The Kansas City Royals couldn't keep up with the Oakland Athletics, 5 to 2, on May 21, 1972.

1972 Kansas City Royals

Final

OAK

Athletics

17-10

5

KCR

Royals

12-18

2

OAK

KCR

1

2

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

2

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

1

0

R

5

2

H

8

9

E

1

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bert Campaneris SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Rudi LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Reggie Jackson RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
Sal Bando 3B 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Mike Epstein 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Blue Moon Odom PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Hegan 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ollie Brown CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Dave Duncan C 3 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 8
Larry Brown 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Holtzman P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Hendrick PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Darold Knowles P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Locker P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5 3 3 5 1 1 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ken Holtzman (W) 6.0 4 1 1 1 5 1
Darold Knowles 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0
Bob Locker (S) 2.2 3 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 2 2 2 6 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Freddie Patek SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gail Hopkins PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Rooker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Hovley PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amos Otis CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Richie Scheinblum RF 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Lou Piniella LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dennis Paepke C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Kirkpatrick PH,C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Mayberry 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Paul Schaal 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Bobby Knoop 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mike Hedlund P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry May PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Dal Canton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Hansen PH,SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 37 2 9 2 1 2 6 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Hedlund (L) 5.0 4 4 4 2 3 2
Bruce Dal Canton 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Jim Rooker 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 1
Totals 9.0 8 5 5 3 5 3

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 8 .692
Royals Royals
17 10 .630 1.5
Tigers Tigers
14 12 .538 4.0
Twins Twins
12 13 .480 5.5
White Sox White Sox
4 22 .154 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Tue
4/30
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Wed
5/1
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

KCR Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.382

Betts

Mookie Betts

.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

Mookie Betts

40

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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28

Betts

Mookie Betts

24

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

Mookie Betts

SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

337

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM