The Kansas City Royals couldn't pull it off against the Chicago White Sox, 8 to 7, on July 8, 2008.

Final

White Sox

52-38

8

Royals

40-51

7

CWS

KCR

1

0

2

1

3

0

1

4

0

5

0

6

2

1

7

0

8

2

0

9

0

10

0

11

2

12

0

13

1

0

R

8

7

H

16

17

E

0

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

CWS

KCR

Nick Swisher grounded out; Jim Thome scored.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

CWS

KCR

Single by Esteban German; Ross Gload scored.

1

David DeJesus grounded out; Miguel Olivo scored.

1

2

Single by Mike Aviles; Esteban German scored.

1

3

Bottom 3rd

CWS

KCR

Single by Miguel Olivo; Mark Teahen scored.

1

4

Top 6th

CWS

KCR

Paul Konerko grounded out; Jim Thome scored.

2

4

Home run by Joe Crede.

3

4

Bottom 6th

CWS

KCR

Double by David DeJesus; Esteban German scored.

3

5

Top 8th

CWS

KCR

Single by Nick Swisher; Jim Thome scored.

4

5

Sacrifice fly by Joe Crede; Brian Anderson scored.

5

Top 11th

CWS

KCR

Sacrifice fly by A.J. Pierzynski; Joe Crede and Alexei Ramirez scored.

7

5

Bottom 11th

CWS

KCR

Single by Mike Aviles; Esteban German scored.

7

6

Double by Alex Gordon; Mike Aviles scored.

7

Top 13th

CWS

KCR

Double by Orlando Cabrera; Alexei Ramirez scored.

8

7

White Sox

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Orlando Cabrera SS	6	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3
A.J. Pierzynski C	6	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1
Carlos Quentin LF	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Jermaine Dye RF	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jim Thome DH	5	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	6
Dewayne Wise PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Paul Konerko 1B	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Brian Anderson PR,CF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Swisher CF,1B	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Crede 3B	5	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	5
Alexei Ramirez 2B	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
Totals	52	8	16	8	1	3	5	1	22

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jose Contreras	5.2	10	5	5	1	1
Boone Logan	1.1	1	0	0	0	0
Octavio Dotel	1.1	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Thornton	1.2	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Linebrink	1.0	3	2	2	0	0
Nick Masset (W)	2.0	3	0	0	2	1
Totals	13.0	17	7	7	3	4

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
David DeJesus CF,LF	7	0	1	2	0	1	0	2
Mike Aviles SS,2B	7	1	4	2	0	1	0	4
Alex Gordon 3B	5	0	1	1	1	1	0	2
Jose Guillen LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Joey Gathright CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Buck PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Pena Jr. SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Grudzielanek PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Teahen RF	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	2
Billy Butler DH	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ross Gload 1B	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Miguel Olivo C	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Esteban German 2B,LF	6	3	4	1	0	0	1	5
Totals	54	7	17	7	3	4	1	23

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Kyle Davies	5.2	9	3	3	2	2	1
Ramon E Ramirez	1.2	1	2	2	1	2	0
Ron Mahay	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joakim Soria	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Horacio Ramirez	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Robinson Tejeda (L)	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0
Totals	13.0	16	8	6	3	5	1

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