The Kansas City Royals fell 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

7

Perez

RBI

26

Perez

AVG

.340

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

12th

R

133

12th

SO

209

27th

ERA

3.18

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	19	9	.679
Royals	17	12	.586	2.5
Tigers	16	12	.571	3.0
Twins	13	13	.500	5.0
White Sox	6	22	.214	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Fri 5/3	TEX	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Sat 5/4	TEX	@	KCR	7:10 PM

Last Game

Tigers

16-12

4

Final

1

Royals

17-12

Sun 28 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.387

Betts

.367

Smith

.354

Bohm

Hit Leaders

46

Betts

41

Ohtani

40

Kwan

Run Leaders

29

Betts

26

Contreras

26

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.482

Betts

.434

Soto

.434

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.670

Ozuna

.655

Betts

.639

Ohtani

SB Leaders

18

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Minter

5

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

1.32

Suárez

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

521.3

Betts

470

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

398

Betts

357

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