The New York Yankees lost to the Kansas City Royals, 9 to 7, on July 17, 1978.

Final

Royals

48-41

9

Yankees

47-42

7

KCR

NYY

1

0

2

1

0

3

0

2

4

0

3

5

2

0

6

0

7

0

8

0

9

2

0

10

0

11

4

2

R

9

7

H

14

12

E

0

3

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

KCR

NYY

Home run by Darrell Porter.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

KCR

NYY

Double by Thurman Munson; Graig Nettles and Mike Heath scored.

1

2

Bottom 4th

KCR

NYY

Home run by Graig Nettles; Lou Piniella and Chris Chambliss scored.

1

5

Top 5th

KCR

NYY

Single by George Brett; Freddie Patek scored.

2

5

Sacrifice fly by John Wathan; Error by Lou Piniella; George Brett scored.

3

5

Top 9th

KCR

NYY

Single by John Wathan; George Brett scored.

4

5

Single by Amos Otis; U L Washington scored.

5

Top 11th

KCR

NYY

Willie Wilson walked; Amos Otis scored.

6

5

Single by Freddie Patek; Darrell Porter and Clint Hurdle scored.

8

5

Single by Frank White; Willie Wilson scored.

9

5

Bottom 11th

KCR

NYY

Home run by Willie Randolph.

9

6

Single by Thurman Munson; Mickey Rivers scored.

9

7

Royals

Yankees

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
George Brett 3B	7	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	2
Hal McRae DH	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
U L Washington PR	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph LaCock 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Wathan PH,1B	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1
Amos Otis CF	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Darrell Porter C	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	5
Clint Hurdle RF	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2
Tom Poquette LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Zdeb PH,LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Braun PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Willie Wilson PR,LF	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
Freddie Patek SS	5	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	3
Frank White 2B	6	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2
Totals	46	9	14	9	1	6	5	1	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Paul Splittorff	3.0	7	5	5	1	3	1
Marty Pattin	4.1	1	0	0	2	0	0
Al Hrabosky (W)	3.2	4	2	2	2	0	1
Totals	11.0	12	7	7	5	3	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Willie Randolph 2B	6	1	1	1	1	0	2	4
Mickey Rivers CF	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	4
Thurman Munson RF	6	0	3	3	0	0	0	4
Reggie Jackson DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Cliff Johnson PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Piniella LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Chambliss 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Graig Nettles 3B	4	2	2	3	1	1	0	5
Fred Stanley SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
Mike Heath C	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	42	7	12	7	2	5	3	22

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Catfish Hunter	4.1	5	3	3	2	1	1
Sparky Lyle	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Gossage (L)	4.2	7	6	1	4	4	0
Bob Kammeyer	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	11.0	14	9	4	6	5	1

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More Yankees Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

17

Judge

RBI

46

Soto

AVG

.312

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

W

6

Rodón

K

79

Gil

ERA

1.99

Gil

Team Rankings

HR

84

1st

R

279

6th

SO

501

8th

ERA

2.77

1st

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	39	19	.672
Orioles	35	19	.648	2.0
Red Sox	29	29	.500	10.0
Rays	28	29	.491	10.5
Blue Jays	26	29	.473	11.5

Schedule

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

Last Game

Angels

21-35

3

Final

8

Yankees

39-19

Thu 30 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

18

Henderson

18

Tucker

17

Judge

RBI Leaders

57

Ramírez

49

Ozuna

47

Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

.332

Arraez

.332

Betts

.330

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

78

Arraez

75

Betts

73

Ohtani

Run Leaders

49

Jr.

45

Contreras

43

Schwarber

OBP Leaders

.426

Betts

.421

Profar

.412

Soto

SLG Leaders

.615

Ohtani

.613

Judge

.601

Ozuna

SB Leaders

32

Cruz

20

Caballero

19

Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Suárez

9

Lugo

8

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

95

Glasnow

90

Flaherty

85

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

1.72

Lugo

1.73

López

1.75

Suárez

WHIP Leaders

0.82

Suárez

0.82

Skubal

0.85

Sale

K/9 Leaders

12.02

Crochet

11.97

Flaherty

11.84

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

11.00

Eflin

9.50

Kirby

9.00

Flaherty

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

6

Kirby

9

Sale

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

836.8

Jr.

825.2

Ohtani

813.9

Ramírez

DraftKings Points Leaders

640

Jr.

634

Ohtani

606

Soto

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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