The New York Yankees squeaked out a win over the Kansas City Royals, 6 to 5, on September 2, 1979.

1979 New York Yankees

Final

KCR

Royals

72-64

5

NYY

Yankees

73-60

6

KCR

NYY

1

1

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

2

1

5

0

0

6

1

0

7

1

1

8

0

0

9

0

3

10

0

1

R

5

6

H

13

11

E

0

1

Top 1st

KCR

NYY

Royals

Sacrifice fly by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

1

0

Top 4th

KCR

NYY

Royals

Home run by Al Cowens.

2

0

Royals

Single by U L Washington; Frank White scored.

3

0

Bottom 4th

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Single by Oscar Gamble; Willie Randolph scored.

3

1

Top 6th

KCR

NYY

Royals

Single by Hal McRae; Frank White scored.

4

1

Top 7th

KCR

NYY

Royals

Home run by Darrell Porter.

5

1

Bottom 7th

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Home run by Jim Spencer.

5

2

Bottom 9th

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Single by Chris Chambliss; Reggie Jackson scored.

5

3

Yankees

Home run by Graig Nettles; Chris Chambliss scored.

5

5

Bottom 10th

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Home run by Oscar Gamble.

5

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Hal McRae DH 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1
German Barranca PR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
George Brett 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Darrell Porter C 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
Jim Gaudet C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph LaCock 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wathan PH,1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amos Otis CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Al Cowens RF 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Frank White 2B 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
U L Washington SS 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 40 5 13 5 2 5 2 3 1 22

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Craig Chamberlain 8.0 8 4 4 2 2 1
Gary Christenson 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 1
Dan Quisenberry 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Mingori (L) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 11 6 6 3 2 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bobby Murcer CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Willie Randolph 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Oscar Gamble LF 5 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
Reggie Jackson RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Chris Chambliss 1B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Graig Nettles 3B 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Jim Spencer DH 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
Fred Stanley SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Lenny Randle PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Narron C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Gulden C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Piniella PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bucky Dent SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6 3 3 2 1 0 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Catfish Hunter 6.0 10 4 4 3 1 1
Jim Kaat 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 1
Ron Davis 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Don Hood 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Rich Gossage (W) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 10.0 13 5 5 5 2 2

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13 11 .542 3.0
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
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@
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

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Ozuna

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Turang

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Wheeler

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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
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Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
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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
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PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
DET DET
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TBR TBR
5-7
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BOS BOS
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CLE CLE
8-0

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Wed
4/24
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
7:40 PM
Wed
4/24
TOR TOR
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KCR KCR
7:40 PM