The Kansas City Royals squeaked out a win over the Toronto Blue Jays, 4 to 3, on August 1, 1979.

1979 Kansas City Royals

Final

KCR

Royals

53-52

4

1

0

1

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

1

1

5

1

2

6

1

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

3

4

H

10

10

E

1

0

Bottom 1st

TOR

KCR

Royals

Single by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

0

1

Top 4th

TOR

KCR

Blue Jays

Double by Otto Velez; Roy Howell scored.

1

1

Bottom 4th

TOR

KCR

Royals

Single by Jamie Quirk; Ralph LaCock scored.

1

2

Top 5th

TOR

KCR

Blue Jays

Sacrifice fly by Roy Howell; Alfredo Griffin scored.

2

2

Bottom 5th

TOR

KCR

Royals

Double by George Brett; Frank White scored.

2

3

Royals

Single by Darrell Porter; George Brett scored.

2

4

Top 6th

TOR

KCR

Blue Jays

Rick Cerone grounded out; Otto Velez scored.

3

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Alfredo Griffin SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Bosetti CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Roy Howell 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Rico Carty DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Mayberry 1B 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Bob Bailor PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Johnson 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otto Velez RF 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Al Woods LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rick Cerone C 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Gomez 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Solaita PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Cannon PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3 0 3 0 0 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Huffman (L) 4.1 9 4 3 1 1 0
Dave Freisleben 3.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 10 4 3 1 1 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Frank White 2B 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Amos Otis CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Brett DH 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Darrell Porter C 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Ralph LaCock 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Al Cowens RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jamie Quirk 3B 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jerry Terrell 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4 0 1 1 2 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rich Gale (W) 7.0 9 3 3 2 0 0
Dan Quisenberry 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Al Hrabosky (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 10 3 3 3 0 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

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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

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
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM