The Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins, 6 to 3, on May 20, 1978.

Final

Twins

14-24

3

Royals

19-16

6

MIN

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

0

2

4

0

5

0

6

0

1

7

0

2

8

2

1

9

0

R

3

6

H

9

15

E

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

MIN

KCR

Double by Mike Cubbage; Dan Ford scored.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

MIN

KCR

Single by Hal McRae; Willie Wilson scored.

1

Single by Amos Otis; Hal McRae scored.

1

2

Bottom 6th

MIN

KCR

Single by Freddie Patek; Clint Hurdle scored.

1

3

Bottom 7th

MIN

KCR

Single by Al Cowens; George Brett scored.

1

4

Single by Clint Hurdle; Al Cowens scored.

1

5

Top 8th

MIN

KCR

Home run by Rod Carew; Willie Norwood scored.

3

5

Bottom 8th

MIN

KCR

Double by Hal McRae; Freddie Patek scored.

3

6

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Willie Norwood LF	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Rod Carew 1B	4	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	5
Dan Ford CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Mike Cubbage 3B	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Wolfe PH,3B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Butch Wynegar C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Glenn Adams DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Morales PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Roy Smalley SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Hosken Powell RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bombo Rivera PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rob Wilfong 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Chiles PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Randall 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Kusick PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	33	3	9	3	1	4	3	1	1	15

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Paul Thormodsgard (L)	5.2	9	3	3	1	1
Greg Thayer	1.1	4	2	2	1	0
Tom Johnson	1.0	2	1	1	1	0
Totals	8.0	15	6	6	3	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Wilson LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Hal McRae DH	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	4
George Brett 3B	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	3
Al Cowens RF	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Amos Otis CF	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	2
Clint Hurdle 1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	3
Ralph LaCock 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Porter C	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Freddie Patek SS	4	1	4	1	0	0	2	4
Frank White 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	6	15	6	3	1	5	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Rich Gale (W)	7.1	8	3	3	2	1	1
Al Hrabosky (S)	1.2	1	0	0	2	2	0
Totals	9.0	9	3	3	4	3	1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Perez

RBI

23

Perez

AVG

.348

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

33

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

28

5th

R

117

11th

SO

183

29th

ERA

3.16

5th

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM

Last Game

Royals

15-10

3

Final

2

Blue Jays

13-12

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

23

García

23

Ward

Batting Average Leaders

.371

Ohtani

.365

Betts

.359

Contreras

Hit Leaders

39

Ohtani

38

Betts

36

Altuve

Run Leaders

26

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.468

Betts

.439

Contreras

.433

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.695

Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

.651

Cruz

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

40

Crochet

39

Jones

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

0.85

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

441.7

Betts

430.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

334

Betts

327

Cruz

319

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