The Kansas City Royals beat down the California Angels, 16 to 4, on September 17, 1979.

1979 Kansas City Royals

Final

CAL

Angels

81-69

4

KCR

Royals

79-71

16

1

0

0

2

0

1

3

0

2

4

0

0

5

0

4

6

2

3

7

0

5

8

2

1

9

0

R

4

16

H

8

18

E

2

0

Bottom 2nd

CAL

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by U L Washington; Ralph LaCock scored.

0

1

Bottom 3rd

CAL

KCR

Royals

Triple by George Brett; Hal McRae scored.

0

2

Royals

Single by Al Cowens; George Brett scored.

0

3

Bottom 5th

CAL

KCR

Royals

Single by Darrell Porter; Hal McRae scored.

0

4

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Al Cowens; Amos Otis scored.

0

5

Royals

Home run by Ralph LaCock; Darrell Porter scored.

0

7

Top 6th

CAL

KCR

Angels

Single by Dan Ford; Jim Anderson and Rod Carew scored.

2

7

Bottom 6th

CAL

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

2

8

Royals

Triple by Al Cowens; Hal McRae and Darrell Porter scored.

2

10

Bottom 7th

CAL

KCR

Royals

Single by Hal McRae; U L Washington scored.

2

11

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; Willie Wilson scored.

2

12

Royals

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

2

15

Top 8th

CAL

KCR

Angels

Home run by Willie Aikens; Don Baylor scored.

4

15

Bottom 8th

CAL

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by U L Washington; Ralph LaCock scored.

4

16

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rod Carew 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Carney Lansford 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dan Ford RF 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Larry Harlow RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Baylor LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Willie Aikens DH 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Brian Downing C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tom Donohue C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Grich 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Dickie Thon 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Miller CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0
Jim Anderson SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 34 4 8 4 1 4 6 1 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Chris Knapp (L) 4.1 8 6 4 1 1 0
Mark Clear 1.2 4 4 2 2 1 1
Mike Barlow 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 0
Dave Schuler 1.2 2 2 2 0 0 1
Totals 8.0 18 16 12 3 2 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hal McRae DH 4 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
Amos Otis CF 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
George Brett 3B 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Darrell Porter C 4 3 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 5
John Wathan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Cowens RF 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ralph LaCock 1B 5 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
Frank White 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
U L Washington SS 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 39 16 18 16 2 3 2 2 0 29

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dennis Leonard (W) 7.1 8 4 4 3 6 1
Eduardo Rodriguez 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 4 4 4 6 1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

26

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.350

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

10th

R

132

12th

SO

204

28th

ERA

3.14

4th

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

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

Last Game

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DET Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

KCR Royals

17-11

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM