The Kansas City Royals couldn't pull it off against the New York Yankees, 11 to 10, on June 8, 1979.

1979 Kansas City Royals

Final

NYY

Yankees

31-26

11

KCR

Royals

31-26

10

1

1

1

2

0

1

3

3

0

4

0

3

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

6

2

8

0

0

9

0

3

10

1

0

R

11

10

H

14

18

E

1

1

Top 1st

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Graig Nettles ground ball; Error by George Brett; Mickey Rivers scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

NYY

KCR

Royals

Single by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

1

1

Bottom 2nd

NYY

KCR

Royals

Al Cowens grounded out; Darrell Porter scored.

1

2

Top 3rd

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Graig Nettles; Mickey Rivers scored.

2

2

Yankees

Double by Lou Piniella; Graig Nettles and Chris Chambliss scored.

4

2

Bottom 4th

NYY

KCR

Royals

Single by Ralph LaCock; George Brett scored.

4

3

Royals

Double by U L Washington; Al Cowens and Ralph LaCock scored.

4

5

Top 7th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Lou Piniella; Willie Randolph scored.

5

5

Yankees

Single by Roy White; Graig Nettles scored.

6

5

Yankees

Single by Darryl Jones; Chris Chambliss and Roy White scored.

8

5

Yankees

Triple by Mickey Rivers; Cliff Johnson and Darryl Jones scored.

10

5

Bottom 7th

NYY

KCR

Royals

Amos Otis grounded out; U L Washington scored.

10

6

Royals

Single by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

10

7

Bottom 9th

NYY

KCR

Royals

Home run by Amos Otis; Steve Braun scored.

10

9

Royals

Ralph LaCock ground ball; Error by Willie Randolph; George Brett scored.

10

10

Top 10th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Home run by Graig Nettles.

11

10

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 5
Willie Randolph 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
Thurman Munson C 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 3B 4 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 5
Chris Chambliss 1B 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Lou Piniella RF 5 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 4
Roy White LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jim Spencer DH 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Cliff Johnson PH 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bucky Dent SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darryl Jones PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fred Stanley SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 14 10 1 9 2 1 0 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Figueroa 6.0 9 5 5 1 3 0
Ron Davis 2.0 6 4 4 1 1 1
Jim Kaat 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Ken Clay (W) 1.2 2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 10.0 18 10 9 2 6 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 6 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Steve Braun DH 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Amos Otis CF 6 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 5
George Brett 3B 6 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 6
Darrell Porter C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Al Cowens RF 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Ralph LaCock 1B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Freddie Patek SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tom Poquette PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Cruz SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U L Washington 2B 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 46 10 18 9 1 2 6 0 1 27

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rich Gale 6.1 7 6 5 6 0 0
Al Hrabosky 0.1 4 4 4 1 0 0
Eduardo Rodriguez (L) 3.1 3 1 1 2 2 1
Totals 10.0 14 11 10 9 2 1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.344

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

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 8 .692
Royals Royals
17 10 .630 1.5
Tigers Tigers
14 12 .538 4.0
Twins Twins
12 13 .480 5.5
White Sox White Sox
4 22 .154 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
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

Last Game

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DET Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

KCR Royals

17-10

Fri 26 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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM