The Kansas City Royals were defeated by the Texas Rangers, 7 to 3, on July 14, 1979.

Final

Rangers

52-38

7

Royals

43-47

3

TEX

KCR

1

2

5

0

3

1

0

4

0

1

5

0

6

0

1

7

0

8

0

9

0

R

7

3

H

9

11

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

TEX

KCR

Al Oliver grounded out; Bump Wills scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

TEX

KCR

Single by Amos Otis; Willie Wilson scored.

1

Top 2nd

TEX

KCR

Single by Jim Sundberg; Pat Putnam scored.

2

1

Home run by Buddy Bell; Johnny Grubb, Mike Jorgensen, and Jim Sundberg scored.

6

1

Top 3rd

TEX

KCR

Double by Johnny Grubb; Pat Putnam scored.

7

1

Bottom 4th

TEX

KCR

Double by Freddie Patek; Ralph LaCock scored.

7

2

Bottom 6th

TEX

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Frank White; Ralph LaCock scored.

7

3

Rangers

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Bump Wills 2B	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	5
Buddy Bell 3B	5	1	2	4	1	0	1	5
Al Oliver CF	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Oscar Gamble DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richie Zisk PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Pat Putnam 1B	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Sample PH,LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Grubb RF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	3
Mike Jorgensen LF,1B	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Sundberg C	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Nelson Norman SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	36	7	9	7	1	2	6	15

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Fergie Jenkins (W)	6.0	9	3	3	1	4
Jim Kern (S)	3.0	2	0	0	0	4
Totals	9.0	11	3	3	1	8

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Willie Wilson LF	5	1	1	0	0	1	2
George Brett 3B	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
Amos Otis CF	5	0	1	1	0	3	1
Darrell Porter C	3	0	1	0	1	0	1
Jamie Quirk DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	1
Ralph LaCock 1B	4	2	3	0	0	0	5
Al Cowens RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Frank White 2B	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
Freddie Patek SS	3	0	3	1	0	0	5
Steve Braun PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	37	3	11	3	1	8	16

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Rich Gale (L)	1.2	6	6	6	1	1	1
Larry Gura	5.0	3	1	0	1	3	0
Dan Quisenberry	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	9.0	9	7	6	2	6	1

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

25

Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

5th

R

127

8th

SO

197

24th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	7	.720
Royals	17	10	.630	2.0
Tigers	14	12	.538	4.5
Twins	11	13	.458	6.5
White Sox	3	22	.120	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
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
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM

Last Game

Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

Royals

17-10

Fri 26 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

Lugo

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