The Oakland Athletics easily beat the Kansas City Royals, 9 to 3, on July 2, 1978.

1978 Oakland Athletics

Final

KCR

Royals

39-38

3

OAK

Athletics

40-39

9

KCR

OAK

1

1

0

2

0

0

3

0

1

4

0

2

5

1

2

6

0

3

7

0

1

8

1

0

9

0

R

3

9

H

6

12

E

5

2

Top 1st

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; Error by Miguel Dilone; Freddie Patek scored.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Single by Taylor Duncan; Miguel Dilone scored.

1

1

Bottom 4th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Double by Joe Wallis; Jim Essian and Tony Armas scored.

1

3

Top 5th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Home run by Ralph LaCock.

2

3

Bottom 5th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Triple by Jim Essian; Mitchell Page and Jeff Newman scored.

2

5

Bottom 6th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Double by Joe Wallis; Tito Fuentes scored.

2

6

Athletics

Single by Mitchell Page; Joe Wallis scored.

2

7

Athletics

Jeff Newman grounded out; Mitchell Page scored.

2

8

Bottom 7th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Mitchell Page ground ball; Error by Frank White; Mike Edwards scored.

2

9

Top 8th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Amos Otis; U L Washington scored.

3

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Freddie Patek SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
U L Washington PR,SS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph LaCock 1B 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Amos Otis CF 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
George Brett 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal McRae DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Clint Hurdle RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Poquette LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank White 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Braun PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Kusnyer C 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 2 1 1 2 0 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Andy Hassler (L) 4.1 5 5 4 4 3 0
Randy McGilberry 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 0
Steve Mingori 2.2 5 2 0 1 1 0
Totals 8.0 12 9 6 5 6 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Joe Wallis CF 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
Miguel Dilone LF 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Mitchell Page DH 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Taylor Duncan 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Wayne Gross 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jeff Newman C,1B 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jim Essian 1B,C 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
Tony Armas RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Mike Edwards 2B,SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rob Picciolo SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Revering PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tito Fuentes 2B 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 38 9 12 8 0 5 6 1 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Renko (W) 9.0 6 3 3 1 2 1
Totals 9.0 6 3 3 1 2 1

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Rooker

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RBI

11

Langeliers

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AVG

.288

Nevin

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W

2

Kelly

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K

24

Boyle

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ERA

2.03

Blackburn

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26

11th

R

71

29th

SO

194

25th

ERA

4.15

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2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
13 12 .520
Rangers Rangers
13 13 .500 0.5
Angels Angels
10 15 .400 3.0
Athletics Athletics
9 16 .360 4.0
Astros Astros
7 19 .269 6.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Mon
4/29
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM

Last Game

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17-8

7

Final

3

OAK Athletics

9-16

Wed 24 Apr 2024

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10

Trout

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9

Ozuna

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8

Henderson

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RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

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23

García

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23

Ward

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Batting Average Leaders

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.374

Betts

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.365

Contreras

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.358

Ohtani

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40

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39

Ohtani

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37

Altuve

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27

Betts

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23

Cruz

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23

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.477

Betts

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.446

Contreras

William Contreras

.431

Soto

Juan Soto

SLG Leaders

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.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.649

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

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12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

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4

Suárez

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4

Minter

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4

Glasnow

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Wheeler

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44

Glasnow

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42

Castillo

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

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0.85

Berríos

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WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

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0.74

Cease

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K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

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12.07

Peralta

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13.00

Eflin

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9.75

Jones

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9.50

Ryan

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Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

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3

Kirby

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4

Jones

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FanDuel Points Leaders

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462.9

Betts

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Cruz

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414.4

Ohtani

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DraftKings Points Leaders

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Betts

Mookie Betts

331

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MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
9-10
Wed
4/24
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM