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

7

Soto

RBI

23

Soto

AVG

.324

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Schmidt

K

35

Gil

ERA

2.48

Rodón

Team Rankings

HR

34

3rd

R

133

11th

SO

240

13th

ERA

3.01

2nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Orioles	17	9	.654
Yankees	18	10	.643
Red Sox	15	13	.536	3.0
Blue Jays	13	15	.464	5.0
Rays	13	15	.464	5.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	NYY	@	MIL	2:10 PM
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

Last Game

Brewers

17-9

3

Final

15

Yankees

18-10

Sat 27 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

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.354

Ozuna

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

40

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

25

Kwan

24

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.443

Soto

.434

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.698

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

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