The Kansas City Royals handily beat the Minnesota Twins, 6 to 3, on May 20, 1978.

Final

Twins

14-24

3

Royals

19-16

6

MIN

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

0

2

4

0

5

0

6

0

1

7

0

2

8

2

1

9

0

R

3

6

H

9

15

E

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

MIN

KCR

Double by Mike Cubbage; Dan Ford scored.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

MIN

KCR

Single by Hal McRae; Willie Wilson scored.

1

Single by Amos Otis; Hal McRae scored.

1

2

Bottom 6th

MIN

KCR

Single by Freddie Patek; Clint Hurdle scored.

1

3

Bottom 7th

MIN

KCR

Single by Al Cowens; George Brett scored.

1

4

Single by Clint Hurdle; Al Cowens scored.

1

5

Top 8th

MIN

KCR

Home run by Rod Carew; Willie Norwood scored.

3

5

Bottom 8th

MIN

KCR

Double by Hal McRae; Freddie Patek scored.

3

6

Twins

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Willie Norwood LF	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Rod Carew 1B	4	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	5
Dan Ford CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Mike Cubbage 3B	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Wolfe PH,3B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Butch Wynegar C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Glenn Adams DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Morales PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Roy Smalley SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Hosken Powell RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bombo Rivera PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rob Wilfong 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Chiles PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Randall 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Kusick PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	33	3	9	3	1	4	3	1	1	15

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Paul Thormodsgard (L)	5.2	9	3	3	1	1
Greg Thayer	1.1	4	2	2	1	0
Tom Johnson	1.0	2	1	1	1	0
Totals	8.0	15	6	6	3	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Wilson LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Hal McRae DH	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	4
George Brett 3B	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	3
Al Cowens RF	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Amos Otis CF	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	2
Clint Hurdle 1B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	3
Ralph LaCock 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Porter C	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Freddie Patek SS	4	1	4	1	0	0	2	4
Frank White 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	6	15	6	3	1	5	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Rich Gale (W)	7.1	8	3	3	2	1	1
Al Hrabosky (S)	1.2	1	0	0	2	2	0
Totals	9.0	9	3	3	4	3	1

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

8

Perez

RBI

34

Perez

AVG

.335

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

6

Lugo

K

64

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

43

17th

R

208

11th

SO

360

24th

ERA

3.43

9th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	28	17	.622
Royals	27	19	.587	1.5
Twins	24	20	.545	3.5
Tigers	21	22	.488	6.0
White Sox	14	31	.311	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 5/18	OAK	@	KCR	7:10 PM
Sun 5/19	OAK	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Mon 5/20	DET	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Tue 5/21	DET	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Wed 5/22	DET	@	KCR	2:10 PM

Last Game

Royals

27-19

6

Final

2

Athletics

19-28

Fri 17 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

13

Henderson

13

Tucker

13

Ohtani

RBI Leaders

41

Ozuna

38

Ramírez

37

Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

.358

Ohtani

.353

Kwan

.353

Contreras

Hit Leaders

64

Ohtani

63

Betts

61

Contreras

Run Leaders

40

Jr.

40

Betts

39

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.440

Betts

.430

Contreras

.426

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.676

Ohtani

.609

Ozuna

.600

Tucker

SB Leaders

30

Cruz

17

Caballero

16

Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

8

Suárez

6

Sale

6

Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

81

Glasnow

71

Wheeler

70

Crochet

ERA Leaders

0.96

Imanaga

1.37

Suárez

1.49

Assad

WHIP Leaders

0.76

Suárez

0.78

Skubal

0.78

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.19

Crochet

11.76

Glasnow

11.65

Flaherty

K/BB Leaders

10.50

Flaherty

10.25

Eflin

10.20

Kirby

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

5

Kirby

6

Flaherty

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

725.2

Ohtani

688.5

Betts

684

Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

557

Ohtani

527

Cruz

526

Betts

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