The Kansas City Royals got schooled by the New York Yankees, 7 to 1, in Game 1 of the 1978 ALCS on October 3, 1978.

Final

Yankees

1-0

7

Royals

0-1

1

NYY

KCR

1

0

2

1

0

3

1

0

4

0

5

2

0

6

0

1

7

0

8

3

0

9

0

R

7

1

H

16

2

E

0

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

NYY

KCR

Single by Bucky Dent; Roy White scored.

1

0

Top 3rd

NYY

KCR

Triple by Graig Nettles; Reggie Jackson scored.

2

0

Top 5th

NYY

KCR

Single by Chris Chambliss; Lou Piniella scored.

3

0

Single by Brian Doyle; Graig Nettles scored.

4

0

Bottom 6th

NYY

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Hal McRae; George Brett scored.

4

1

Top 8th

NYY

KCR

Home run by Reggie Jackson; Paul Blair and Lou Piniella scored.

7

1

Yankees

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Mickey Rivers CF	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Paul Blair PR,CF	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Thurman Munson C	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lou Piniella RF	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Reggie Jackson DH	3	2	3	3	1	2	0	1	7
Graig Nettles 3B	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4
Chris Chambliss 1B	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2
Roy White LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Brian Doyle 2B	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Bucky Dent SS	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	43	7	16	7	1	3	3	1	23

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jim Beattie (W)	5.1	2	1	1	5	3
Ken Clay (S)	3.2	0	0	0	3	2
Totals	9.0	2	1	1	8	5

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Steve Braun LF	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
George Brett 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Amos Otis CF	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0
Darrell Porter C	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph LaCock 1B	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
Hal McRae DH	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Al Cowens RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Freddie Patek SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Clint Hurdle PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Frank White 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Poquette PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	28	1	2	1	8	5	2	3

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Leonard (L)	4.0	9	3	3	0	2	0
Steve Mingori	3.2	5	3	3	3	0	0
Al Hrabosky	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Doug Bird	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	16	7	7	3	3	1

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

11

Jr.

RBI

46

Jr.

AVG

.319

Jr.

Team Pitching Leaders

W

9

Lugo

K

89

Ragans

ERA

2.13

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

64

13th

R

302

6th

SO

483

25th

ERA

3.60

9th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	40	20	.667
Royals	36	26	.581	5.0
Twins	33	27	.550	7.0
Tigers	31	30	.508	9.5
White Sox	15	46	.246	25.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 6/5	KCR	@	CLE	6:40 PM
Thu 6/6	KCR	@	CLE	1:10 PM
Fri 6/7	SEA	@	KCR	8:10 PM
Sat 6/8	SEA	@	KCR	4:10 PM
Sun 6/9	SEA	@	KCR	2:10 PM

Last Game

Guardians

40-20

8

Final

5

Royals

36-26

Tue 4 Jun 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

20

Judge

19

Henderson

19

Tucker

RBI Leaders

58

Ramírez

53

Ozuna

50

Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

.335

Arraez

.329

Profar

.321

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

84

Arraez

79

Jr.

76

Contreras

Run Leaders

54

Jr.

48

Contreras

47

Henderson

OBP Leaders

.426

Judge

.424

Profar

.415

Soto

SLG Leaders

.659

Judge

.607

Ozuna

.603

Soto

SB Leaders

32

Cruz

21

Turang

20

Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Suárez

9

Lugo

8

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

104

Glasnow

94

Flaherty

93

Crochet

ERA Leaders

1.70

Suárez

1.82

Gil

1.85

Houck

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Suárez

0.88

Skubal

0.90

Glasnow

K/9 Leaders

12.01

Crochet

11.90

Peralta

11.70

Glasnow

K/BB Leaders

9.43

Kirby

9.40

Flaherty

8.20

Sale

Walk Leaders

7

Kirby

10

Imanaga

10

Sale

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

924.8

Jr.

908.1

Judge

886

Soto

DraftKings Points Leaders

707

Jr.

672

Judge

665

Soto

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