The Kansas City Royals came up just a bit short against the Oakland Athletics, 8 to 7, on September 11, 1988.

Final

Athletics

91-53

8

Royals

75-68

7

OAK

KCR

1

0

2

1

0

3

0

3

4

1

0

5

2

0

6

2

1

7

0

8

0

9

1

10

0

11

1

0

R

8

7

H

12

E

2

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

OAK

KCR

Home run by George Brett; Kevin Seitzer scored.

0

2

Top 2nd

OAK

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Doug Jennings; Terry Steinbach scored.

1

2

Bottom 3rd

OAK

KCR

Single by Pat Tabler; Willie Wilson and Kevin Seitzer scored.

1

4

Single by Bo Jackson; George Brett scored.

1

5

Top 4th

OAK

KCR

Single by Terry Steinbach; Ron Hassey scored.

2

5

Top 5th

OAK

KCR

Single by Dave Parker; Dave Henderson and Jose Canseco scored.

4

5

Top 6th

OAK

KCR

Double by Luis Polonia; Mike Gallego scored.

5

Double by Dave Henderson; Luis Polonia scored.

6

5

Bottom 6th

OAK

KCR

Home run by Brad Wellman.

6

Top 9th

OAK

KCR

Single by Stan Javier; Dave Henderson scored.

7

6

Bottom 9th

OAK

KCR

Double by Danny Tartabull; Jim Eisenreich scored.

7

Top 11th

OAK

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Dave Henderson; Luis Polonia scored.

8

7

Athletics

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Luis Polonia LF	6	2	2	1	0	2	4
Dave Henderson CF	4	2	2	2	1	1	3
Jose Canseco RF	5	1	2	0	1	2	4
Dave Parker DH	6	0	1	2	0	1	1
Ron Hassey C	4	1	2	0	0	0	3
Stan Javier PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
Matt Sinatro C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Steinbach 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	4
Carney Lansford PR,3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Jennings 1B	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
Tony Phillips 2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Walt Weiss SS	4	0	0	0	1	2	0
Mike Gallego 2B	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
Mark McGwire PH,1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	43	8	12	8	4	10	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Bob Welch	7.0	8	6	6	3	8	2
Eric Plunk	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0
Greg Cadaret	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dennis Eckersley (W)	2.2	2	0	0	1	4	0
Totals	11.0	12	7	6	4	14	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Wilson CF	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3
Kevin Seitzer 3B	5	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
George Brett 1B	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	5
Jim Eisenreich PR,LF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Pat Tabler LF,1B	6	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1
Danny Tartabull DH	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3
Rey Palacios PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bo Jackson RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	1
Jamie Quirk C	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Brad Wellman 2B	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	6
Gary Thurman PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Frank White 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Pecota SS	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Buckner PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dave Owen SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	44	7	12	7	2	4	14	1	21

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Mark Gubicza	8.0	10	7	7	4	6
Jerry Don Gleaton	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
Steve Farr (L)	2.2	1	1	0	0	4
Totals	11.0	12	8	7	4	10

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

26

Perez

AVG

.350

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

10th

R

132

12th

SO

204

28th

ERA

3.14

4th

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Fri 5/3	TEX	@	KCR	7:40 PM

Last Game

Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

Royals

17-11

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.354

Ozuna

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

40

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

25

Kwan

24

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.443

Soto

.434

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.698

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

Cruz

342

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