The Kansas City Royals couldn't pull it off against the Chicago White Sox, 7 to 6, on September 27, 1998.

1998 Kansas City Royals

Final

CWS

White Sox

80-82

7

KCR

Royals

72-89

6

CWS

KCR

1

0

2

2

2

1

3

3

0

4

0

0

5

2

0

6

0

2

7

0

0

8

0

1

9

0

0

R

7

6

H

9

6

E

2

0

Bottom 1st

CWS

KCR

Royals

Home run by Johnny Damon.

0

1

Royals

Home run by Jose Offerman.

0

2

Top 2nd

CWS

KCR

White Sox

Home run by Robin Ventura; Albert Belle scored.

2

2

Bottom 2nd

CWS

KCR

Royals

Single by Carlos Febles; Tim Spehr scored.

2

3

Top 3rd

CWS

KCR

White Sox

Sacrifice fly by Craig Wilson; Mark Johnson scored.

3

3

White Sox

Single by Albert Belle; Mike Caruso scored.

4

3

White Sox

Single by Robin Ventura; Frank Thomas scored.

5

3

Top 5th

CWS

KCR

White Sox

Home run by Albert Belle; Mike Caruso scored.

7

3

Bottom 6th

CWS

KCR

Royals

Double by Carlos Beltran; Carlos Febles scored.

7

4

Royals

Single by Jose Offerman; Carlos Beltran scored.

7

5

Bottom 8th

CWS

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Carlos Beltran; Mendy Lopez scored.

7

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mike Caruso SS 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Craig Wilson 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Frank Thomas DH 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jeff Abbott PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Albert Belle LF 4 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 6
Robin Ventura 3B 4 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 7
Magglio Ordonez RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Greg Norton 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Brian Simmons CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mark Johnson C 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7 2 2 8 1 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
James Baldwin (W) 5.0 3 3 3 6 6 2
Carlos Castillo 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0
Bryan Ward 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Chad Bradford 0.1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Bob Howry (S) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 6 6 5 8 9 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Johnny Damon RF 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
Carlos Beltran CF 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jose Offerman DH 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 5
Dean Palmer 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0
Jeremy Giambi LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Hal Morris 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Conine PH,1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Spehr C 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Sweeney PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mendy Lopez SS 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlos Febles 2B 2 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals 34 6 6 6 2 8 9 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tim Belcher (L) 5.0 8 7 7 2 2 2
Ricky Bones 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Matt Whisenant 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jeff Montgomery 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 7 7 2 8 2

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

8

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

33

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.323

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

6

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

57

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

41

19th

R

202

10th

SO

350

24th

ERA

3.46

10th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
27 17 .614
Royals Royals
26 19 .578 1.5
Twins Twins
24 18 .571 2.0
Tigers Tigers
21 22 .488 5.5
White Sox White Sox
14 30 .318 13.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/17
OAK OAK
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Sat
5/18
OAK OAK
@
KCR KCR
7:10 PM
Sun
5/19
OAK OAK
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Mon
5/20
DET DET
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Tue
5/21
DET DET
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM

Last Game

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SEA Mariners

24-20

4

Final

2

KCR Royals

26-19

Wed 15 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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13

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

12

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

12

Naylor

Josh Naylor

RBI Leaders

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41

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

37

Ramírez

José Ramírez

36

Hernández

Teoscar Hernández

Batting Average Leaders

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.364

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.359

Contreras

William Contreras

.353

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Hit Leaders

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63

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

62

Betts

Mookie Betts

61

Contreras

William Contreras

Run Leaders

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39

Contreras

William Contreras

39

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

37

Betts

Mookie Betts

OBP Leaders

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.445

Betts

Mookie Betts

.434

Contreras

William Contreras

.431

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.676

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.619

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.614

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

SB Leaders

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26

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

17

Caballero

José Caballero

16

Turang

Brice Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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8

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

6

Sale

Chris Sale

6

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

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73

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

70

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

68

Cease

Dylan Cease

ERA Leaders

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0.96

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.34

López

Reynaldo López

1.37

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

WHIP Leaders

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0.76

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.78

Cease

Dylan Cease

0.86

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K/9 Leaders

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12.19

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

11.69

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

11.65

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

K/BB Leaders

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10.50

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

10.25

Eflin

Zach Eflin

10.20

Kirby

George Kirby

Walk Leaders

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4

Eflin

Zach Eflin

5

Kirby

George Kirby

6

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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684.8

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

657.4

Betts

Mookie Betts

628.9

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

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527

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

504

Betts

Mookie Betts

483

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
5/14
TBR TBR
@
BOS BOS
4-3
Tue
5/14
CHC CHC
@
ATL ATL
7-1
Tue
5/14
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
2-10
Tue
5/14
OAK OAK
@
HOU HOU
0-3
Tue
5/14
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
2-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/16
NYY NYY
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
5/16
NYM NYM
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Thu
5/16
TBR TBR
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Thu
5/16
PIT PIT
@
CHC CHC
7:40 PM
Thu
5/16
OAK OAK
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM