The New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals, 6 to 5, in Game 3 of the 1978 ALCS on October 6, 1978.

1978 New York Yankees

Final

KCR

Royals

1-2

5

NYY

Yankees

2-1

6

KCR

NYY

1

1

0

2

0

1

3

1

0

4

0

2

5

1

0

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

2

2

9

0

R

5

6

H

10

10

E

1

0

Top 1st

KCR

NYY

Royals

Home run by George Brett.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Home run by Reggie Jackson.

1

1

Top 3rd

KCR

NYY

Royals

Home run by George Brett.

2

1

Bottom 4th

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Single by Reggie Jackson; Thurman Munson scored.

2

2

Yankees

Single by Lou Piniella; Error by Freddie Patek; Reggie Jackson scored.

2

3

Top 5th

KCR

NYY

Royals

Home run by George Brett.

3

3

Bottom 6th

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Reggie Jackson; Roy White scored.

3

4

Top 8th

KCR

NYY

Royals

Single by Darrell Porter; Amos Otis scored.

4

4

Royals

Al Cowens grounded out; Darrell Porter scored.

5

4

Bottom 8th

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Home run by Thurman Munson; Roy White scored.

5

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
George Brett 3B 5 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 12
Hal McRae DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Amos Otis CF 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
Darrell Porter C 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ralph LaCock 1B 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
Clint Hurdle LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Willie Wilson PR,LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Cowens RF 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Frank White 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Braun PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5 3 3 7 1 1 24

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Splittorff 7.1 9 5 4 0 2 1
Doug Bird (L) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1
Al Hrabosky 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 8.0 10 6 5 0 3 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Paul Blair PH,CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy White LF 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Gary Thomasson LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thurman Munson C 4 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 7
Reggie Jackson DH 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
Lou Piniella RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Graig Nettles 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Chambliss 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Stanley 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Bucky Dent SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 5 2 0 3 0 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Catfish Hunter 6.0 7 3 3 3 5 3
Rich Gossage (W) 3.0 3 2 2 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 10 5 5 3 7 3

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

24

Judge

Aaron Judge

RBI

59

Judge

Aaron Judge

AVG

.318

Soto

Juan Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

9

Rodón

Carlos Rodón

K

90

Gil

Luis Gil

ERA

2.04

Gil

Luis Gil

Team Rankings

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HR

98

2nd

R

335

3rd

SO

585

6th

ERA

2.88

1st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
47 21 .691
Orioles Orioles
44 22 .667 2.0
Red Sox Red Sox
33 34 .493 13.5
Blue Jays Blue Jays
32 34 .485 14.0
Rays Rays
32 35 .478 14.5

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
NYY NYY
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Sat
6/15
NYY NYY
@
BOS BOS
7:15 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

1.91

Houck

Tanner Houck

1.92

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

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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12.50

Eflin

Zach Eflin

10.00

Kirby

George Kirby

9.40

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

Walk Leaders

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4

Eflin

Zach Eflin

7

Kirby

George Kirby

10

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

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
Mon
6/10
WSH WSH
@
DET DET
5-4
Mon
6/10
CHC CHC
@
TBR TBR
2-5
Mon
6/10
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
4-1
Mon
6/10
ATL ATL
@
BAL BAL
0-4
Sun
6/9
NYY NYY
@
KCR KCR
4-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/11
MIA MIA
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Tue
6/11
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
7:10 PM
Tue
6/11
COL COL
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM
Tue
6/11
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
7:45 PM
Tue
6/11
TOR TOR
@
MIL MIL
8:10 PM