The Kansas City Royals decisively defeated the Detroit Tigers, 6 to 2, on September 3, 1978.

Final

Tigers

74-61

2

Royals

73-61

6

DET

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

1

4

0

5

1

4

6

0

1

7

0

8

0

9

0

R

2

6

H

5

6

E

1

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 3rd

DET

KCR

Single by Alan Trammell; Aurelio Rodriguez scored.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

DET

KCR

George Brett grounded out; Frank White scored.

1

Top 5th

DET

KCR

Home run by Ron LeFlore.

2

1

Bottom 5th

DET

KCR

Single by George Brett; Amos Otis scored.

2

Home run by Hal McRae; Jerry Terrell and George Brett scored.

2

5

Bottom 6th

DET

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Clint Hurdle; Darrell Porter scored.

2

6

Tigers

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	TB
Ron LeFlore CF	4	1	1	1	1	0	4
Lou Whitaker 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Rusty Staub DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jason Thompson 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Kemp LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Wockenfuss RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
Milt May C	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
Alan Trammell SS	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
Totals	32	2	5	2	1	3	8

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dave Rozema (L)	8.0	6	6	5	1	0	1
Totals	8.0	6	6	5	1	0	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	TB
George Brett 3B	4	1	1	2	0	0	1
Hal McRae DH	4	1	1	3	1	0	4
Ralph LaCock 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Porter C	4	1	1	0	0	0	3
Al Cowens RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	2
Clint Hurdle LF	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
Willie Wilson LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amos Otis CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
Frank White 2B	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Terrell SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	29	6	6	6	1	1	12

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Larry Gura (W)	9.0	5	2	2	0	3	1
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	0	3	1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Perez

RBI

17

Perez

AVG

.324

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

29

Ragans

ERA

1.05

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

25

4th

R

101

10th

SO

149

26th

ERA

2.85

2nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	14	6	.700
Royals	13	7	.650	1.0
Tigers	11	9	.550	3.0
Twins	6	12	.333	7.0
White Sox	3	16	.158	10.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/20	BAL	@	KCR	7:10 PM
Sun 4/21	BAL	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Mon 4/22	TOR	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Tue 4/23	TOR	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Wed 4/24	TOR	@	KCR	7:40 PM

Last Game

Royals

13-7

9

Final

4

Orioles

12-7

Fri 19 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

8

Trout

8

Ozuna

7

O'Neill

RBI Leaders

24

Ozuna

21

Jr.

21

Ward

Batting Average Leaders

.376

Altuve

.361

Contreras

.361

McMahon

Hit Leaders

32

Ohtani

32

Altuve

31

Betts

Run Leaders

22

Betts

21

Marte

19

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.468

Soto

.458

Winker

.457

Betts

SLG Leaders

.716

Ozuna

.667

Busch

.662

Abrams

SB Leaders

10

Cruz

9

Turang

8

Carroll

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

3

Bello

3

Peguero

3

Bradford

Strikeout Leaders

34

Crochet

34

Glasnow

33

Peralta

ERA Leaders

0.42

Crawford

0.50

López

0.86

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.71

Blanco

0.76

Peralta

0.77

Suárez

K/9 Leaders

13.06

Greene

12.55

Peralta

12.52

Jones

K/BB Leaders

16.00

Jones

14.00

Houck

10.00

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Jones

2

Kirby

2

Houck

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

370.4

Betts

322.6

Cruz

311.7

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

279

Betts

245

Cruz

244

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