The New York Yankees couldn't pull it off against the Kansas City Royals, 9 to 8, on September 1, 1979.

1979 New York Yankees

Final

KCR

Royals

72-63

9

NYY

Yankees

72-60

8

KCR

NYY

1

0

5

2

1

0

3

3

0

4

4

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

1

3

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

9

8

H

14

10

E

0

1

Bottom 1st

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Reggie Jackson grounded out; Bobby Murcer scored.

0

1

Yankees

Chris Chambliss grounded out; Willie Randolph scored.

0

2

Yankees

Single by Graig Nettles; Oscar Gamble scored.

0

3

Yankees

Home run by Jim Spencer; Graig Nettles scored.

0

5

Top 2nd

KCR

NYY

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; Ralph LaCock scored.

1

5

Top 3rd

KCR

NYY

Royals

Single by Hal McRae; U L Washington scored.

2

5

Royals

Home run by George Brett; Hal McRae scored.

4

5

Top 4th

KCR

NYY

Royals

Home run by Al Cowens; Amos Otis scored.

6

5

Royals

Single by Hal McRae; Frank White and U L Washington scored.

8

5

Top 7th

KCR

NYY

Royals

Triple by Amos Otis; Ralph LaCock scored.

9

5

Bottom 7th

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Single by Reggie Jackson; Bobby Murcer and Willie Randolph scored.

9

7

Yankees

Chris Chambliss grounded out; Lou Piniella scored.

9

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 3
Hal McRae DH 5 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 2
George Brett 3B 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Darrell Porter C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Gaudet C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ralph LaCock 1B 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
Amos Otis CF 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 4
Al Cowens RF 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Frank White 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
U L Washington SS 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals 38 9 14 9 2 3 10 2 1 25

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rich Gale 0.0 1 3 3 2 0 0
Al Hrabosky (W) 5.0 5 2 2 1 5 1
Gary Christenson 2.0 4 3 3 1 2 0
Renie Martin (S) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 10 8 8 4 9 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bobby Murcer CF 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Willie Randolph 2B 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2
Oscar Gamble LF 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lou Piniella PH,LF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Reggie Jackson RF 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
Chris Chambliss 1B 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Graig Nettles 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jim Spencer DH 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
George Scott PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Brad Gulden C 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Roy White PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Narron C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bucky Dent SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 10 8 1 4 9 0 1 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ken Clay 2.1 5 4 4 1 1 1
Jim Kaat (L) 0.2 2 4 3 1 1 1
Ron Davis 3.0 3 0 0 1 2 0
Don Hood 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Rich Gossage 2.0 2 0 0 0 6 0
Totals 9.0 14 9 8 3 10 2

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Schmidt

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K

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SO

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Orioles Orioles
16 8 .667 0.5
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14 11 .560 3.0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
13 12 .520 4.0
Rays Rays
13 13 .500 4.5

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
8:10 PM
Sat
4/27
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
7:10 PM
Sun
4/28
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
2:10 PM
Mon
4/29
NYY NYY
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM

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Ward

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Contreras

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26

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Cruz

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Jr.

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Contreras

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.433

Ohtani

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Ohtani

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Ozuna

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Cruz

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Cruz

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12

Turang

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11

Jr.

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Suárez

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Minter

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Glasnow

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Glasnow

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40

Crochet

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Jones

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Crawford

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0.72

López

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Suárez

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Skubal

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Cease

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Peralta

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Jones

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Eflin

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9.75

Jones

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9.50

Ryan

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Eflin

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3

Kirby

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4

Jones

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Betts

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Betts

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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
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Tue
4/23
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM