The Kansas City Royals won against the New York Yankees, 5 to 2, on July 24, 1978.

1978 Kansas City Royals

Final

NYY

Yankees

52-43

2

KCR

Royals

54-41

5

1

0

0

2

2

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

4

8

0

1

9

0

R

2

5

H

8

9

E

0

0

Top 2nd

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Roy White; Graig Nettles scored.

1

0

Yankees

Mike Heath grounded out; Gary Thomasson scored.

2

0

Bottom 7th

NYY

KCR

Royals

Double by Steve Braun; Darrell Porter and Freddie Patek scored.

2

2

Royals

Single by George Brett; Jerry Terrell scored.

2

3

Royals

Double by John Wathan; George Brett scored.

2

4

Bottom 8th

NYY

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Jerry Terrell; Clint Hurdle scored.

2

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Willie Randolph 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Thurman Munson RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Chris Chambliss 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 3B 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Gary Thomasson LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Roy White DH 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mike Heath C 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Stanley SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2 0 1 6 1 1 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dick Tidrow (L) 6.2 6 3 3 3 1 0
Sparky Lyle 1.1 3 2 2 3 0 0
Totals 8.0 9 5 5 6 1 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
George Brett 3B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hal McRae DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Ralph LaCock 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Wathan PH,1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Amos Otis CF 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Darrell Porter C 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Clint Hurdle RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Poquette LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Wilson LF 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Frank White 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Steve Braun PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jerry Terrell PR,2B 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 5 0 6 1 0 1 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dennis Leonard (W) 9.0 8 2 2 1 6 0
Totals 9.0 8 2 2 1 6 0

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

5th

R

127

8th

SO

197

24th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Tue
4/30
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Wed
5/1
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

KCR Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
Thu
4/25
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
8-0
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
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

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM