The Minnesota Twins couldn't keep up with the Kansas City Royals, 11 to 7, on August 16, 1978.

Final

Royals

65-53

11

Twins

53-67

7

KCR

MIN

1

2

0

2

0

1

3

0

1

4

0

5

0

3

6

0

7

4

0

8

0

9

5

2

R

11

7

H

15

13

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

KCR

MIN

Double by Hal McRae; Steve Braun scored.

1

0

Double by Clint Hurdle; Darrell Porter scored.

2

0

Bottom 2nd

KCR

MIN

Home run by Craig Kusick.

2

1

Bottom 3rd

KCR

MIN

Single by Rod Carew; Glenn Borgmann scored.

2

Bottom 5th

KCR

MIN

Double by Dan Ford; Mike Cubbage scored.

2

3

Single by Bob Randall; Rod Carew and Dan Ford scored.

2

5

Top 7th

KCR

MIN

Single by Steve Braun; Al Cowens scored.

3

5

Home run by George Brett; Steve Braun and Hal McRae scored.

6

5

Top 9th

KCR

MIN

Single by Darrell Porter; Willie Wilson scored.

7

5

Single by John Wathan; George Brett and Darrell Porter scored.

9

5

Double by Al Cowens; Clint Hurdle and John Wathan scored.

11

5

Bottom 9th

KCR

MIN

Single by Jose Morales; Roy Smalley and Rod Carew scored.

11

7

Royals

Twins

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Steve Braun LF	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	1	1	2
Willie Wilson CF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Hal McRae DH	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
George Brett 3B	3	2	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	4
Darrell Porter C	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Clint Hurdle RF,LF	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Ralph LaCock 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
John Wathan PH,1B	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Al Cowens CF,RF	5	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	4
Freddie Patek SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
U L Washington 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Poquette PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jerry Terrell 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	38	11	15	11	1	5	5	2	1	25

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Paul Splittorff (W)	6.1	9	5	4	2	5	1
Marty Pattin	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Mingori (S)	2.2	3	2	2	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	13	7	6	2	6	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Willie Norwood LF	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	2
Rod Carew 1B	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	3
Dan Ford CF	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	4
Craig Kusick DH	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Glenn Adams PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Morales PH	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
Rob Wilfong PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Randall 2B	5	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
Bombo Rivera RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Larry Wolfe SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Borgmann C	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Cubbage 3B	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Roy Smalley PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	39	7	13	7	1	2	6	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Stan Perzanowski (L)	7.0	10	6	6	3	4	1
Jeff Holly	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Sutton	1.2	4	5	5	2	1	0
Darrell Jackson	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	15	11	11	5	5	1

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Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Julien

RBI

12

Jeffers

AVG

.306

Correa

Team Pitching Leaders

W

1

Alcala

K

30

Ryan

ERA

3.57

Ryan

Team Rankings

HR

18

25th

R

74

28th

SO

212

5th

ERA

4.08

17th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	16	6	.727
Tigers	13	10	.565	3.5
Royals	13	10	.565	3.5
Twins	8	13	.381	7.5
White Sox	3	19	.136	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 4/23	CWS	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Wed 4/24	CWS	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Thu 4/25	CWS	@	MIN	1:10 PM
Fri 4/26	MIN	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Sat 4/27	MIN	@	LAA	9:38 PM

Last Game

Twins

8-13

7

Final

0

White Sox

3-19

Mon 22 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

9

Ozuna

8

Trout

7

Alonso

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

22

García

22

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.368

Ohtani

.359

Rosario

.358

Kwan

Hit Leaders

35

Ohtani

34

Kwan

33

Betts

Run Leaders

24

Betts

21

Kwan

21

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.469

Betts

.439

Soto

.439

Winker

SLG Leaders

.687

Ozuna

.676

Abrams

.663

Ohtani

SB Leaders

11

Cruz

10

Turang

10

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.08

Blackburn

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

14.00

Houck

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Houck

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

410.3

Betts

361.3

Ohtani

359.5

Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

309

Betts

280

Ohtani

272

Cruz

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