The Kansas City Royals pulled it off against the Boston Red Sox, 2 to 1, on May 5, 1981.

1981 Kansas City Royals

Final

KCR

2

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

1

0

4

0

1

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

0

R

1

2

H

4

6

E

0

0

Top 3rd

BOS

KCR

Red Sox

Dwight Evans grounded out; Dave Schmidt scored.

1

0

Bottom 4th

BOS

KCR

Royals

Double by Willie Aikens; Amos Otis scored.

1

1

Bottom 7th

BOS

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Jerry Grote; John Wathan scored.

1

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Dwight Evans RF 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Stapleton 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Rudi 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Rice LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tony Perez DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dave Schmidt C 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Reid Nichols CF 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Glenn Hoffman SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 6

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Frank Tanana (L) 7.1 6 2 2 3 0 0
Bill Campbell 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 8.0 6 2 2 4 1 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U L Washington SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
George Brett 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hal McRae DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Willie Aikens 1B 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Danny Garcia PR,1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wathan RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ken Phelps PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cesar Geronimo RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Chalk 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Grote C 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 6 2 0 4 1 0 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura (W) 9.0 4 1 1 0 4 0
Totals 9.0 4 1 1 0 4 0

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2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
1 0 1.000
White Sox White Sox
0 1 .000 1.0
Guardians Guardians
0 0 0.5
Twins Twins
0 0 0.5
Royals Royals
0 0 0.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Sat
3/30
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Sun
3/31
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Mon
4/1
KCR KCR
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
4/2
KCR KCR
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM

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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
Wed
3/27
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3-11
Wed
3/27
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
1-0
Wed
3/27
WSH WSH
@
CIN CIN
2-8
Wed
3/27
STL STL
@
LAD LAD
1-7
Wed
3/20
SDP SDP
@
LAD LAD
15-11

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
4:10 PM