The Kansas City Royals squeaked out a win over the Baltimore Orioles, 6 to 5, on April 7, 1997.

1997 Kansas City Royals

Final

BAL

Orioles

4-2

5

KCR

Royals

3-3

6

BAL

KCR

1

1

1

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

2

2

7

0

0

8

1

2

9

1

1

R

5

6

H

10

12

E

0

2

Top 1st

BAL

KCR

Orioles

Sacrifice fly by Rafael Palmeiro; Brady Anderson scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

BAL

KCR

Royals

Double by Jeff King; Jay Bell scored.

1

1

Top 6th

BAL

KCR

Orioles

Home run by Brady Anderson.

2

1

Orioles

Single by Cal Ripken Jr.; Roberto Alomar scored.

3

1

Bottom 6th

BAL

KCR

Royals

Home run by Craig Paquette; Joe Vitiello scored.

3

3

Top 8th

BAL

KCR

Orioles

Single by Cal Ripken Jr.; Eric Davis scored.

4

3

Bottom 8th

BAL

KCR

Royals

Home run by Jeff King.

4

4

Royals

Single by David Howard; Johnny Damon scored.

4

5

Top 9th

BAL

KCR

Orioles

Single by Jeff Reboulet; Mike Bordick scored.

5

5

Bottom 9th

BAL

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Jeff King; Bip Roberts scored.

5

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brady Anderson DH 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 6
Roberto Alomar 2B 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jeff Reboulet PR,2B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rafael Palmeiro 1B 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Eric Davis RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
Cal Ripken Jr. 3B 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
B.J. Surhoff LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeffrey Hammonds CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Chris Hoiles C 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
Mike Bordick SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 34 5 10 5 1 3 10 1 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jimmy Key 6.0 9 3 3 2 2 1
Alan Mills 1.2 2 2 2 1 2 1
Armando Benitez (L) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0
Totals 8.2 12 6 6 4 5 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bip Roberts LF 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tom Goodwin CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jay Bell SS 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Jeff King 1B 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 6
Joe Vitiello DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Johnny Damon PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Paquette 3B 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Jermaine Dye RF 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
David Howard 2B 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Tim Spehr C 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Sal Fasano PH,C 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 6 2 4 5 0 1 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kevin Appier 7.2 8 4 4 2 8 1
Jason Jacome 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Bevil 0.2 2 1 0 1 1 0
Jamie Walker (W) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 10 5 4 3 10 1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

4

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

RBI

15

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.339

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

29

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

0.98

Singer

Brady Singer

Team Rankings

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HR

21

5th

R

87

10th

SO

127

26th

ERA

2.86

2nd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
11 5 .688
Royals Royals
11 6 .647 0.5
Tigers Tigers
10 7 .588 1.5
Twins Twins
6 9 .400 4.5
White Sox White Sox
2 14 .125 9.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Wed
4/17
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
Fri
4/19
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Sat
4/20
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
7:10 PM
Sun
4/21
BAL BAL
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM

Last Game

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CWS White Sox

2-14

0

Final

2

KCR Royals

11-6

Mon 15 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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7

Trout

Mike Trout

7

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

7

O'Neill

Tyler O'Neill

RBI Leaders

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22

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

19

Ward

Taylor Ward

18

Steer

Spencer Steer

Batting Average Leaders

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.403

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.390

Contreras

William Contreras

.373

Volpe

Anthony Volpe

Hit Leaders

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29

Altuve

Jose Altuve

26

Kwan

Steven Kwan

26

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

Run Leaders

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20

Betts

Mookie Betts

17

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

16

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.483

Winker

Jesse Winker

.479

Contreras

William Contreras

.476

Altuve

Jose Altuve

SLG Leaders

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.750

O'Neill

Tyler O'Neill

.746

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.731

Busch

Michael Busch

SB Leaders

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8

Turang

Brice Turang

7

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

7

Thomas

Lane Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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3

Peguero

Elvis Peguero

3

Bradford

Cody Bradford

3

Detmers

Reid Detmers

Strikeout Leaders

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34

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

31

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

30

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

ERA Leaders

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0.42

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.86

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

0.98

Singer

Brady Singer

WHIP Leaders

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0.62

Bradford

Cody Bradford

0.68

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

0.71

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

K/9 Leaders

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13.50

Detmers

Reid Detmers

13.25

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.94

Gore

MacKenzie Gore

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.50

Jones

Jared Jones

12.00

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Jones

Jared Jones

2

Bradford

Cody Bradford

2

Kirby

George Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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333

Betts

Mookie Betts

272

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

268.2

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

DraftKings Points Leaders

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250

Betts

Mookie Betts

210

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

205

Altuve

Jose Altuve

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
4/15
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
2-4
Sun
4/14
SFG SFG
@
MIA MIA
4-3
Sun
4/14
STL STL
@
OAK OAK
3-1
Sun
4/14
CHC CHC
@
ARI ARI
3-2
Sun
4/14
CIN CIN
@
SEA SEA
3-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/16
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
4/16
COL COL
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Tue
4/16
SFG SFG
@
MIA MIA
6:40 PM
Tue
4/16
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Tue
4/16
NYY NYY
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM