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

1978 Oakland Athletics

Final

KCR

Royals

76-61

11

OAK

Athletics

64-76

8

KCR

OAK

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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6

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RBI

12

Langeliers

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AVG

.279

Nevin

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Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Spence

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K

25

Miller

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ERA

2.03

Blackburn

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Team Rankings

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HR

29

7th

R

77

29th

SO

212

21st

ERA

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2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
14 12 .538
Rangers Rangers
14 13 .519 0.5
Athletics Athletics
11 16 .407 3.5
Angels Angels
10 16 .385 4.0
Astros Astros
7 19 .269 7.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Mon
4/29
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Tue
4/30
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Wed
5/1
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM

Last Game

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2

Final

3

OAK Athletics

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10

Trout

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9

Ozuna

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8

Henderson

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RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

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25

Perez

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23

García

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Batting Average Leaders

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.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

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Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

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40

Ohtani

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37

Kwan

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28

Betts

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24

Cruz

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24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

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SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

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13

Turang

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11

Jr.

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MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

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4

Suárez

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4

Minter

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Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

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ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

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9.33

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

337

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM