The Kansas City Royals managed to stay ahead of the Oakland Athletics, 7 to 6, on June 28, 1979.

1979 Kansas City Royals

Final

KCR

Royals

42-33

7

1

0

1

2

3

1

3

2

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

2

7

1

0

8

0

1

9

0

2

R

6

7

H

8

9

E

1

2

Bottom 1st

OAK

KCR

Royals

Single by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

0

1

Top 2nd

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Tony Armas; Jeff Newman scored.

1

1

Athletics

Derek Bryant grounded out; Mitchell Page scored.

2

1

Athletics

Single by Rickey Henderson; Mario Guerrero scored.

3

1

Bottom 2nd

OAK

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Freddie Patek; Frank White scored.

3

2

Top 3rd

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Home run by Jeff Newman; Wayne Gross scored.

5

2

Bottom 6th

OAK

KCR

Royals

Double by Ralph LaCock; George Brett and Darrell Porter scored.

5

4

Top 7th

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Double by Jeff Newman; Mike Edwards scored.

6

4

Bottom 8th

OAK

KCR

Royals

Single by Frank White; Al Cowens scored.

6

5

Bottom 9th

OAK

KCR

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; U L Washington scored.

6

6

Royals

Single by Al Cowens; George Brett scored.

6

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Mike Edwards 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Wayne Gross 3B 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jeff Newman 1B 4 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 6
Mitchell Page DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mario Guerrero SS 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Armas RF 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Murray RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Essian C 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Derek Bryant LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6 1 4 2 1 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Brian Kingman 5.2 4 4 4 3 3 0
Dave Heaverlo (L) 2.2 4 3 3 4 0 0
Jim Todd 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.1 9 7 7 7 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
George Brett 3B 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
Amos Otis CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Darrell Porter C 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Al Cowens RF 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ralph LaCock 1B 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
Frank White 2B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Steve Braun DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Quirk PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U L Washington PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 7 0 7 3 3 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura 7.0 7 6 3 3 1 1
Marty Pattin 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Al Hrabosky (W) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 6 3 4 2 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

1

Garcia

Maikel Garcia

RBI

1

Garcia

Maikel Garcia

AVG

.333

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

Team Pitching Leaders

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K

9

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

3.00

Ragans

Cole Ragans

Team Rankings

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HR

1

5th

R

1

13th

SO

12

4th

ERA

4.00

7th

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Wed
4/3
KCR KCR
@
BAL BAL
1:05 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

0-1

1

Final

4

MIN Twins

1-0

Thu 28 Mar 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2024 Betting

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
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
5-4
Wed
3/27
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
1-0
Wed
3/27
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4-1
Wed
3/27
WSH WSH
@
CIN CIN
2-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
7:35 PM
Thu
3/28
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
10:07 PM
Thu
3/28
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
10:10 PM
Thu
3/28
COL COL
@
ARI ARI
10:10 PM