The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals, 8 to 4, on May 1, 1978.

1978 New York Yankees

Final

KCR

Royals

14-6

4

NYY

Yankees

11-9

8

KCR

NYY

1

0

1

2

1

0

3

2

0

4

1

0

5

0

3

6

0

0

7

0

4

8

0

0

9

0

R

4

8

H

11

11

E

4

0

Bottom 1st

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Single by Reggie Jackson; Mickey Rivers scored.

0

1

Top 2nd

KCR

NYY

Royals

Home run by Darrell Porter.

1

1

Top 3rd

KCR

NYY

Royals

Single by Tom Poquette; Frank White and Willie Wilson scored.

3

1

Top 4th

KCR

NYY

Royals

Single by Frank White; Darrell Porter scored.

4

1

Bottom 5th

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Triple by Mickey Rivers; Cliff Johnson and Bucky Dent scored.

4

3

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Willie Randolph; Mickey Rivers scored.

4

4

Bottom 7th

KCR

NYY

Yankees

Double by Lou Piniella; Thurman Munson scored.

4

5

Yankees

Single by Chris Chambliss; Error by Willie Wilson; Reggie Jackson and Lou Piniella scored.

4

7

Yankees

Single by Graig Nettles; Chris Chambliss scored.

4

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
John Wathan PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U L Washington 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Poquette LF 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Joe Zdeb LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal McRae DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Al Cowens RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Darrell Porter C 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Clint Hurdle 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jerry Terrell 3B 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
Freddie Patek SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Frank White 2B 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Amos Otis PH,CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4 1 4 6 1 1 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Splittorff (L) 6.1 8 6 5 2 3 0
Doug Bird 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Steve Mingori 0.2 2 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Colborn 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 11 8 6 2 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4
Willie Randolph 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Thurman Munson C 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Reggie Jackson RF 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Lou Piniella LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Chris Chambliss 1B 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Graig Nettles 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Cliff Johnson DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Bucky Dent SS 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 8 0 2 3 1 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Beattie 3.0 5 4 4 3 2 1
Rawly Eastwick (W) 4.1 5 0 0 0 3 0
Sparky Lyle (S) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 4 4 4 6 1

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Rodón

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K

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2024 Division Standings

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39 19 .672
Orioles Orioles
35 19 .648 2.0
Red Sox Red Sox
28 29 .491 10.5
Rays Rays
28 29 .491 10.5
Blue Jays Blue Jays
26 29 .473 11.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/31
NYY NYY
@
SFG SFG
10:15 PM
Sat
6/1
NYY NYY
@
SFG SFG
10:05 PM
Sun
6/2
NYY NYY
@
SFG SFG
4:05 PM
Tue
6/4
MIN MIN
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Wed
6/5
MIN MIN
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM

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Henderson

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18

Tucker

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17

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Ramírez

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Ozuna

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47

Bohm

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Arraez

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75

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Jr.

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45

Contreras

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43

Schwarber

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Profar

Jurickson Profar

.412

Soto

Juan Soto

SLG Leaders

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.615

Ohtani

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.613

Judge

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.608

Ozuna

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SB Leaders

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32

Cruz

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20

Caballero

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19

Turang

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Suárez

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9

Lugo

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8

Sale

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95

Glasnow

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90

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

85

Wheeler

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Lugo

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1.75

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1.86

Imanaga

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Suárez

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Skubal

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0.85

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11.97

Flaherty

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11.84

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Eflin

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9.50

Kirby

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9.00

Flaherty

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Eflin

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6

Kirby

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9

Sale

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Jr.

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825.2

Ohtani

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Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

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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
Thu
5/30
CIN CIN
@
CHC CHC
5-4
Wed
5/29
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
5-0
Wed
5/29
WSH WSH
@
ATL ATL
3-1
Wed
5/29
CHC CHC
@
MIL MIL
4-6
Wed
5/29
ARI ARI
@
NYM NYM
2-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/31
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Fri
5/31
TBR TBR
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
5/31
PIT PIT
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
5/31
WSH WSH
@
CLE CLE
7:10 PM
Fri
5/31
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM