The Kansas City Royals easily beat the New York Yankees, 10 to 4, in Game 2 of the 1978 ALCS on October 4, 1978.

1978 Kansas City Royals

Final

NYY

Yankees

1-1

4

KCR

Royals

1-1

10

NYY

KCR

1

0

1

2

0

4

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

2

3

8

2

2

9

0

R

4

10

H

12

16

E

1

1

Bottom 1st

NYY

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Darrell Porter; George Brett scored.

0

1

Bottom 2nd

NYY

KCR

Royals

Freddie Patek ground ball; Error by Bucky Dent; Clint Hurdle scored.

0

2

Royals

Single by Frank White; Al Cowens and Freddie Patek scored.

0

4

Royals

Single by Darrell Porter; Frank White scored.

0

5

Top 7th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Bucky Dent; Chris Chambliss and Roy White scored.

2

5

Bottom 7th

NYY

KCR

Royals

Triple by Clint Hurdle; Ralph LaCock scored.

2

6

Royals

Home run by Freddie Patek; Al Cowens scored.

2

8

Top 8th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Chris Chambliss; Reggie Jackson scored.

3

8

Yankees

Single by Bucky Dent; Graig Nettles scored.

4

8

Bottom 8th

NYY

KCR

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; George Brett scored.

4

9

Royals

Single by Ralph LaCock; Amos Otis scored.

4

10

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Gary Thomasson PH,CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thurman Munson C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Piniella LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Reggie Jackson RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Graig Nettles 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chris Chambliss 1B 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Roy White DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Fred Stanley 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cliff Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Doyle 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Blair PH,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bucky Dent SS 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 38 4 12 4 0 2 3 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Figueroa (L) 1.0 5 5 3 0 0 0
Dick Tidrow 5.2 8 3 3 2 1 1
Sparky Lyle 1.1 3 2 2 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 16 10 8 2 1 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
George Brett 3B 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hal McRae DH 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Amos Otis CF 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 3
Darrell Porter C 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ralph LaCock 1B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Clint Hurdle LF 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Willie Wilson PR,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Cowens RF 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Freddie Patek SS 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Frank White 2B 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 38 10 16 9 1 2 1 2 1 22

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura (W) 6.1 8 2 2 2 2 0
Marty Pattin 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 0
Al Hrabosky 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 12 4 4 2 3 0

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

11

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

RBI

48

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

AVG

.319

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

9

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

98

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

2.36

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

68

15th

R

331

4th

SO

529

23rd

ERA

3.68

9th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
42 22 .656
Royals Royals
39 28 .582 4.5
Twins Twins
35 31 .530 8.0
Tigers Tigers
32 33 .492 10.5
White Sox White Sox
17 50 .254 26.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/11
NYY NYY
@
KCR KCR
8:10 PM
Wed
6/12
NYY NYY
@
KCR KCR
8:10 PM
Thu
6/13
NYY NYY
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Fri
6/14
KCR KCR
@
LAD LAD
10:10 PM
Sat
6/15
KCR KCR
@
LAD LAD
9:10 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

39-28

2

Final

4

NYY Yankees

47-21

Mon 10 Jun 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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24

Judge

Aaron Judge

21

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

19

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

RBI Leaders

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62

Ramírez

José Ramírez

59

Judge

Aaron Judge

55

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

Batting Average Leaders

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.325

Arraez

Luis Arraez

.322

Profar

Jurickson Profar

.319

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

Hit Leaders

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91

Arraez

Luis Arraez

86

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

82

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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56

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

55

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

51

Judge

Aaron Judge

OBP Leaders

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.436

Judge

Aaron Judge

.425

Soto

Juan Soto

.421

Profar

Jurickson Profar

SLG Leaders

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.703

Judge

Aaron Judge

.603

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.599

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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34

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Turang

Brice Turang

22

Caballero

José Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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10

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

9

Rodón

Carlos Rodón

9

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

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116

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

103

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

101

Cease

Dylan Cease

ERA Leaders

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1.81

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

1.85

López

Reynaldo López

1.91

Houck

Tanner Houck

WHIP Leaders

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0.85

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.89

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.92

Houck

Tanner Houck

K/9 Leaders

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12.25

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.14

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

11.72

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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10.00

Kirby

George Kirby

9.40

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

8.36

Sale

Chris Sale

Walk Leaders

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7

Kirby

George Kirby

10

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

11

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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1,074.7

Judge

Aaron Judge

983.2

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

964

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

DraftKings Points Leaders

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793

Judge

Aaron Judge

755

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

722

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

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
Sun
6/9
NYY NYY
@
KCR KCR
4-2
Sun
6/9
TOR TOR
@
MIL MIL
1-3
Sun
6/9
OAK OAK
@
SDP SDP
1-6
Sun
6/9
COL COL
@
MIN MIN
0-5
Sun
6/9
HOU HOU
@
SFG SFG
3-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/11
ATL ATL
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
6/11
WSH WSH
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
6/11
CHC CHC
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Tue
6/11
MIA MIA
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Tue
6/11
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM