The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers, 11 to 5, on August 11, 1979.

1979 Kansas City Royals

Final

DET

Tigers

59-57

5

KCR

Royals

60-55

11

1

0

0

2

1

0

3

1

0

4

0

2

5

0

0

6

0

6

7

3

0

8

0

3

9

0

R

5

11

H

11

15

E

1

0

Top 2nd

DET

KCR

Tigers

Single by Tom Brookens; Lance Parrish scored.

1

0

Top 3rd

DET

KCR

Tigers

Single by Steve Kemp; Alan Trammell scored.

2

0

Bottom 4th

DET

KCR

Royals

Single by Al Cowens; George Brett scored.

2

1

Royals

Single by Frank White; Amos Otis scored.

2

2

Bottom 6th

DET

KCR

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; Darrell Porter scored.

2

3

Royals

Single by Willie Wilson; Amos Otis and Frank White scored.

2

5

Royals

Home run by Hal McRae; Freddie Patek and Willie Wilson scored.

2

8

Top 7th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Triple by Ron LeFlore; Alan Trammell scored.

3

8

Tigers

Double by Steve Kemp; Ron LeFlore scored.

4

8

Tigers

Single by Jerry Morales; Steve Kemp scored.

5

8

Bottom 8th

DET

KCR

Royals

Double by Hal McRae; Freddie Patek and Willie Wilson scored.

5

10

Royals

Double by George Brett; Hal McRae scored.

5

11

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Lou Whitaker 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Trammell SS 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ron LeFlore CF 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Steve Kemp DH 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jerry Morales RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Wockenfuss 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lance Parrish C 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
Tom Brookens 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lynn Jones LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5 0 2 2 1 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Billingham (L) 5.2 10 8 3 3 1 1
Dave Tobik 2.1 5 3 3 0 1 0
Totals 8.0 15 11 6 3 2 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hal McRae DH 5 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 6
George Brett 3B 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 7
Darrell Porter C 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ralph LaCock 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Amos Otis CF 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1
Al Cowens RF 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Frank White 2B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Freddie Patek SS 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Totals 37 11 15 11 1 3 2 3 1 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Splittorff (W) 6.2 10 5 5 2 1 0
Dan Quisenberry 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 5 5 2 2 0

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

1

Garcia

Maikel Garcia

RBI

1

Garcia

Maikel Garcia

AVG

.333

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

Team Pitching Leaders

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K

9

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

3.00

Ragans

Cole Ragans

Team Rankings

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HR

1

6th

R

1

15th

SO

12

5th

ERA

4.00

9th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
1 0 1.000
Twins Twins
1 0 1.000
White Sox White Sox
0 1 .000 1.0
Guardians Guardians
0 0 0.5
Royals Royals
0 1 .000 1.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
3/30
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Sun
3/31
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Mon
4/1
KCR KCR
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
4/2
KCR KCR
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Wed
4/3
KCR KCR
@
BAL BAL
1:05 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

0-1

1

Final

4

MIN Twins

1-0

Thu 28 Mar 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2024 Betting

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
Wed
3/27
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3-11
Wed
3/27
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
5-4
Wed
3/27
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
1-0
Wed
3/27
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4-1
Wed
3/27
WSH WSH
@
CIN CIN
2-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
7:35 PM
Thu
3/28
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
10:07 PM
Thu
3/28
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
10:10 PM
Thu
3/28
COL COL
@
ARI ARI
10:10 PM
Fri
3/29
MIL MIL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM