The Kansas City Royals were defeated by the Boston Red Sox, 8 to 7, on May 4, 1981.

Final

Red Sox

8-12

8

Royals

5-12

7

BOS

KCR

1

0

2

0

1

3

1

3

4

0

5

2

0

6

0

7

1

0

8

1

0

9

0

1

10

0

11

0

12

3

2

R

8

7

H

19

16

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

BOS

KCR

Single by John Wathan; Willie Aikens scored.

0

1

Top 3rd

BOS

KCR

Single by Jim Rice; Error by Cesar Geronimo; Dwight Evans scored.

1

Bottom 3rd

BOS

KCR

Triple by U L Washington; Willie Wilson scored.

1

2

Double by Hal McRae; U L Washington scored.

1

3

Sacrifice fly by Willie Aikens; Hal McRae scored.

1

4

Top 5th

BOS

KCR

Single by Dwight Evans; Glenn Hoffman scored.

2

4

Single by Tony Perez; Dwight Evans scored.

3

4

Top 7th

BOS

KCR

Single by Tony Perez; Dwight Evans scored.

4

Top 8th

BOS

KCR

Single by Jerry Remy; Rick Miller scored.

5

4

Bottom 9th

BOS

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Cesar Geronimo; Danny Garcia scored.

5

Top 12th

BOS

KCR

Double by Glenn Hoffman; Gary Allenson scored.

6

5

Single by Jerry Remy; Glenn Hoffman scored.

7

5

Single by Carl Yastrzemski; Jerry Remy scored.

8

5

Bottom 12th

BOS

KCR

Home run by Amos Otis; U L Washington scored.

8

7

Red Sox

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Jerry Remy 2B	7	1	3	2	0	0	1	3
Dwight Evans RF	3	3	3	1	4	0	1	3
Carl Yastrzemski DH	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	2
Jim Rice LF	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Tony Perez 1B	6	0	3	2	0	0	0	3
Carney Lansford 3B	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Rick Miller CF	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Gary Allenson C	4	1	1	0	2	2	0	2
Glenn Hoffman SS	6	2	2	1	0	1	0	3
Totals	52	8	19	7	6	3	3	21

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
John Tudor	6.1	8	4	4	2	2	0
Bob Stanley	3.2	4	1	1	1	0	0
Tom Burgmeier (W)	1.1	4	2	2	0	0	1
Mark Clear (S)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	12.0	16	7	7	3	3	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Willie Wilson LF	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	4
U L Washington SS	4	2	3	1	0	2	0	1	5
Hal McRae DH	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Amos Otis CF	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4
Willie Aikens 1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
George Brett PR,3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Frank White 2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lee May 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
John Wathan C	6	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	4
Dave Chalk 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ken Phelps PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Danny Garcia PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rance Mulliniks 3B,2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cesar Geronimo RF	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Totals	47	7	16	7	1	3	3	2	27

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Rich Gale	4.2	8	3	2	2	1
Jim Wright	2.1	2	2	2	3	0
Dan Quisenberry (L)	5.0	9	3	3	1	2
Totals	12.0	19	8	7	6	3

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

25

Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

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

Last Game

Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

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