The Kansas City Royals lost to the Minnesota Twins, 7 to 3, on September 30, 1978.

Final

Twins

73-88

7

Royals

91-70

3

MIN

KCR

1

0

2

1

3

0

4

0

1

5

2

0

6

0

1

7

0

8

0

9

0

10

0

11

4

0

R

7

3

H

8

E

0

3

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

MIN

KCR

Balk Some( by Steve Busby); Roy Smalley scored.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

MIN

KCR

Single by Frank White; Darrell Porter scored.

1

Bottom 4th

MIN

KCR

Ralph LaCock hit into fielder's choice; Amos Otis scored.

1

2

Top 5th

MIN

KCR

Single by Hosken Powell; Dave Edwards and Rob Wilfong scored.

3

2

Bottom 6th

MIN

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Amos Otis; George Brett scored.

3

Top 11th

MIN

KCR

Single by Glenn Borgmann; Error by Randy McGilberry; Dan Ford scored.

4

3

Single by Bombo Rivera; Willie Norwood scored.

5

3

Double by Rod Carew; Glenn Borgmann and Bombo Rivera scored.

7

3

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Hosken Powell RF	5	0	1	2	1	1	1
Mike Cubbage 3B	4	0	2	0	1	1	2
Rod Carew 1B	5	0	1	2	1	1	2
Roy Smalley SS	4	1	0	0	1	2	0
Dan Ford CF	4	1	1	0	1	0	1
Glenn Adams DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Norwood PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Butch Wynegar C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Borgmann C	2	1	1	0	1	1	1
Dave Edwards LF	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
Rich Chiles PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bombo Rivera LF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Rob Wilfong 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	38	7	8	5	7	7	9

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Gary Serum	9.0	8	3	3	2	4
Mike Marshall (W)	2.0	0	0	0	0	3
Totals	11.0	8	3	3	2	7

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Steve Braun LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Poquette LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
George Brett 3B	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
Jamie Quirk 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Amos Otis CF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Darrell Porter DH	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Luis Silverio PR	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
Ralph LaCock 1B	4	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Al Cowens RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Clint Hurdle RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank White 2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Freddie Patek SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
U L Washington SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Gaudet C	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Zdeb PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Willie Wilson PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Art Kusnyer C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	38	3	8	3	2	7	2	1	11

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Steve Busby	5.0	4	3	3	4	2
Rich Gale	2.0	1	0	0	1	2
Doug Bird	2.0	0	0	0	0	2
Al Hrabosky	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Randy McGilberry (L)	1.0	3	4	1	2	0
Totals	11.0	8	7	4	7	7

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Perez

RBI

22

Perez

AVG

.337

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

33

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

28

5th

R

114

10th

SO

175

29th

ERA

3.21

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	17	6	.739
Tigers	14	10	.583	3.5
Royals	14	10	.583	3.5
Twins	9	13	.409	7.5
White Sox	3	20	.130	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 4/24	TOR	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Thu 4/25	TOR	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Fri 4/26	KCR	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM

Last Game

Royals

14-10

3

Final

2

Blue Jays

13-11

Tue 23 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

9

Trout

9

Ozuna

7

Cruz

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

22

García

22

Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

.364

Ohtani

.357

Altuve

.351

Kwan

Hit Leaders

36

Ohtani

35

Altuve

34

Kwan

Run Leaders

24

Betts

23

Marte

22

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.458

Betts

.432

Soto

.430

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.677

Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

.671

Abrams

SB Leaders

12

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.33

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

9.75

Jones

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

3

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

413.3

Betts

393.9

Cruz

383

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

312

Betts

297

Cruz

296

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