The Kansas City Royals were defeated by 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

7

Perez

RBI

26

Perez

AVG

.340

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

14th

R

133

13th

SO

209

28th

ERA

3.18

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	19	9	.679
Royals	17	12	.586	2.5
Tigers	16	12	.571	3.0
Twins	13	13	.500	5.0
White Sox	6	22	.214	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Fri 5/3	TEX	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Sat 5/4	TEX	@	KCR	7:10 PM

Last Game

Tigers

16-12

4

Final

1

Royals

17-12

Sun 28 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.387

Betts

.367

Smith

.365

Bohm

Hit Leaders

46

Betts

41

Ohtani

41

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

26

Contreras

26

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.482

Betts

.441

Bohm

.434

Soto

SLG Leaders

.670

Ozuna

.655

Betts

.639

Ohtani

SB Leaders

18

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Minter

5

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

44

Gilbert

ERA Leaders

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

1.32

Suárez

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.07

Peralta

11.93

Ryan

K/BB Leaders

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Kirby

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

521.3

Betts

470

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

398

Betts

357

Cruz

342

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