The Kansas City Royals won against the New York Yankees, 9 to 8, on June 9, 1979.

Final

Yankees

31-27

8

Royals

32-26

9

NYY

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

0

3

5

0

6

0

3

7

2

1

8

0

9

1

10

0

11

0

12

0

13

0

1

R

8

9

H

12

17

E

0

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

NYY

KCR

Home run by Chris Chambliss; Darryl Jones scored.

2

0

Top 3rd

NYY

KCR

Single by Lou Piniella; Error by Todd Cruz; Mickey Rivers, Willie Randolph, and Thurman Munson scored.

5

0

Bottom 4th

NYY

KCR

Single by Al Cowens; Amos Otis scored.

5

1

Home run by Darrell Porter; Al Cowens scored.

5

3

Bottom 6th

NYY

KCR

Triple by John Wathan; George Brett and Darrell Porter scored.

5

Single by Freddie Patek; John Wathan scored.

5

6

Top 7th

NYY

KCR

Single by Lou Piniella; Mickey Rivers and Willie Randolph scored.

7

6

Bottom 7th

NYY

KCR

Double by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

7

Top 9th

NYY

KCR

Double by Graig Nettles; Willie Randolph scored.

8

7

Bottom 9th

NYY

KCR

Single by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

8

Bottom 13th

NYY

KCR

Home run by Willie Wilson.

8

9

Yankees

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Mickey Rivers CF	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
Willie Randolph 2B	5	3	2	0	0	2	1	0	3
Thurman Munson C	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Piniella RF	7	0	3	4	0	0	1	0	3
Graig Nettles 3B	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
Darryl Jones DH	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
Jim Spencer PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Johnson PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jay Johnstone PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chris Chambliss 1B	5	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	7
Roy White LF	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bucky Dent SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Narron PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Fred Stanley SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	50	8	12	7	1	7	8	1	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Tommy John	5.1	7	5	5	1	3	1
Ray Burris	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0
Jim Kaat	2.0	1	1	1	2	0	0
Ron Davis	2.2	3	0	0	1	3	0
Ken Clay (L)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1
Totals	12.0	17	9	9	4	6	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Willie Wilson LF	6	3	2	1	1	1	3	5
U L Washington 2B,SS	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Amos Otis CF	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
George Brett 1B,3B	5	1	4	2	0	1	0	7
Al Cowens RF	5	1	2	1	0	1	1	2
Darrell Porter DH	5	2	1	2	1	0	1	4
John Wathan C	6	1	3	2	0	0	0	6
Freddie Patek SS	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Ralph LaCock 1B	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Todd Cruz 3B,SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Braun PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Terrell PR,2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	49	9	17	9	2	4	6	29

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Larry Gura	6.2	7	7	6	3	5	1
Renie Martin	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Al Hrabosky	2.2	2	1	1	1	0	0
Marty Pattin (W)	3.0	1	0	0	3	3	0
Totals	13.0	12	8	7	7	8	1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

26

Perez

AVG

.350

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

10th

R

132

12th

SO

204

28th

ERA

3.14

4th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	19	8	.704
Royals	17	11	.607	2.5
Tigers	15	12	.556	4.0
Twins	12	13	.480	6.0
White Sox	5	22	.185	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Fri 5/3	TEX	@	KCR	7:40 PM

Last Game

Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

Royals

17-11

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.354

Ozuna

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

40

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

25

Kwan

24

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.443

Soto

.434

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.698

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

Cruz

342

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