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

Final

Yankees

52-43

2

Royals

54-41

5

NYY

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

0

5

0

6

0

7

0

4

8

0

1

9

0

R

2

5

H

8

9

E

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

NYY

KCR

Single by Roy White; Graig Nettles scored.

1

0

Mike Heath grounded out; Gary Thomasson scored.

2

0

Bottom 7th

NYY

KCR

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

2

Single by George Brett; Jerry Terrell scored.

2

3

Double by John Wathan; George Brett scored.

2

4

Bottom 8th

NYY

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Jerry Terrell; Clint Hurdle scored.

2

5

Yankees

Royals

Batters

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

Pitchers

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

Batters

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

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

25

Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	8	.692
Royals	17	10	.630	1.5
Tigers	14	12	.538	4.0
Twins	12	13	.480	5.5
White Sox	4	22	.154	14.0

Schedule

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

Last Game

Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

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