The New York Yankees won against the Kansas City Royals, 6 to 5, in Game 3 of the 1978 ALCS on October 6, 1978.

Final

Royals

1-2

5

Yankees

2-1

6

KCR

NYY

1

0

2

0

1

3

1

0

4

0

2

5

1

0

6

0

1

7

0

8

2

9

0

R

5

6

H

10

E

1

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

KCR

NYY

Home run by George Brett.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

KCR

NYY

Home run by Reggie Jackson.

1

Top 3rd

KCR

NYY

Home run by George Brett.

2

1

Bottom 4th

KCR

NYY

Single by Reggie Jackson; Thurman Munson scored.

2

Single by Lou Piniella; Error by Freddie Patek; Reggie Jackson scored.

2

3

Top 5th

KCR

NYY

Home run by George Brett.

3

Bottom 6th

KCR

NYY

Sacrifice fly by Reggie Jackson; Roy White scored.

3

4

Top 8th

KCR

NYY

Single by Darrell Porter; Amos Otis scored.

4

Al Cowens grounded out; Darrell Porter scored.

5

4

Bottom 8th

KCR

NYY

Home run by Thurman Munson; Roy White scored.

5

6

Royals

Yankees

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
George Brett 3B	5	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	12
Hal McRae DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Amos Otis CF	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
Darrell Porter C	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Ralph LaCock 1B	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5
Clint Hurdle LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
Willie Wilson PR,LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Cowens RF	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Freddie Patek SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Frank White 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Braun PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	35	5	10	5	3	3	7	1	1	24

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR
Paul Splittorff	7.1	9	5	4	2	1
Doug Bird (L)	0.0	1	1	1	0	1
Al Hrabosky	0.2	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	8.0	10	6	5	3	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	TB
Mickey Rivers CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Paul Blair PH,CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roy White LF	4	2	2	0	0	0	2
Gary Thomasson LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thurman Munson C	4	2	3	2	1	0	7
Reggie Jackson DH	3	2	2	3	1	0	5
Lou Piniella RF	4	0	2	0	0	1	2
Graig Nettles 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Chambliss 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Stanley 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
Bucky Dent SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	31	6	10	5	2	3	17

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Catfish Hunter	6.0	7	3	3	3	5	3
Rich Gossage (W)	3.0	3	2	2	0	2	0
Totals	9.0	10	5	5	3	7	3

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More Yankees Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

20

Judge

RBI

50

Soto

AVG

.322

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

W

6

Rodón

K

79

Gil

ERA

1.99

Gil

Team Rankings

HR

90

1st

R

299

3rd

SO

526

7th

ERA

2.78

1st

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	42	19	.689
Orioles	38	20	.655	2.5
Red Sox	30	30	.500	11.5
Rays	29	31	.483	12.5
Blue Jays	28	31	.475	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 6/4	MIN	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Wed 6/5	MIN	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Thu 6/6	MIN	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Fri 6/7	LAD	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Sat 6/8	LAD	@	NYY	7:35 PM

Last Game

Giants

29-31

5

Final

7

Yankees

42-19

Sun 2 Jun 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

20

Judge

19

Henderson

19

Tucker

RBI Leaders

57

Ramírez

53

Ozuna

50

Soto

Batting Average Leaders

.340

Arraez

.330

Profar

.322

Soto

Hit Leaders

84

Arraez

76

Jr.

76

Betts

Run Leaders

52

Jr.

48

Contreras

45

Soto

OBP Leaders

.426

Profar

.421

Judge

.414

Soto

SLG Leaders

.654

Judge

.611

Ozuna

.609

Soto

SB Leaders

32

Cruz

20

Turang

20

Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Suárez

9

Lugo

8

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

95

Glasnow

93

Crochet

91

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

1.70

Suárez

1.72

Lugo

1.73

López

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Suárez

0.88

Skubal

0.91

Glasnow

K/9 Leaders

12.01

Crochet

11.97

Flaherty

11.90

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.50

Kirby

9.00

Flaherty

8.20

Sale

Walk Leaders

6

Kirby

10

Sale

10

Flaherty

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

885.9

Judge

880

Soto

877.4

Jr.

DraftKings Points Leaders

672

Jr.

661

Soto

656

Judge

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