The Kansas City Royals couldn't pull it off against the Texas Rangers, 3 to 2, on May 2, 1979.

Final

Rangers

13-8

3

Royals

12-11

2

TEX

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

0

1

4

1

0

5

1

6

0

7

0

8

0

9

0

R

3

2

H

10

8

E

1

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

TEX

KCR

Double by Buddy Bell; Johnny Grubb scored.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

TEX

KCR

Single by Amos Otis; Frank White scored.

1

Top 4th

TEX

KCR

Sacrifice hit by Bill Sample; Pat Putnam scored.

2

1

Top 5th

TEX

KCR

Home run by Al Oliver.

3

1

Bottom 5th

TEX

KCR

Darrell Porter walked; Clint Hurdle scored.

3

2

Rangers

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Bill Sample LF	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Grubb DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Al Oliver CF	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	6
Buddy Bell 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Richie Zisk RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Sundberg C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Pat Putnam 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Jorgensen 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bump Wills 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Nelson Norman SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	35	3	10	3	1	1	1	1	16

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB
Steve Comer (W)	7.1	8	2	2	3
Sparky Lyle (S)	1.2	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	8	2	2	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SB	TB
Frank White 2B	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
George Brett 3B	5	0	2	0	0	0	2
Amos Otis CF	4	0	3	1	0	0	4
Darrell Porter C	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
Al Cowens RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ralph LaCock 1B	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Willie Wilson PR,LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	2
Clint Hurdle LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
John Wathan PH,1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Freddie Patek SS	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
Steve Braun PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
U L Washington SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Zdeb PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	2	8	2	3	1	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Leonard (L)	9.0	10	3	3	1	1	1
Totals	9.0	10	3	3	1	1	1

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Perez

RBI

17

Perez

AVG

.324

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Lugo

K

29

Ragans

ERA

1.05

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

23

7th

R

92

11th

SO

141

26th

ERA

2.79

2nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	13	6	.684
Royals	12	7	.632	1.0
Tigers	10	9	.526	3.0
Twins	6	11	.353	6.0
White Sox	3	15	.167	9.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/19	BAL	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Sat 4/20	BAL	@	KCR	7:10 PM
Sun 4/21	BAL	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Mon 4/22	TOR	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Tue 4/23	TOR	@	KCR	7:40 PM

Last Game

White Sox

2-15

2

Final

4

Royals

12-6

Wed 17 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

8

Trout

8

Ozuna

7

O'Neill

RBI Leaders

23

Ozuna

21

Ward

20

Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

.388

Altuve

.377

Arcia

.369

Betts

Hit Leaders

31

Ohtani

31

Betts

31

Altuve

Run Leaders

22

Betts

20

Marte

18

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.485

Winker

.478

Soto

.470

Betts

SLG Leaders

.732

Ozuna

.675

Altuve

.667

Busch

SB Leaders

9

Turang

8

Carroll

8

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

3

Peguero

3

Bradford

3

Miller

Strikeout Leaders

34

Glasnow

32

Jones

31

Crochet

ERA Leaders

0.42

Crawford

0.50

López

0.86

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.68

Peralta

0.71

Blanco

0.77

Suárez

K/9 Leaders

13.25

Peralta

13.06

Greene

12.52

Jones

K/BB Leaders

16.00

Jones

14.00

Houck

13.00

Peralta

Walk Leaders

2

Jones

2

Kirby

2

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

367.4

Betts

296.1

Ozuna

293

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

277

Betts

230

Ohtani

221

Trout

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