The Kansas City Royals put the smackdown on the Chicago White Sox, 13 to 2, on June 4, 1978.

Final

White Sox

19-29

2

Royals

27-21

13

CWS

KCR

1

0

2

0

1

3

2

3

4

0

5

0

6

0

1

7

0

5

8

0

3

9

0

R

2

13

H

5

18

E

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

CWS

KCR

Single by John Wathan; Al Cowens scored.

0

1

Top 3rd

CWS

KCR

Thad Bosley ground ball; Error by Freddie Patek; Eric Soderholm scored.

1

Single by Junior Moore; Thad Bosley scored.

2

1

Bottom 3rd

CWS

KCR

Single by Hal McRae; Darrell Porter scored.

2

Single by George Brett; Frank White scored.

2

3

Sacrifice fly by Al Cowens; Hal McRae scored.

2

4

Bottom 6th

CWS

KCR

Sacrifice fly by John Wathan; Tom Poquette scored.

2

5

Bottom 7th

CWS

KCR

Triple by Al Cowens; George Brett and Amos Otis scored.

2

7

Single by Tom Poquette; Al Cowens scored.

2

8

Single by John Wathan; Willie Wilson scored.

2

9

Single by Frank White; John Wathan scored.

2

10

Bottom 8th

CWS

KCR

Double by Willie Wilson; George Brett and Al Cowens scored.

2

12

Triple by Darrell Porter; Willie Wilson scored.

2

13

White Sox

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Thad Bosley RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
Junior Moore 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1
Chet Lemon CF	3	0	1	0	1	1	1
Wayne Nordhagen LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lamar Johnson 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Nahorodny C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Jorge Orta 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Soderholm DH	3	1	1	0	0	0	2
Greg Pryor SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	32	2	5	1	1	1	6

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Wilbur Wood (L)	2.1	6	4	4	1	1
Ron Schueler	3.2	4	1	1	0	0
Lerrin LaGrow	0.1	5	5	5	1	0
Pablo Torrealba	1.2	3	3	3	2	0
Totals	8.0	18	13	13	4	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Freddie Patek SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae DH	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
George Brett 3B	4	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	6
Amos Otis CF	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Al Cowens RF	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	5
Joe Zdeb LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Poquette PH,LF	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4
Willie Wilson PR,LF	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	2
John Wathan 1B	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2
Darrell Porter C	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	10
Frank White 2B	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	38	13	18	13	4	1	3	1	32

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	BB	SO
Paul Splittorff (W)	7.0	4	2	1	0
Doug Bird	2.0	1	0	0	1
Totals	9.0	5	2	1	1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

25

Perez

AVG

.352

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

37

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

5th

R

119

11th

SO

187

27th

ERA

3.13

4th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	7	.720
Royals	16	10	.615	2.5
Tigers	14	11	.560	4.0
Twins	11	13	.458	6.5
White Sox	3	22	.120	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/26	KCR	@	DET	1:10 PM
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

Last Game

Royals

16-10

2

Final

1

Blue Jays

13-13

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.374

Betts

.365

Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

40

Betts

39

Ohtani

37

Altuve

Run Leaders

27

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.477

Betts

.446

Contreras

.430

Soto

SLG Leaders

.678

Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

.649

Henderson

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

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

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

462.9

Betts

436.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

351

Betts

331

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