The Kansas City Royals were defeated by the Minnesota Twins, 6 to 2, on September 23, 1981.

Final

Twins

38-61

6

Royals

43-49

2

MIN

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

0

2

5

2

0

6

0

7

1

0

8

1

0

9

1

0

R

6

2

H

11

7

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

MIN

KCR

Home run by Dave Engle.

1

0

Bottom 4th

MIN

KCR

Home run by Willie Aikens; George Brett scored.

1

2

Top 5th

MIN

KCR

Triple by Gary Ward; Ron Washington scored.

2

Sacrifice fly by Dave Engle; Gary Ward scored.

3

2

Top 7th

MIN

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Mickey Hatcher; Gary Ward scored.

4

2

Top 8th

MIN

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Butch Wynegar; John Castino scored.

5

2

Top 9th

MIN

KCR

Double by Glenn Adams; Gary Ward scored.

6

2

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Gary Ward LF	5	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	6
Dave Engle RF	4	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	5
Mickey Hatcher CF	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Smalley DH	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Glenn Adams PH	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
John Castino 2B	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
Gary Gaetti 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Butch Wynegar C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Mackanin 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Tim Corcoran 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ron Washington SS	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Totals	35	6	11	6	1	3	4	1	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Pete Redfern (W)	7.0	6	2	2	3	2	1
Doug Corbett (S)	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Willie Wilson LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Frank White 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Brett 3B	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Rance Mulliniks 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Aikens 1B	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4
Amos Otis CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Hal McRae DH	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
John Wathan C	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Jamie Quirk PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Clint Hurdle RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
U L Washington SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	32	2	7	2	1	3	3	1	1	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Mike Jones (L)	6.1	6	4	4	3	3	1
Renie Martin	1.0	3	1	0	0	0	0
Ken Brett	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	11	6	5	3	4	1

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

25

Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

5th

R

127

8th

SO

197

24th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	7	.720
Royals	17	10	.630	2.0
Tigers	14	12	.538	4.5
Twins	11	13	.458	6.5
White Sox	3	22	.120	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
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

Last Game

Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.374

Betts

.365

Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

40

Betts

39

Ohtani

37

Altuve

Run Leaders

27

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.477

Betts

.446

Contreras

.430

Soto

SLG Leaders

.678

Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

.649

Henderson

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

462.9

Betts

436.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

351

Betts

331

Cruz

319

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