The Oakland Athletics were decisively beaten by the Kansas City Royals, 11 to 8, on September 6, 1978.

1978 Oakland Athletics

Final

KCR

Royals

76-61

11

1

0

2

2

0

3

3

0

0

4

0

2

5

2

0

6

0

0

7

1

1

8

4

0

9

1

0

10

0

0

11

0

0

12

3

0

R

11

8

H

20

14

E

4

3

Bottom 1st

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Tim Hosley ground ball; Error by George Brett; Taylor Duncan and Rico Carty scored.

0

2

Bottom 2nd

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Single by Rico Carty; Jeff Newman and Miguel Dilone scored.

0

4

Athletics

Single by Mitchell Page; Mike Edwards scored.

0

5

Bottom 4th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Rico Carty; Taylor Duncan scored.

0

7

Top 5th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by Ralph LaCock; Hal McRae scored.

1

7

Royals

Single by Darrell Porter; Error by Miguel Dilone; Ralph LaCock scored.

2

7

Top 7th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Darrell Porter fly ball; Error by Glenn Burke; Ralph LaCock scored.

3

7

Bottom 7th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Glenn Burke; Error by Darrell Porter; Darrell Woodard scored.

3

8

Top 8th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Home run by Amos Otis; Clint Hurdle scored.

5

8

Royals

Single by Darrell Porter; Steve Braun and Joe Zdeb scored.

7

8

Top 9th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by Steve Braun; Frank White scored.

8

8

Top 12th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by Al Cowens; Willie Wilson scored.

9

8

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; Error by Dell Alston; John Wathan and Darrell Porter scored.

11

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
George Brett 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Quirk 3B,SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Zdeb PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U L Washington SS 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Hal McRae DH 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Willie Wilson PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph LaCock 1B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Wathan PH,1B 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Darrell Porter C 6 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
Al Cowens RF 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Clint Hurdle LF 7 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 6 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 0 7
Frank White 2B 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Jerry Terrell SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Braun PH,3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 56 11 20 9 1 5 6 1 0 27

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Splittorff 1.2 5 5 3 2 2 0
Steve Busby 3.1 4 2 2 1 4 1
Randy McGilberry 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Doug Bird 3.1 3 1 1 0 0 0
Al Hrabosky (W) 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0
Marty Pattin (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 12.0 14 8 6 5 9 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mike Edwards 2B 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Taylor Duncan 3B 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Wayne Gross 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mike Norris PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Picciolo 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rico Carty DH 6 2 2 4 1 0 2 0 0 5
Mitchell Page LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
Dell Alston RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Hosley C 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Darrell Woodard PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Essian C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Revering PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Robinson C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mario Guerrero SS 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jeff Newman 1B 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Glenn Burke CF 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2
Miguel Dilone RF,LF 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Wallis LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 8 14 6 1 5 9 1 2 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Matt Keough 7.1 10 6 4 3 3 1
Bob Lacey 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Heaverlo (L) 3.2 5 4 4 2 2 0
Elias Sosa 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 12.0 20 11 9 5 6 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

9

Rooker

Brent Rooker

RBI

24

Rooker

Brent Rooker

AVG

.293

Toro

Abraham Toro

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Spence

Mitch Spence

K

33

Miller

Mason Miller

ERA

3.00

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

Team Rankings

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HR

51

3rd

R

154

19th

SO

315

18th

ERA

4.28

21st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Rangers Rangers
22 17 .564
Mariners Mariners
20 18 .526 1.5
Athletics Athletics
18 21 .462 4.0
Angels Angels
14 24 .368 7.5
Astros Astros
13 24 .351 8.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/10
OAK OAK
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Sat
5/11
OAK OAK
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Sun
5/12
OAK OAK
@
SEA SEA
4:10 PM
Mon
5/13
OAK OAK
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Tue
5/14
OAK OAK
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM

Last Game

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OAK Athletics

18-20

9

Final

4

TEX Rangers

21-17

Wed 8 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

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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
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
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
Wed
5/8
HOU HOU
@
NYY NYY
4-3
Wed
5/8
ARI ARI
@
CIN CIN
5-4
Wed
5/8
CLE CLE
@
CWS CWS
2-3
Wed
5/8
SEA SEA
@
MIN MIN
1-11
Wed
5/8
KCR KCR
@
LAA LAA
10-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/10
HOU HOU
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Fri
5/10
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
5/10
NYY NYY
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Fri
5/10
ARI ARI
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
5/10
MIN MIN
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM