The Kansas City Royals were easily defeated by the Texas Rangers, 9 to 4, on July 13, 1979.

Final

Rangers

51-38

9

Royals

43-46

4

TEX

KCR

1

0

2

3

1

0

4

3

1

5

0

6

0

7

3

0

8

0

9

0

1

R

9

4

H

13

10

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

TEX

KCR

Home run by Pat Putnam; Oscar Gamble scored.

2

0

Bottom 2nd

TEX

KCR

Al Cowens grounded out; George Brett scored.

2

1

Double by Frank White; Darrell Porter scored.

2

Top 3rd

TEX

KCR

Single by Oscar Gamble; Al Oliver scored.

3

2

Top 4th

TEX

KCR

Triple by Nelson Norman; Johnny Grubb and Mike Jorgensen scored.

5

2

Single by Buddy Bell; Nelson Norman scored.

6

2

Bottom 4th

TEX

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Frank White; Darrell Porter scored.

6

3

Top 7th

TEX

KCR

Richie Zisk ground ball; Error by George Brett; Oscar Gamble scored.

7

3

Wild pitchSome( by Al Hrabosky); Pat Putnam scored.

8

3

Double by Bill Sample; Richie Zisk scored.

9

3

Bottom 9th

TEX

KCR

Single by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

9

4

Rangers

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Bump Wills 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Buddy Bell 3B	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Al Oliver CF	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
Oscar Gamble DH	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	2
Pat Putnam 1B	4	2	1	2	1	1	1	4
Johnny Grubb RF	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Richie Zisk PH,RF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Jorgensen LF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Sample PH,LF	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Jim Sundberg C	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Nelson Norman SS	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	4
Totals	40	9	13	7	1	3	2	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Steve Comer (W)	5.1	5	3	3	2	1
Sparky Lyle (S)	3.2	5	1	1	1	0
Totals	9.0	10	4	4	3	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Willie Wilson LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	2
Steve Braun DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
U L Washington PH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amos Otis CF	5	0	1	0	0	1	1
George Brett 3B	4	1	1	1	1	0	1
Darrell Porter C	4	2	3	0	0	0	4
Jamie Quirk C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Cowens RF	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
Ralph LaCock 1B	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
George Scott PH,1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank White 2B	3	0	2	2	0	0	3
Freddie Patek SS	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	36	4	10	4	3	1	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Leonard (L)	6.2	10	8	6	3	2	1
Al Hrabosky	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Paschall	2.1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	13	9	6	3	2	1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

25

Perez

AVG

.352

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

37

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

5th

R

119

11th

SO

187

27th

ERA

3.13

4th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	7	.720
Royals	16	10	.615	2.5
Tigers	14	11	.560	4.0
Twins	11	13	.458	6.5
White Sox	3	22	.120	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/26	KCR	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM

Last Game

Royals

16-10

2

Final

1

Blue Jays

13-13

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.374

Betts

.365

Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

40

Betts

39

Ohtani

37

Altuve

Run Leaders

27

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.477

Betts

.446

Contreras

.430

Soto

SLG Leaders

.678

Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

.649

Henderson

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

462.9

Betts

436.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

351

Betts

331

Cruz

319

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