The Kansas City Royals got crushed by the New York Yankees, 17 to 4, on August 20, 1979.

Final

Yankees

67-55

17

Royals

64-60

4

NYY

KCR

1

0

1

2

7

0

3

4

0

4

3

0

5

0

6

0

7

0

2

8

3

0

9

0

1

R

17

4

H

18

10

E

3

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

NYY

KCR

Double by Darrell Porter; George Brett scored.

0

1

Top 2nd

NYY

KCR

Single by Graig Nettles; Chris Chambliss scored.

1

Bobby Murcer walked; Graig Nettles scored.

2

1

Single by Willie Randolph; Jim Spencer and Brad Gulden scored.

4

1

Double by Oscar Gamble; Bobby Murcer scored.

5

1

Single by Reggie Jackson; Willie Randolph and Oscar Gamble scored.

7

1

Top 3rd

NYY

KCR

Single by Bucky Dent; Jim Spencer scored.

8

1

Home run by Bobby Murcer; Brad Gulden and Bucky Dent scored.

11

1

Top 4th

NYY

KCR

Home run by Jim Spencer; Chris Chambliss and Graig Nettles scored.

14

1

Bottom 7th

NYY

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Todd Cruz; U L Washington scored.

14

2

Double by Jerry Terrell; Willie Wilson scored.

14

3

Top 8th

NYY

KCR

Double by Graig Nettles; Chris Chambliss scored.

15

3

Home run by Jim Spencer; Graig Nettles scored.

17

3

Bottom 9th

NYY

KCR

Al Cowens ground ball; Error by Graig Nettles; Willie Wilson scored.

17

4

Yankees

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Bobby Murcer CF,LF,RF	5	2	1	4	1	1	0	4
Willie Randolph 2B	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
Fred Stanley 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Gamble LF	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	4
Bobby Brown CF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Reggie Jackson RF	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
Lenny Randle LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Chambliss 1B	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	3
Graig Nettles 3B	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	4
Jim Spencer DH	4	4	3	5	2	1	0	10
Brad Gulden C	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	1
Bucky Dent SS	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	2
Totals	45	17	18	17	3	4	1	31

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Luis Tiant (W)	5.0	5	1	1	1	1
Don Hood (S)	4.0	5	3	3	2	2
Totals	9.0	10	4	4	3	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Wilson LF,CF	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	4
Al Cowens RF	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
George Brett 3B	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	6
Jerry Terrell 3B,P	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
Darrell Porter C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Jamie Quirk C	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ralph LaCock 1B	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Amos Otis CF	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
John Wathan LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Hurdle DH,3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank White 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
U L Washington 2B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
Todd Cruz SS	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Totals	37	4	10	4	3	3	1	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Rich Gale (L)	1.2	2	5	5	3	1	0
Steve Mingori	1.1	9	8	8	1	0	1
Marty Pattin	5.0	7	4	4	0	0	2
Jerry Terrell	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	18	17	17	4	1	3

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