The New York Yankees were easily defeated by the Kansas City Royals, 8 to 2, on July 15, 1978.

Final

Royals

46-41

8

Yankees

47-40

2

KCR

NYY

1

2

0

2

3

0

3

0

4

0

5

3

0

6

0

1

7

0

8

0

1

9

0

R

8

2

H

9

8

E

2

3

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

KCR

NYY

Double by Darrell Porter; George Brett and Hal McRae scored.

2

0

Top 2nd

KCR

NYY

Home run by Ralph LaCock; Freddie Patek and Frank White scored.

5

0

Top 5th

KCR

NYY

Tom Poquette ground ball; Error by Chris Chambliss; Darrell Porter scored.

6

0

Frank White ground ball; Error by Graig Nettles; Clint Hurdle and Tom Poquette scored.

8

0

Bottom 6th

KCR

NYY

Single by Willie Randolph; Mike Heath scored.

8

1

Bottom 8th

KCR

NYY

Double by Mickey Rivers; Gary Thomasson scored.

8

2

Royals

Yankees

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
George Brett 3B	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Hal McRae DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Ralph LaCock 1B	5	1	1	3	1	0	2	0	4
Amos Otis CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
Darrell Porter C	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	3
Clint Hurdle RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Poquette LF	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Willie Wilson LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Freddie Patek SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Frank White 2B	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Totals	37	8	9	6	1	2	6	2	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Leonard (W)	9.0	8	2	2	0	8	0
Totals	9.0	8	2	2	0	8	0

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	TB
Mickey Rivers CF	4	0	1	1	0	2
Willie Randolph 2B	3	0	2	1	0	2
Brian Doyle PR,2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roy White PH	1	0	0	0	1	0
Damaso Garcia SS	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thurman Munson RF	4	0	1	0	1	2
Chris Chambliss 1B	4	0	1	0	2	1
Graig Nettles 3B	4	0	0	0	1	0
Reggie Jackson DH	4	0	0	0	1	0
Gary Thomasson LF	3	1	1	0	0	1
Fred Stanley SS	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Spencer PH	1	0	0	0	1	0
Paul Blair 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Heath C	2	1	1	0	0	1
Jay Johnstone PH	1	0	1	0	0	1
Cliff Johnson C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	2	8	2	8	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Ed Figueroa (L)	4.1	9	8	6	2	3	1
Sparky Lyle	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Kammeyer	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	9.0	9	8	6	2	6	1

Explore

More Yankees Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Soto

RBI

24

Soto

AVG

.318

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Schmidt

K

35

Gil

ERA

2.48

Rodón

Team Rankings

HR

37

2nd

R

148

6th

SO

249

13th

ERA

3.08

2nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	19	10	.655
Orioles	17	10	.630	1.0
Red Sox	16	13	.552	3.0
Blue Jays	14	15	.483	5.0
Rays	13	16	.448	6.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 4/29	NYY	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Tue 4/30	NYY	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Wed 5/1	NYY	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Thu 5/2	NYY	@	BAL	1:05 PM
Fri 5/3	DET	@	NYY	7:05 PM

Last Game

Brewers

17-10

5

Final

15

Yankees

19-10

Sun 28 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

.387

Betts

.367

Smith

.365

Bohm

Hit Leaders

46

Betts

41

Ohtani

41

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

26

Contreras

26

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.482

Betts

.441

Bohm

.434

Soto

SLG Leaders

.670

Ozuna

.655

Betts

.639

Ohtani

SB Leaders

18

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Minter

5

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

44

Gilbert

ERA Leaders

1.23

Berríos

1.32

Suárez

1.35

Crawford

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Gilbert

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.07

Peralta

11.93

Ryan

K/BB Leaders

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

9.00

Flaherty

Walk Leaders

4

Kirby

4

Ryan

4

Flaherty

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

521.3

Betts

470

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

398

Betts

357

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