The Kansas City Royals handily beat the Minnesota Twins, 5 to 1, on May 20, 1979.

Final

Twins

24-13

1

Royals

22-18

5

MIN

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

0

2

5

0

1

6

0

7

0

8

1

0

9

0

R

1

5

H

9

7

E

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

MIN

KCR

Double by George Brett; Error by Roy Smalley; Willie Wilson and George Brett scored.

0

2

Bottom 4th

MIN

KCR

Triple by Ralph LaCock; Darrell Porter scored.

0

3

Sacrifice fly by Hal McRae; Ralph LaCock scored.

0

4

Bottom 5th

MIN

KCR

Home run by George Brett.

0

5

Top 8th

MIN

KCR

Single by Craig Kusick; Ron Jackson scored.

1

5

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	SB	TB
Willie Norwood CF	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
Roy Smalley SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Ron Jackson 1B	4	1	3	0	0	0	4
Craig Kusick DH	4	0	1	1	1	0	1
Bombo Rivera RF	4	0	2	0	0	1	2
Butch Wynegar C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Ken Landreaux LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Bob Randall 2B	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
John Castino 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	1	9	1	3	1	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Roger Erickson (L)	6.0	6	5	5	3	3	1
Ken Brett	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Redfern	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	8.0	7	5	5	3	3	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Willie Wilson LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
George Brett 3B	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	6
Amos Otis CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Darrell Porter C	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Ralph LaCock 1B	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
John Wathan PH,1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae DH	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Hurdle RF	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Freddie Patek SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
U L Washington 2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Totals	29	5	7	3	1	3	3	1	17

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Paul Splittorff (W)	9.0	9	1	1	0	3	0
Totals	9.0	9	1	1	0	3	0

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Perez

RBI

17

Perez

AVG

.324

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

29

Ragans

ERA

1.05

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

25

4th

R

101

10th

SO

149

26th

ERA

2.85

2nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	14	6	.700
Royals	13	7	.650	1.0
Tigers	11	9	.550	3.0
Twins	6	12	.333	7.0
White Sox	3	16	.158	10.5

Schedule

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

Last Game

Royals

13-7

9

Final

4

Orioles

12-7

Fri 19 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

8

Trout

8

Ozuna

7

O'Neill

RBI Leaders

24

Ozuna

21

Jr.

21

Ward

Batting Average Leaders

.376

Altuve

.361

Contreras

.361

McMahon

Hit Leaders

32

Ohtani

32

Altuve

31

Betts

Run Leaders

22

Betts

21

Marte

19

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.468

Soto

.458

Winker

.457

Betts

SLG Leaders

.716

Ozuna

.667

Busch

.662

Abrams

SB Leaders

10

Cruz

9

Turang

8

Carroll

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

3

Bello

3

Peguero

3

Bradford

Strikeout Leaders

34

Crochet

34

Glasnow

33

Peralta

ERA Leaders

0.42

Crawford

0.50

López

0.86

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.71

Blanco

0.76

Peralta

0.77

Suárez

K/9 Leaders

13.06

Greene

12.55

Peralta

12.52

Jones

K/BB Leaders

16.00

Jones

14.00

Houck

10.00

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Jones

2

Kirby

2

Houck

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

370.4

Betts

322.6

Cruz

311.7

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

279

Betts

245

Cruz

244

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