The New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals, 6 to 5, on May 3, 1978.

Final

Royals

14-8

5

Yankees

13-9

6

KCR

NYY

1

0

2

3

1

4

1

0

5

0

1

6

0

7

0

8

1

9

0

R

5

6

H

10

9

E

1

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

KCR

NYY

Freddie Patek grounded out; Darrell Porter scored.

1

0

Wild pitchSome( by Ed Figueroa); Clint Hurdle scored.

2

0

Bottom 2nd

KCR

NYY

Home run by Jim Spencer; Roy White scored.

2

Single by Willie Randolph; Bucky Dent scored.

2

3

Top 3rd

KCR

NYY

Home run by Amos Otis.

3

Bottom 3rd

KCR

NYY

Home run by Reggie Jackson.

3

4

Top 4th

KCR

NYY

Home run by Clint Hurdle.

4

Bottom 5th

KCR

NYY

Sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson; Willie Randolph scored.

4

5

Top 8th

KCR

NYY

Home run by Al Cowens.

5

Bottom 8th

KCR

NYY

Home run by Graig Nettles.

5

6

Royals

Yankees

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Amos Otis CF	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	5
Hal McRae DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Poquette LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Al Cowens RF	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	5
Darrell Porter C	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Clint Hurdle 1B	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	5
Jerry Terrell 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Ralph LaCock PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Freddie Patek SS	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Frank White 2B	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Lahoud PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	5	10	4	3	1	5	1	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Leonard (L)	7.2	9	6	5	2	6	3
Al Hrabosky	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	8.0	9	6	5	2	6	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Mickey Rivers CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Willie Randolph 2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Thurman Munson C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Reggie Jackson RF	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
Chris Chambliss 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Graig Nettles 3B	4	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	5
Roy White LF	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0
Jim Spencer DH	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4
Lou Piniella PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bucky Dent SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Totals	31	6	9	6	3	2	6	1	1	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Ed Figueroa (W)	8.0	10	5	5	1	3	3
Rich Gossage (S)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	9.0	10	5	5	1	5	3

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More Yankees Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Soto

RBI

22

Soto

AVG

.319

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Schmidt

K

29

Gil

ERA

2.70

Rodón

Team Rankings

HR

26

10th

R

111

14th

SO

214

15th

ERA

2.95

2nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	17	8	.680
Orioles	16	8	.667	0.5
Red Sox	14	11	.560	3.0
Blue Jays	13	12	.520	4.0
Rays	13	13	.500	4.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/25	OAK	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Fri 4/26	NYY	@	MIL	8:10 PM
Sat 4/27	NYY	@	MIL	7:10 PM
Sun 4/28	NYY	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Mon 4/29	NYY	@	BAL	6:35 PM

Last Game

Yankees

17-8

7

Final

3

Athletics

9-16

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