

Top 4th

MIN

KCR

Home run by Willie Norwood.

7

1

Bottom 5th

MIN

KCR

Single by John Wathan; Frank White and Jerry Terrell scored.

7

3

Bottom 6th

MIN

KCR

Single by Freddie Patek; Amos Otis scored.

7

4

Double by Tom Poquette; Frank White scored.

7

5

Top 7th

MIN

KCR

Double by Butch Wynegar; Dan Ford scored.

8

5

Bottom 7th

MIN

KCR

Triple by Amos Otis; Al Cowens scored.

8

6

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Norwood LF	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Rod Carew 1B	3	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	5
Dan Ford CF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Cubbage 3B	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1
Butch Wynegar C	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	4
Glenn Adams DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Morales PH	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	2
Roy Smalley SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hosken Powell RF	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2
Rob Wilfong 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Randall PH,2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	8	9	8	2	6	1	1	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Geoff Zahn (W)	5.1	5	4	4	3	2	1
Tom Johnson	1.2	4	2	2	0	0	0
Mike Marshall (S)	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	10	6	6	3	2	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Wilson LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Clint Hurdle PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Wathan 1B	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
Joe Lahoud PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Zdeb PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae DH	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Al Cowens RF,3B	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Amos Otis CF	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	5
Darrell Porter C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Freddie Patek SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank White 2B	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Ralph LaCock PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
U L Washington PR,2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Terrell 3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Poquette PH,RF	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	36	6	10	6	1	3	2	3	17

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Leonard (L)	2.2	4	6	6	2	0	1
Larry Gura	3.2	3	2	2	2	1	1
Steve Mingori	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0
Doug Bird	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	9.0	9	8	8	6	1	2

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Perez

RBI

22

Perez

AVG

.337

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

33

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

28

5th

R

114

10th

SO

175

29th

ERA

3.21

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	17	7	.708
Royals	14	10	.583	3.0
Tigers	14	11	.560	3.5
Twins	9	13	.409	7.0
White Sox	3	20	.130	13.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 4/24	TOR	@	KCR	7:40 PM
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

Last Game

Royals

14-10

3

Final

2

Blue Jays

13-11

Tue 23 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

23

Ward

22

García

Batting Average Leaders

.371

Ohtani

.365

Betts

.359

Contreras

Hit Leaders

39

Ohtani

38

Betts

35

Kwan

Run Leaders

26

Betts

23

Marte

22

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.468

Betts

.439

Contreras

.433

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.695

Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

.649

Henderson

SB Leaders

12

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Garrett

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.33

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

9.75

Jones

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

3

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

441.7

Betts

414.4

Ohtani

393.9

Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

334

Betts

319

Ohtani

297

Cruz

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