The Kansas City Royals were decisively beaten by the New York Yankees, 8 to 5, on June 9, 1981.

1981 Kansas City Royals

Final

NYY

Yankees

34-20

8

KCR

Royals

18-30

5

NYY

KCR

1

0

2

2

1

3

3

4

0

4

1

0

5

0

0

6

1

0

7

1

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

8

5

H

12

11

E

0

1

Bottom 1st

NYY

KCR

Royals

Single by Willie Aikens; Willie Wilson scored.

0

1

Royals

Double by Amos Otis; George Brett scored.

0

2

Top 2nd

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Rick Cerone; Graig Nettles scored.

1

2

Bottom 2nd

NYY

KCR

Royals

Single by U L Washington; Jerry Grote scored.

1

3

Royals

Double by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

1

4

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Willie Aikens; U L Washington scored.

1

5

Top 3rd

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Home run by Dave Winfield; Jerry Mumphrey and Oscar Gamble scored.

4

5

Yankees

Home run by Graig Nettles.

5

5

Top 4th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Oscar Gamble; Bucky Dent scored.

6

5

Top 6th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Willie Randolph; Rick Cerone scored.

7

5

Top 7th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Dave Revering; Error by George Brett; Reggie Jackson scored.

8

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Randolph 2B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Mumphrey CF 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1
Oscar Gamble RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Brown RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Winfield LF 5 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 4
Reggie Jackson DH 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 3B 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Dave Revering 1B 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Rick Cerone C 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Bucky Dent SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 38 8 12 7 2 5 6 1 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gene Nelson 1.1 6 5 5 1 0 0
Dave LaRoche (W) 3.2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Griffin 2.1 3 0 0 0 2 0
Rich Gossage (S) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 5 5 1 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
U L Washington SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
George Brett 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Willie Aikens 1B 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hal McRae DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Cesar Geronimo RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wathan PH,RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rance Mulliniks 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Chalk PH,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Quirk PH,2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jerry Grote C 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 37 5 11 5 0 1 3 1 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Juan Berenguer 2.2 5 5 5 2 4 2
Renie Martin (L) 4.1 5 3 2 2 0 0
Dan Quisenberry 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 9.0 12 8 7 5 6 2

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

23

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.348

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Marsh

Alec Marsh

K

33

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

28

5th

R

117

11th

SO

183

29th

ERA

3.16

5th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
17 7 .708
Royals Royals
15 10 .600 2.5
Tigers Tigers
14 11 .560 3.5
Twins Twins
10 13 .435 6.5
White Sox White Sox
3 21 .125 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
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

Last Game

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KCR Royals

15-10

3

Final

2

TOR Blue Jays

13-12

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

García

Adolis García

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

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.371

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.365

Betts

Mookie Betts

.359

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

38

Betts

Mookie Betts

36

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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26

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.468

Betts

Mookie Betts

.439

Contreras

William Contreras

.433

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.695

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.651

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

40

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

39

Jones

Jared Jones

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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441.7

Betts

Mookie Betts

430.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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334

Betts

Mookie Betts

327

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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