The Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees, 9 to 8, on June 9, 1979.

Final

Yankees

31-27

8

Royals

32-26

9

NYY

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

0

3

5

0

6

0

3

7

2

1

8

0

9

1

10

0

11

0

12

0

13

0

1

R

8

9

H

12

17

E

0

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

NYY

KCR

Home run by Chris Chambliss; Darryl Jones scored.

2

0

Top 3rd

NYY

KCR

Single by Lou Piniella; Error by Todd Cruz; Mickey Rivers, Willie Randolph, and Thurman Munson scored.

5

0

Bottom 4th

NYY

KCR

Single by Al Cowens; Amos Otis scored.

5

1

Home run by Darrell Porter; Al Cowens scored.

5

3

Bottom 6th

NYY

KCR

Triple by John Wathan; George Brett and Darrell Porter scored.

5

Single by Freddie Patek; John Wathan scored.

5

6

Top 7th

NYY

KCR

Single by Lou Piniella; Mickey Rivers and Willie Randolph scored.

7

6

Bottom 7th

NYY

KCR

Double by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

7

Top 9th

NYY

KCR

Double by Graig Nettles; Willie Randolph scored.

8

7

Bottom 9th

NYY

KCR

Single by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

8

Bottom 13th

NYY

KCR

Home run by Willie Wilson.

8

9

Yankees

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Mickey Rivers CF	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
Willie Randolph 2B	5	3	2	0	0	2	1	0	3
Thurman Munson C	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Piniella RF	7	0	3	4	0	0	1	0	3
Graig Nettles 3B	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
Darryl Jones DH	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
Jim Spencer PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cliff Johnson PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jay Johnstone PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chris Chambliss 1B	5	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	7
Roy White LF	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bucky Dent SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Narron PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Fred Stanley SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	50	8	12	7	1	7	8	1	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Tommy John	5.1	7	5	5	1	3	1
Ray Burris	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0
Jim Kaat	2.0	1	1	1	2	0	0
Ron Davis	2.2	3	0	0	1	3	0
Ken Clay (L)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1
Totals	12.0	17	9	9	4	6	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Willie Wilson LF	6	3	2	1	1	1	3	5
U L Washington 2B,SS	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Amos Otis CF	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
George Brett 1B,3B	5	1	4	2	0	1	0	7
Al Cowens RF	5	1	2	1	0	1	1	2
Darrell Porter DH	5	2	1	2	1	0	1	4
John Wathan C	6	1	3	2	0	0	0	6
Freddie Patek SS	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Ralph LaCock 1B	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Todd Cruz 3B,SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Braun PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Terrell PR,2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	49	9	17	9	2	4	6	29

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Larry Gura	6.2	7	7	6	3	5	1
Renie Martin	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Al Hrabosky	2.2	2	1	1	1	0	0
Marty Pattin (W)	3.0	1	0	0	3	3	0
Totals	13.0	12	8	7	7	8	1

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

8

Perez

RBI

37

Perez

AVG

.337

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

7

Lugo

K

64

Ragans

ERA

1.79

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

44

18th

R

221

8th

SO

385

22nd

ERA

3.43

8th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	30	17	.638
Royals	29	19	.604	1.5
Twins	24	22	.522	5.5
Tigers	23	23	.500	6.5
White Sox	14	33	.298	16.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 5/20	DET	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Tue 5/21	DET	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Wed 5/22	DET	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Fri 5/24	KCR	@	TBR	6:50 PM
Sat 5/25	KCR	@	TBR	4:10 PM

Last Game

Royals

29-19

8

Final

4

Athletics

19-30

Sun 19 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

15

Henderson

15

Tucker

13

Ohtani

RBI Leaders

42

Bohm

42

Ozuna

41

Ramírez

Batting Average Leaders

.353

Ohtani

.341

Contreras

.337

Perez

Hit Leaders

66

Ohtani

64

Betts

62

Contreras

Run Leaders

42

Jr.

40

Contreras

40

Betts

OBP Leaders

.435

Betts

.424

Profar

.423

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.658

Ohtani

.623

Tucker

.616

Ozuna

SB Leaders

30

Cruz

18

Turang

17

Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

8

Suárez

7

Lugo

6

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

81

Glasnow

73

Cease

72

Flaherty

ERA Leaders

0.84

Imanaga

1.37

Suárez

1.49

Assad

WHIP Leaders

0.76

Suárez

0.78

Skubal

0.89

Sale

K/9 Leaders

12.19

Crochet

11.85

Flaherty

11.76

Glasnow

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

737.7

Ohtani

691.5

Betts

686.1

Tucker

DraftKings Points Leaders

567

Ohtani

529

Betts

527

Cruz

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