The Kansas City Royals were defeated by the New York Yankees, 8 to 5, on June 9, 1981.

1981 Kansas City Royals

Final

NYY

Yankees

34-20

8

KCR

Royals

18-30

5

NYY

KCR

1

0

2

2

1

3

3

4

0

4

1

0

5

0

0

6

1

0

7

1

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

8

5

H

12

11

E

0

1

Bottom 1st

NYY

KCR

Royals

Single by Willie Aikens; Willie Wilson scored.

0

1

Royals

Double by Amos Otis; George Brett scored.

0

2

Top 2nd

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Rick Cerone; Graig Nettles scored.

1

2

Bottom 2nd

NYY

KCR

Royals

Single by U L Washington; Jerry Grote scored.

1

3

Royals

Double by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

1

4

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Willie Aikens; U L Washington scored.

1

5

Top 3rd

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Home run by Dave Winfield; Jerry Mumphrey and Oscar Gamble scored.

4

5

Yankees

Home run by Graig Nettles.

5

5

Top 4th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Oscar Gamble; Bucky Dent scored.

6

5

Top 6th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Willie Randolph; Rick Cerone scored.

7

5

Top 7th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Dave Revering; Error by George Brett; Reggie Jackson scored.

8

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Randolph 2B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Mumphrey CF 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1
Oscar Gamble RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Brown RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Winfield LF 5 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 4
Reggie Jackson DH 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 3B 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Dave Revering 1B 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Rick Cerone C 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Bucky Dent SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 38 8 12 7 2 5 6 1 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gene Nelson 1.1 6 5 5 1 0 0
Dave LaRoche (W) 3.2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Griffin 2.1 3 0 0 0 2 0
Rich Gossage (S) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 5 5 1 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
U L Washington SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
George Brett 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Willie Aikens 1B 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hal McRae DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Cesar Geronimo RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wathan PH,RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rance Mulliniks 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Chalk PH,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Quirk PH,2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jerry Grote C 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 37 5 11 5 0 1 3 1 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Juan Berenguer 2.2 5 5 5 2 4 2
Renie Martin (L) 4.1 5 3 2 2 0 0
Dan Quisenberry 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 9.0 12 8 7 5 6 2

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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

.321

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

69

15th

R

332

5th

SO

537

25th

ERA

3.76

10th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
43 23 .652
Royals Royals
39 29 .574 5.0
Twins Twins
36 32 .529 8.0
Tigers Tigers
32 35 .478 11.5
White Sox White Sox
17 51 .250 27.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Sun
6/16
KCR KCR
@
LAD LAD
4:10 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

39-29

1

Final

10

NYY Yankees

48-21

Tue 11 Jun 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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25

Judge

Aaron Judge

21

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

19

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

RBI Leaders

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62

Ramírez

José Ramírez

62

Judge

Aaron Judge

55

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

Batting Average Leaders

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.326

Arraez

Luis Arraez

.324

Profar

Jurickson Profar

.321

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

Hit Leaders

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94

Arraez

Luis Arraez

88

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

83

Contreras

William Contreras

Run Leaders

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56

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

55

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

52

Soto

Juan Soto

OBP Leaders

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.437

Judge

Aaron Judge

.426

Soto

Juan Soto

.424

Profar

Jurickson Profar

SLG Leaders

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.712

Judge

Aaron Judge

.602

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.598

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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34

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

24

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

11.93

Gray

Sonny Gray

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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1,103.4

Judge

Aaron Judge

992.2

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

973.5

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

DraftKings Points Leaders

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814

Judge

Aaron Judge

763

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

729

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
Tue
6/11
CHC CHC
@
TBR TBR
4-3
Tue
6/11
WSH WSH
@
DET DET
7-5
Tue
6/11
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
2-4
Tue
6/11
TOR TOR
@
MIL MIL
4-5
Tue
6/11
HOU HOU
@
SFG SFG
3-5

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
6/12
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Wed
6/12
NYY NYY
@
KCR KCR
8:10 PM
Wed
6/12
LAA LAA
@
ARI ARI
9:40 PM
Wed
6/12
CWS CWS
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Wed
6/12
TEX TEX
@
LAD LAD
10:10 PM