The Kansas City Royals took a loss to the Minnesota Twins, 8 to 6, on May 18, 1978.

Final

Twins

13-23

8

Royals

18-15

6

MIN

KCR

1

2

0

3

5

0

4

1

0

5

0

2

6

0

2

7

1

8

0

9

0

R

8

6

H

9

10

E

1

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

MIN

KCR

Home run by Rod Carew.

1

0

Bottom 1st

MIN

KCR

Home run by Hal McRae.

1

Top 3rd

MIN

KCR

Single by Mike Cubbage; Hosken Powell and Rod Carew scored.

3

1

Single by Butch Wynegar; Dan Ford scored.

4

1

Double by Jose Morales; Mike Cubbage and Butch Wynegar scored.

6

1

Top 4th

MIN

KCR

Home run by Willie Norwood.

7

1

Bottom 5th

MIN

KCR

Single by John Wathan; Frank White and Jerry Terrell scored.

7

3

Bottom 6th

MIN

KCR

Single by Freddie Patek; Amos Otis scored.

7

4

Double by Tom Poquette; Frank White scored.

7

5

Top 7th

MIN

KCR

Double by Butch Wynegar; Dan Ford scored.

8

5

Bottom 7th

MIN

KCR

Triple by Amos Otis; Al Cowens scored.

8

6

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Norwood LF	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Rod Carew 1B	3	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	5
Dan Ford CF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Cubbage 3B	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1
Butch Wynegar C	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	4
Glenn Adams DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Morales PH	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	2
Roy Smalley SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hosken Powell RF	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2
Rob Wilfong 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Randall PH,2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	8	9	8	2	6	1	1	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Geoff Zahn (W)	5.1	5	4	4	3	2	1
Tom Johnson	1.2	4	2	2	0	0	0
Mike Marshall (S)	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	10	6	6	3	2	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Wilson LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Clint Hurdle PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Wathan 1B	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
Joe Lahoud PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Zdeb PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae DH	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Al Cowens RF,3B	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Amos Otis CF	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	5
Darrell Porter C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Freddie Patek SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank White 2B	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Ralph LaCock PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
U L Washington PR,2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Terrell 3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Poquette PH,RF	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	36	6	10	6	1	3	2	3	17

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Leonard (L)	2.2	4	6	6	2	0	1
Larry Gura	3.2	3	2	2	2	1	1
Steve Mingori	1.1	2	0	0	1	0	0
Doug Bird	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	9.0	9	8	8	6	1	2

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

9

Perez

RBI

39

Perez

AVG

.343

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

7

Lugo

K

64

Ragans

ERA

1.79

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

49

15th

R

239

5th

SO

397

20th

ERA

3.41

8th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	32	17	.653
Royals	31	19	.620	1.5
Twins	25	23	.521	6.5
Tigers	23	25	.479	8.5
White Sox	15	34	.306	17.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 5/22	DET	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Fri 5/24	KCR	@	TBR	6:50 PM
Sat 5/25	KCR	@	TBR	4:10 PM
Sun 5/26	KCR	@	TBR	1:40 PM
Mon 5/27	KCR	@	MIN	2:10 PM

Last Game

Royals

31-19

10

Final

3

Tigers

23-25

Tue 21 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

17

Tucker

16

Henderson

14

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

44

Bohm

44

Ramírez

43

Ozuna

Batting Average Leaders

.356

Ohtani

.343

Perez

.339

Profar

Hit Leaders

69

Ohtani

65

Betts

64

Contreras

Run Leaders

45

Jr.

41

Contreras

41

Betts

OBP Leaders

.429

Betts

.427

Profar

.425

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.655

Ohtani

.649

Tucker

.633

Ozuna

SB Leaders

30

Cruz

18

Turang

17

Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Suárez

7

Sale

7

Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

81

Glasnow

74

Crochet

73

Cease

ERA Leaders

0.84

Imanaga

1.36

Suárez

1.54

López

WHIP Leaders

0.78

Skubal

0.79

Suárez

0.86

Sale

K/9 Leaders

11.85

Flaherty

11.76

Glasnow

11.60

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

11.00

Eflin

10.80

Kirby

9.00

Jones

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

5

Kirby

7

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

777.8

Ohtani

754.2

Tucker

726.5

Jr.

DraftKings Points Leaders

598

Ohtani

563

Tucker

556

Jr.

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