The Kansas City Royals squeaked out a win over the Detroit Tigers, 7 to 6, on August 10, 1979.

1979 Kansas City Royals

Final

DET

Tigers

59-55

6

KCR

Royals

58-55

7

DET

KCR

1

0

2

2

1

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

2

0

7

0

2

8

0

1

9

3

2

R

6

7

H

6

12

E

1

0

Bottom 1st

DET

KCR

Royals

Single by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

0

1

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Darrell Porter; Hal McRae scored.

0

2

Top 2nd

DET

KCR

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by Jerry Morales; Steve Kemp scored.

1

2

Top 6th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Home run by Steve Kemp; Alan Trammell scored.

3

2

Bottom 7th

DET

KCR

Royals

Triple by George Brett; Freddie Patek scored.

3

3

Royals

Single by Ralph LaCock; George Brett scored.

3

4

Bottom 8th

DET

KCR

Royals

Single by Al Cowens; Error by Champ Summers; Al Cowens scored.

3

5

Top 9th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Single by Lance Parrish; Mark Wagner scored.

4

5

Tigers

Double by Al Greene; Jerry Morales scored.

5

5

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by Alan Trammell; Lance Parrish scored.

6

5

Bottom 9th

DET

KCR

Royals

Home run by Hal McRae.

6

6

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; Darrell Porter scored.

6

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Lou Whitaker 2B 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1
Alan Trammell SS 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Ron LeFlore DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Kemp LF 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 4
Jason Thompson 1B 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Mark Wagner PR,3B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Champ Summers RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wockenfuss PH,1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Morales CF 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Lance Parrish C 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Greene PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lynn Jones RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 6 6 1 8 5 0 1 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dan Petry 6.2 7 4 4 3 2 0
Dave Tobik 1.1 2 1 0 1 1 0
Aurelio Lopez (L) 0.1 3 2 2 1 0 1
Totals 8.1 12 7 6 5 3 1

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
Hal McRae DH 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
George Brett 3B 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Darrell Porter C 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
Ralph LaCock 1B 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Amos Otis CF 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Al Cowens RF 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Frank White 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals 35 7 12 6 1 5 3 2 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rich Gale 7.2 4 3 3 5 5 1
Al Hrabosky 0.2 0 2 2 2 0 0
Dan Quisenberry (W) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 6 6 6 8 5 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

23

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.348

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Marsh

Alec Marsh

K

33

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

28

5th

R

117

11th

SO

183

29th

ERA

3.16

5th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
17 7 .708
Royals Royals
15 10 .600 2.5
Tigers Tigers
14 11 .560 3.5
Twins Twins
10 13 .435 6.5
White Sox White Sox
3 21 .125 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
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

Last Game

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KCR Royals

15-10

3

Final

2

TOR Blue Jays

13-12

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

García

Adolis García

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

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.371

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.365

Betts

Mookie Betts

.359

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

38

Betts

Mookie Betts

36

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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26

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.468

Betts

Mookie Betts

.439

Contreras

William Contreras

.433

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.695

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.651

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

40

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

39

Jones

Jared Jones

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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441.7

Betts

Mookie Betts

430.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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334

Betts

Mookie Betts

327

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Tue
4/23
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM