The Kansas City Royals managed to stay ahead of the Cleveland Indians, 6 to 5, on June 19, 1978.

1978 Kansas City Royals

Final

CLE

Indians

27-35

5

KCR

Royals

34-29

6

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

2

4

4

0

1

5

2

1

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

0

R

5

6

H

9

10

E

0

2

Top 3rd

CLE

KCR

Indians

Single by Rick Manning; Tom Veryzer scored.

1

0

Indians

Single by Andre Thornton; Paul Dade scored.

2

0

Bottom 3rd

CLE

KCR

Royals

Double by Clint Hurdle; Darrell Porter scored.

2

1

Royals

Single by George Brett; Clint Hurdle scored.

2

2

Royals

Single by Hal McRae; Frank White scored.

2

3

Royals

Single by Al Cowens; George Brett scored.

2

4

Bottom 4th

CLE

KCR

Royals

Double by Freddie Patek; Clint Hurdle scored.

2

5

Top 5th

CLE

KCR

Indians

Single by Buddy Bell; Paul Dade scored.

3

5

Indians

Double by Andre Thornton; Error by Freddie Patek; Buddy Bell scored.

4

5

Bottom 5th

CLE

KCR

Royals

Joe Zdeb grounded out; Hal McRae scored.

4

6

Top 8th

CLE

KCR

Indians

Home run by Andre Thornton.

5

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Paul Dade RF 4 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Rick Manning CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Buddy Bell 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Andre Thornton 1B 4 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 7
Johnny Grubb LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Willie Horton DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Alexander C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Duane Kuiper 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Tom Veryzer SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jim Norris PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larvell Blanks PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5 1 1 11 0 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
David Clyde (L) 4.2 7 6 6 3 4 0
Sid Monge 2.2 3 0 0 3 1 0
Dan Spillner 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 8.0 10 6 6 6 6 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Freddie Patek SS 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 2
Frank White 2B 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
George Brett 3B 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hal McRae DH 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 3
Al Cowens RF,CF 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1
Joe Zdeb LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Darrell Porter C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Clint Hurdle 1B 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
U L Washington PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph LaCock 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Wilson CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Poquette RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6 0 6 6 3 1 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dennis Leonard (W) 8.0 9 5 3 1 9 1
Al Hrabosky (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 9 5 3 1 11 1

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

26

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.340

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

10th

R

133

11th

SO

209

25th

ERA

3.18

5th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
19 8 .704
Royals Royals
17 11 .607 2.5
Tigers Tigers
15 12 .556 4.0
Twins Twins
13 13 .500 5.5
White Sox White Sox
5 22 .185 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Fri
5/3
TEX TEX
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Sat
5/4
TEX TEX
@
KCR KCR
7:10 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

16-12

4

Final

1

KCR Royals

17-12

Sun 28 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1-3
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1-4
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
2:10 PM