The Kansas City Royals were decisively beaten by the Detroit Tigers, 6 to 2, on September 1, 1978.

Final

Tigers

74-59

6

Royals

71-61

2

DET

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

2

0

4

0

5

4

1

6

0

7

0

8

0

9

0

1

R

6

2

H

9

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 3rd

DET

KCR

Double by Rusty Staub; Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker scored.

2

0

Top 5th

DET

KCR

Single by Jason Thompson; Ron LeFlore scored.

3

0

Home run by Steve Kemp; Rusty Staub and Jason Thompson scored.

6

0

Bottom 5th

DET

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Amos Otis; Al Cowens scored.

6

1

Bottom 9th

DET

KCR

Double by Al Cowens; Darrell Porter scored.

6

2

Tigers

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Ron LeFlore CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	1
Lou Whitaker 2B	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Rusty Staub DH	3	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	2
Jason Thompson 1B	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Steve Kemp LF	5	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	5
Milt May C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Corcoran RF	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
Phil Mankowski 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez PH,3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Alan Trammell SS	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	3
Totals	37	6	9	6	1	4	11	1	15

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Jack Billingham (W)	9.0	9	2	2	2	0	0
Totals	9.0	9	2	2	2	0	0

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	CS	TB
George Brett 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae DH	3	0	1	0	1	0	2
Ralph LaCock 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Porter C	3	1	1	0	1	0	2
Al Cowens RF	4	1	3	1	0	0	5
Clint Hurdle LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amos Otis CF	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
Freddie Patek SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Braun PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
U L Washington SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank White 2B	2	0	2	0	0	1	2
Tom Poquette PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Jerry Terrell PR,2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	31	2	9	2	2	1	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Leonard (L)	5.0	7	6	6	2	6	1
Steve Mingori	2.1	2	0	0	0	3	0
Randy McGilberry	1.2	0	0	0	2	2	0
Totals	9.0	9	6	6	4	11	1

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

4

Jr.

RBI

15

Perez

AVG

.339

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Lugo

K

29

Ragans

ERA

0.98

Singer

Team Rankings

HR

21

5th

R

87

9th

SO

127

26th

ERA

2.86

2nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	11	5	.688
Royals	11	6	.647	0.5
Tigers	9	7	.563	2.0
Twins	6	9	.400	4.5
White Sox	2	14	.125	9.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 4/16	KCR	@	CWS	7:40 PM
Wed 4/17	KCR	@	CWS	2:10 PM
Fri 4/19	BAL	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Sat 4/20	BAL	@	KCR	7:10 PM
Sun 4/21	BAL	@	KCR	2:10 PM

Last Game

White Sox

2-14

0

Final

2

Royals

11-6

Mon 15 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

7

Trout

7

Ozuna

7

O'Neill

RBI Leaders

22

Ozuna

19

Ward

18

Steer

Batting Average Leaders

.403

Altuve

.390

Contreras

.373

Volpe

Hit Leaders

29

Altuve

26

Kwan

26

Ohtani

Run Leaders

20

Betts

17

Jr.

16

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.483

Winker

.479

Contreras

.476

Altuve

SLG Leaders

.750

O'Neill

.746

Ozuna

.731

Busch

SB Leaders

8

Turang

7

Jr.

7

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

3

Peguero

3

Bradford

3

Detmers

Strikeout Leaders

34

Glasnow

31

Crochet

30

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.42

Crawford

0.86

Blanco

0.98

Singer

WHIP Leaders

0.62

Bradford

0.68

Peralta

0.71

Suárez

K/9 Leaders

13.50

Detmers

13.25

Peralta

12.94

Gore

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Peralta

12.50

Jones

12.00

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Jones

2

Bradford

2

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

333

Betts

272

Ohtani

268.2

Ozuna

DraftKings Points Leaders

250

Betts

210

Ohtani

205

Altuve

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