The Kansas City Royals were defeated by the Cleveland Indians, 12 to 8, on August 27, 1974.

1974 Kansas City Royals

Final

CLE

Indians

63-63

12

KCR

Royals

68-60

8

1

0

3

2

2

1

3

3

0

4

1

3

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

2

0

9

4

1

R

12

8

H

19

13

E

2

0

Bottom 1st

CLE

KCR

Royals

Double by Hal McRae; Jim Wohlford and Amos Otis scored.

0

2

Royals

Single by Kurt Bevacqua; Orlando Cepeda scored.

0

3

Top 2nd

CLE

KCR

Indians

Double by Dave Duncan; Tom McCraw scored.

1

3

Indians

Single by Frank Duffy; Dave Duncan scored.

2

3

Bottom 2nd

CLE

KCR

Royals

Double by Hal McRae; Jim Wohlford scored.

2

4

Top 3rd

CLE

KCR

Indians

Double by Tom McCraw; Oscar Gamble scored.

3

4

Indians

Home run by Joe Lis; Tom McCraw scored.

5

4

Top 4th

CLE

KCR

Indians

Double by Rico Carty; Rusty Torres scored.

6

4

Bottom 4th

CLE

KCR

Royals

Double by Hal McRae; Freddie Patek and Jim Wohlford scored.

6

6

Royals

Single by Cookie Rojas; Hal McRae scored.

6

7

Top 8th

CLE

KCR

Indians

Single by Frank Duffy; John Ellis scored.

7

7

Indians

Double by Rico Carty; Frank Duffy scored.

8

7

Top 9th

CLE

KCR

Indians

Triple by John Ellis; Remy Hermoso, John Lowenstein, and Tommy Smith scored.

11

7

Indians

Frank Duffy hit into fielder's choice; John Ellis scored.

12

7

Bottom 9th

CLE

KCR

Royals

Home run by Hal McRae.

12

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Frank Duffy SS 6 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 3
Rusty Torres CF 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rico Carty DH 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
Charlie Spikes RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Oscar Gamble LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Remy Hermoso 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom McCraw 1B 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Joe Lis 3B 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Leron Lee PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Lowenstein 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Duncan C 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Tommy Smith PH,LF 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Luis Alvarado 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Ellis PH,C 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5
Totals 45 12 19 12 1 2 5 0 0 31

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Fritz Peterson 3.0 7 6 4 4 1 0
Tom Hilgendorf (W) 4.0 3 1 1 0 1 0
Tom Buskey (S) 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 13 8 6 4 2 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Freddie Patek SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Vada Pinson PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Frank White SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Wohlford RF 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Amos Otis CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hal McRae LF 5 2 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 10
Orlando Cepeda DH 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Cookie Rojas 2B 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Kurt Bevacqua 1B,3B 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
George Brett 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Mayberry PH,1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Fran Healy C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 8 1 4 2 0 0 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Busby (L) 7.1 15 8 8 1 3 1
Lindy McDaniel 1.2 4 4 4 1 2 0
Totals 9.0 19 12 12 2 5 1

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

26

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.350

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

10th

R

132

12th

SO

204

28th

ERA

3.14

4th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
19 8 .704
Royals Royals
17 11 .607 2.5
Tigers Tigers
15 12 .556 4.0
Twins Twins
13 13 .500 5.5
White Sox White Sox
5 22 .185 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Fri
5/3
TEX TEX
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

KCR Royals

17-11

Sat 27 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
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM