The New York Yankees fell to the Kansas City Royals, 9 to 7, on July 17, 1978.

Final

Royals

48-41

9

Yankees

47-42

7

KCR

NYY

1

0

2

1

0

3

0

2

4

0

3

5

2

0

6

0

7

0

8

0

9

2

0

10

0

11

4

2

R

9

7

H

14

12

E

0

3

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

KCR

NYY

Home run by Darrell Porter.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

KCR

NYY

Double by Thurman Munson; Graig Nettles and Mike Heath scored.

1

2

Bottom 4th

KCR

NYY

Home run by Graig Nettles; Lou Piniella and Chris Chambliss scored.

1

5

Top 5th

KCR

NYY

Single by George Brett; Freddie Patek scored.

2

5

Sacrifice fly by John Wathan; Error by Lou Piniella; George Brett scored.

3

5

Top 9th

KCR

NYY

Single by John Wathan; George Brett scored.

4

5

Single by Amos Otis; U L Washington scored.

5

Top 11th

KCR

NYY

Willie Wilson walked; Amos Otis scored.

6

5

Single by Freddie Patek; Darrell Porter and Clint Hurdle scored.

8

5

Single by Frank White; Willie Wilson scored.

9

5

Bottom 11th

KCR

NYY

Home run by Willie Randolph.

9

6

Single by Thurman Munson; Mickey Rivers scored.

9

7

Royals

Yankees

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
George Brett 3B	7	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	2
Hal McRae DH	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
U L Washington PR	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph LaCock 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Wathan PH,1B	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1
Amos Otis CF	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Darrell Porter C	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	5
Clint Hurdle RF	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2
Tom Poquette LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Zdeb PH,LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Braun PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Willie Wilson PR,LF	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
Freddie Patek SS	5	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	3
Frank White 2B	6	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2
Totals	46	9	14	9	1	6	5	1	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Paul Splittorff	3.0	7	5	5	1	3	1
Marty Pattin	4.1	1	0	0	2	0	0
Al Hrabosky (W)	3.2	4	2	2	2	0	1
Totals	11.0	12	7	7	5	3	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Willie Randolph 2B	6	1	1	1	1	0	2	4
Mickey Rivers CF	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	4
Thurman Munson RF	6	0	3	3	0	0	0	4
Reggie Jackson DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Cliff Johnson PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Piniella LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Chambliss 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Graig Nettles 3B	4	2	2	3	1	1	0	5
Fred Stanley SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Mike Heath C	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	42	7	12	7	2	5	3	22

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Catfish Hunter	4.1	5	3	3	2	1	1
Sparky Lyle	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Gossage (L)	4.2	7	6	1	4	4	0
Bob Kammeyer	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	11.0	14	9	4	6	5	1

Explore

More Yankees Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Soto

RBI

22

Soto

AVG

.319

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Schmidt

K

29

Gil

ERA

2.70

Rodón

Team Rankings

HR

26

10th

R

111

14th

SO

214

15th

ERA

2.95

2nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	17	8	.680
Orioles	16	8	.667	0.5
Red Sox	14	11	.560	3.0
Blue Jays	13	12	.520	4.0
Rays	13	13	.500	4.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/25	OAK	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Fri 4/26	NYY	@	MIL	8:10 PM
Sat 4/27	NYY	@	MIL	7:10 PM
Sun 4/28	NYY	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Mon 4/29	NYY	@	BAL	6:35 PM

Last Game

Yankees

17-8

7

Final

3

Athletics

9-16

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

23

García

23

Ward

Batting Average Leaders

.371

Ohtani

.365

Betts

.359

Contreras

Hit Leaders

39

Ohtani

38

Betts

36

Altuve

Run Leaders

26

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.468

Betts

.439

Contreras

.433

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.695

Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

.651

Cruz

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

40

Crochet

39

Jones

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

0.85

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

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

441.7

Betts

430.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

334

Betts

327

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