The New York Yankees were easily defeated by the Kansas City Royals, 8 to 3, on August 30, 1979.

Final

Royals

71-62

8

Yankees

71-59

3

KCR

NYY

1

3

0

2

1

0

3

2

0

4

0

5

1

2

6

0

7

1

0

8

0

9

0

1

R

8

3

H

14

7

E

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

KCR

NYY

Home run by Darrell Porter; Hal McRae and Amos Otis scored.

3

0

Top 2nd

KCR

NYY

Single by Frank White; Ralph LaCock scored.

4

0

Top 3rd

KCR

NYY

Single by Ralph LaCock; Al Cowens scored.

5

0

Single by Frank White; Ralph LaCock scored.

6

0

Top 5th

KCR

NYY

Single by John Wathan; Darrell Porter scored.

7

0

Bottom 5th

KCR

NYY

Double by Willie Randolph; Bucky Dent scored.

7

1

Single by Lenny Randle; Error by Darrell Porter; Brad Gulden scored.

7

2

Top 7th

KCR

NYY

Sacrifice fly by Al Cowens; George Brett scored.

8

2

Bottom 9th

KCR

NYY

Sacrifice fly by Bucky Dent; George Scott scored.

8

3

Royals

Yankees

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Willie Wilson LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Hal McRae DH	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Amos Otis CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
George Brett 3B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Darrell Porter C	4	2	2	3	1	1	1	0	0	5
Al Cowens RF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Ralph LaCock 1B	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
John Wathan PH,1B	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Frank White 2B	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	3
U L Washington SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	8	14	8	1	2	3	1	1	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Larry Gura (W)	9.0	7	3	3	4	2	0
Totals	9.0	7	3	3	4	2	0

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Willie Randolph 2B	3	0	2	1	1	0	3
Lenny Randle CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	1
Lou Piniella LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Reggie Jackson RF	2	0	0	0	2	1	0
Chris Chambliss 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Graig Nettles 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
George Scott DH	4	1	1	0	0	0	3
Bucky Dent SS	3	1	1	1	0	0	2
Brad Gulden C	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
Roy White PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	31	3	7	3	4	2	11

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Luis Tiant (L)	3.0	9	6	6	1	1	1
Don Hood	3.0	4	2	1	1	1	0
Jim Kaat	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	14	8	7	2	3	1

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More Yankees Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Soto

RBI

23

Soto

AVG

.324

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Schmidt

K

35

Gil

ERA

2.70

Rodón

Team Rankings

HR

30

6th

R

118

13th

SO

230

13th

ERA

3.01

2nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Orioles	16	9	.640
Yankees	17	10	.630
Red Sox	14	13	.519	3.0
Blue Jays	13	14	.481	4.0
Rays	13	14	.481	4.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	NYY	@	MIL	7:10 PM
Sun 4/28	NYY	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Mon 4/29	NYY	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Tue 4/30	NYY	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Wed 5/1	NYY	@	BAL	6:35 PM

Last Game

Brewers

17-8

7

Final

6

Yankees

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