The Texas Rangers squeaked out a win over the Kansas City Royals, 5 to 4, on June 8, 1978.

1978 Texas Rangers

Final

KCR

Royals

27-23

4

TEX

Rangers

27-24

5

1

0

0

2

0

1

3

1

2

4

0

0

5

0

2

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

3

0

9

0

R

4

5

H

7

11

E

2

1

Bottom 2nd

KCR

TEX

Rangers

Single by Mike Hargrove; Juan Beniquez scored.

0

1

Top 3rd

KCR

TEX

Royals

Triple by Amos Otis; Frank White scored.

1

1

Bottom 3rd

KCR

TEX

Rangers

Triple by Al Oliver; Error by Frank White; Toby Harrah and Al Oliver scored.

1

3

Bottom 5th

KCR

TEX

Rangers

Single by Bobby Bonds; Error by Freddie Patek; Jim Sundberg and Richie Zisk scored.

1

5

Top 8th

KCR

TEX

Royals

Double by George Brett; Hal McRae scored.

2

5

Royals

Single by Al Cowens; George Brett scored.

3

5

Royals

Steve Braun grounded out; Darrell Porter scored.

4

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Amos Otis CF 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Tom Poquette LF 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Willie Wilson PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hal McRae DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
George Brett 3B 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Darrell Porter C 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Al Cowens RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Clint Hurdle 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wathan PH,1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph LaCock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U L Washington SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Braun PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Terrell SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank White 2B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Totals 33 4 7 4 0 5 3 1 1 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Andy Hassler (L) 4.2 7 5 4 2 4 0
Doug Bird 3.0 4 0 0 1 2 0
Al Hrabosky 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 8.0 11 5 4 3 7 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Toby Harrah 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
Jim Sundberg C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al Oliver LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Richie Zisk DH 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bobby Bonds RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Juan Beniquez CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mike Hargrove 1B 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Kurt Bevacqua 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bump Wills PH,2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Bert Campaneris SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
John Lowenstein PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Mason SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 3 0 3 7 1 2 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Doyle Alexander (W) 7.0 5 3 3 4 3 0
Roger Moret 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Reggie Cleveland (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 4 4 5 3 0

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More Rangers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

García

Adolis García

RBI

23

García

Adolis García

AVG

.304

Smith

Josh H. Smith

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Bradford

Cody Bradford

K

36

Eovaldi

Nathan Eovaldi

ERA

1.26

Robertson

David Robertson

Team Rankings

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HR

30

7th

R

128

13th

SO

246

9th

ERA

4.04

18th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
15 12 .556
Rangers Rangers
14 14 .500 1.5
Athletics Athletics
11 17 .393 4.5
Angels Angels
10 17 .370 5.0
Astros Astros
8 19 .296 7.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
2:35 PM
Tue
4/30
WSH WSH
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Wed
5/1
WSH WSH
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Thu
5/2
WSH WSH
@
TEX TEX
2:35 PM
Fri
5/3
TEX TEX
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM

Last Game

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TEX Rangers

14-14

4

Final

8

CIN Reds

15-12

Sat 27 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
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
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

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
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM