The Minnesota Twins were defeated by the Kansas City Royals, 8 to 7, on May 28, 1978.

1978 Minnesota Twins

Final

KCR

Royals

23-19

8

MIN

Twins

17-27

7

KCR

MIN

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

2

0

4

2

2

5

0

0

6

3

0

7

0

0

8

0

3

9

0

2

10

0

0

11

0

0

12

1

0

R

8

7

H

12

16

E

1

2

Top 3rd

KCR

MIN

Royals

Double by Amos Otis; Frank White scored.

1

0

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Clint Hurdle; Amos Otis scored.

2

0

Top 4th

KCR

MIN

Royals

Single by Ralph LaCock; George Brett scored.

3

0

Royals

Single by Frank White; Ralph LaCock scored.

4

0

Bottom 4th

KCR

MIN

Twins

Triple by Dan Ford; Rod Carew scored.

4

1

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Craig Kusick; Dan Ford scored.

4

2

Top 6th

KCR

MIN

Royals

Wild pitchSome( by Mac Scarce); Darrell Porter scored.

5

2

Royals

Double by Amos Otis; Al Cowens and Frank White scored.

7

2

Bottom 8th

KCR

MIN

Twins

Double by Bombo Rivera; Dan Ford and Craig Kusick scored.

7

4

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Jose Morales; Bombo Rivera scored.

7

5

Bottom 9th

KCR

MIN

Twins

Home run by Glenn Adams; Rod Carew scored.

7

7

Top 12th

KCR

MIN

Royals

Double by Frank White; Al Cowens scored.

8

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Amos Otis CF 6 1 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 5
Clint Hurdle LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Wilson LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hal McRae DH 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
George Brett 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ralph LaCock 1B 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Darrell Porter C 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2
Al Cowens RF 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Freddie Patek SS 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Frank White 2B 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 46 8 12 7 0 6 7 1 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Andy Hassler 5.0 9 2 2 1 1 0
Steve Mingori 2.0 5 3 3 1 3 0
Al Hrabosky 1.0 0 1 1 2 1 0
Doug Bird 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1
Larry Gura (W) 3.0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Totals 12.0 16 7 7 7 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Norwood LF 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rod Carew 1B 5 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
Dan Ford CF 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
Craig Kusick DH 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Glenn Adams PH 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Glenn Borgmann PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bombo Rivera RF 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
Mike Cubbage PH,3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Smalley SS 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Butch Wynegar C 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Wolfe 3B 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Hosken Powell RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Randall 2B 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jose Morales PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Wilfong 2B 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rich Chiles PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 7 16 7 1 7 5 0 0 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Thormodsgard 4.0 7 4 4 1 0 0
Mac Scarce 4.2 3 3 3 3 3 0
Mike Marshall (L) 3.1 2 1 1 2 4 0
Totals 12.0 12 8 8 6 7 0

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RBI

12

Jeffers

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AVG

.306

Correa

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Team Pitching Leaders

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W

1

Alcala

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K

30

Ryan

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ERA

3.57

Ryan

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Team Rankings

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HR

20

22nd

R

80

28th

SO

225

2nd

ERA

4.12

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2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
17 6 .739
Tigers Tigers
14 10 .583 3.5
Royals Royals
14 10 .583 3.5
Twins Twins
9 13 .409 7.5
White Sox White Sox
3 20 .130 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sat
4/27
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sun
4/28
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM

Last Game

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MIN Twins

9-13

6

Final

5

CWS White Sox

3-20

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9

Trout

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9

Ozuna

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7

Cruz

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RBI Leaders

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27

Ozuna

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22

García

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22

Jr.

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Batting Average Leaders

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Ohtani

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.357

Altuve

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.351

Kwan

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Hit Leaders

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36

Ohtani

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35

Altuve

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34

Kwan

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Run Leaders

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24

Betts

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23

Marte

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22

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

OBP Leaders

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.458

Betts

Mookie Betts

.432

Soto

Juan Soto

.430

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.677

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.671

Abrams

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SB Leaders

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12

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

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11

Thomas

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MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

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4

Glasnow

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4

Berríos

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

39

Jones

Jared Jones

38

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

1.33

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

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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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

11.92

Crochet

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K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

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10.00

Ryan

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9.75

Jones

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Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

3

Ryan

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Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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413.3

Betts

Mookie Betts

393.9

Cruz

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383

Ohtani

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DraftKings Points Leaders

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312

Betts

Mookie Betts

297

Cruz

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296

Ohtani

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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
Mon
4/22
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
4-2
Mon
4/22
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-4
Mon
4/22
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
1-2
Mon
4/22
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
5-6
Mon
4/22
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4-7

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
ARI ARI
@
STL STL
1:15 PM
Wed
4/24
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
3:45 PM
Wed
4/24
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Wed
4/24
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM