The New York Yankees easily beat the Kansas City Royals, 8 to 3, on June 4, 1979.

1979 New York Yankees

Final

KCR

Royals

30-23

3

NYY

Yankees

29-24

8

1

0

0

2

0

1

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

0

0

6

0

7

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

1

R

3

8

H

6

14

E

1

0

Bottom 2nd

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Jim Spencer; Chris Chambliss scored.

0

1

Top 4th

KCR

NYY

Royals

Home run by George Brett.

1

1

Bottom 6th

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Double by Chris Chambliss; Graig Nettles scored.

1

2

Yankees

Single by Jim Spencer; Chris Chambliss scored.

1

3

Yankees

Triple by Willie Randolph; Roy White, Jim Spencer, and Mickey Rivers scored.

1

6

Yankees

Wild pitchSome( by Rich Gale); Willie Randolph scored.

1

7

Yankees

Single by Lou Piniella; Thurman Munson scored.

1

8

Top 8th

KCR

NYY

Royals

Single by Willie Wilson; Freddie Patek scored.

2

8

Top 9th

KCR

NYY

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Hal McRae; Al Cowens scored.

3

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
George Brett 3B 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Amos Otis CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Al Cowens RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Hal McRae DH 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Darrell Porter C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Wathan 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
U L Washington 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3 1 2 3 0 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rich Gale (L) 5.2 8 8 8 5 3 0
Steve Mingori 2.1 6 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 8.0 14 8 8 6 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Willie Randolph 2B 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 4
Thurman Munson C 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Graig Nettles 3B 3 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
Lou Piniella RF 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Chris Chambliss 1B 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Roy White LF 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Jim Spencer DH 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bucky Dent SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 14 7 0 6 3 1 0 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tommy John (W) 9.0 6 3 3 2 3 1
Totals 9.0 6 3 3 2 3 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Soto

Juan Soto

RBI

22

Soto

Juan Soto

AVG

.319

Soto

Juan Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Schmidt

Clarke Schmidt

K

29

Gil

Luis Gil

ERA

2.70

RodĂłn

Carlos RodĂłn

Team Rankings

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HR

26

10th

R

111

14th

SO

214

15th

ERA

2.95

2nd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
17 8 .680
Orioles Orioles
16 8 .667 0.5
Red Sox Red Sox
14 11 .560 3.0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
13 12 .520 4.0
Rays Rays
13 13 .500 4.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
8:10 PM
Sat
4/27
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
7:10 PM
Sun
4/28
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
2:10 PM
Mon
4/29
NYY NYY
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM

Last Game

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NYY Yankees

17-8

7

Final

3

Wed 24 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
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Tue
4/23
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM