The Kansas City Royals lost to the Toronto Blue Jays, 5 to 4, on August 4, 1978.

1978 Kansas City Royals

Final

KCR

Royals

58-47

4

1

1

1

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

0

2

6

1

0

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

2

0

R

5

4

H

12

8

E

0

0

Top 1st

TOR

KCR

Blue Jays

Single by Rico Carty; Rick Bosetti scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

TOR

KCR

Royals

Clint Hurdle walked; Hal McRae scored.

1

1

Top 4th

TOR

KCR

Blue Jays

Triple by Al Woods; Dave McKay scored.

2

1

Bottom 5th

TOR

KCR

Royals

Double by Darrell Porter; Hal McRae and Ralph LaCock scored.

2

3

Top 6th

TOR

KCR

Blue Jays

Rico Carty grounded out; Roy Howell scored.

3

3

Bottom 7th

TOR

KCR

Royals

Single by Clint Hurdle; Ralph LaCock scored.

3

4

Top 9th

TOR

KCR

Blue Jays

Sacrifice fly by Otto Velez; Dave McKay scored.

4

4

Blue Jays

Single by Rick Bosetti; Al Woods scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rick Bosetti CF 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Bailor RF,SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Roy Howell 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Rico Carty DH 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Willie Upshaw PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Mayberry 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave McKay 2B 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Al Woods LF 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Rick Cerone C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Gomez SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Otto Velez PH,RF 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Johnson SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 12 5 0 0 4 0 1 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jesse Jefferson 6.1 8 4 4 6 3 0
Victor Cruz (W) 2.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 8 4 4 6 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Freddie Patek SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Hal McRae DH 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Ralph LaCock 1B 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Darrell Porter C 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 3
Clint Hurdle LF 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
Al Cowens CF,RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Poquette RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Willie Wilson PR,CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Jamie Quirk 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jerry Terrell 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Braun PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U L Washington PR,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4 0 6 4 1 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Splittorff 6.1 8 3 3 0 2 0
Al Hrabosky (L) 2.2 4 2 2 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 12 5 5 0 4 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