The Kansas City Royals won against the Detroit Tigers, 8 to 3, on September 2, 1978.

1978 Kansas City Royals

Final

DET

Tigers

74-60

3

KCR

Royals

72-61

8

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

5

5

0

1

6

1

1

7

1

1

8

0

0

9

1

R

3

8

H

7

12

E

0

0

Bottom 4th

DET

KCR

Royals

Home run by Darrell Porter; Ralph LaCock scored.

0

2

Royals

Home run by Amos Otis; Clint Hurdle scored.

0

4

Royals

Double by George Brett; Frank White scored.

0

5

Bottom 5th

DET

KCR

Royals

Al Cowens grounded out; Ralph LaCock scored.

0

6

Top 6th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Home run by Ron LeFlore.

1

6

Bottom 6th

DET

KCR

Royals

Home run by Amos Otis.

1

7

Top 7th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Home run by Lance Parrish.

2

7

Bottom 7th

DET

KCR

Royals

Willie Wilson grounded out; Darrell Porter scored.

2

8

Top 9th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Home run by John Wockenfuss.

3

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ron LeFlore CF 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 5
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rusty Staub DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jason Thompson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Kemp LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Parrish C 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
John Wockenfuss RF 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Trammell SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3 3 2 3 1 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Slaton (L) 4.0 8 6 6 1 0 2
Ed Glynn 4.0 4 2 2 1 3 1
Totals 8.0 12 8 8 2 3 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
George Brett 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Hal McRae DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph LaCock 1B 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Darrell Porter C 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Al Cowens RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Clint Hurdle LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Willie Wilson LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amos Otis CF 4 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 8
Frank White 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jerry Terrell SS 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 35 8 12 8 3 2 3 0 0 26

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Splittorff (W) 9.0 7 3 3 2 3 3
Totals 9.0 7 3 3 2 3 3

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

17

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.324

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

29

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.05

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

23

9th

R

92

14th

SO

141

28th

ERA

2.79

2nd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
14 6 .700
Royals Royals
12 7 .632 1.5
Tigers Tigers
10 9 .526 3.5
Twins Twins
6 11 .353 6.5
White Sox White Sox
3 16 .158 10.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Sat
4/20
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
7:10 PM
Sun
4/21
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Mon
4/22
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Tue
4/23
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM

Last Game

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2

Final

4

KCR Royals

12-6

Wed 17 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
Thu
4/18
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
1-7
Thu
4/18
TBR TBR
@
NYY NYY
3-5
Thu
4/18
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
0-7
Thu
4/18
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
2-10
Thu
4/18
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
3-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Fri
4/19
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
8:10 PM
Fri
4/19
MIL MIL
@
STL STL
8:15 PM
Fri
4/19
TOR TOR
@
SDP SDP
9:40 PM
Fri
4/19
NYM NYM
@
LAD LAD
10:10 PM