The Kansas City Royals managed to stay ahead of the Detroit Tigers, 10 to 9, on May 15, 1997.

1997 Kansas City Royals

Final

DET

Tigers

16-23

9

KCR

Royals

20-17

10

1

0

0

2

3

3

3

0

0

4

2

1

5

1

0

6

0

2

7

3

0

8

0

1

9

0

3

R

9

10

H

7

15

E

1

1

Top 2nd

DET

KCR

Tigers

Home run by Melvin Nieves; Tony Clark and Travis Fryman scored.

3

0

Bottom 2nd

DET

KCR

Royals

Single by Tim Spehr; Chili Davis scored.

3

1

Royals

Single by Jose Offerman; Craig Paquette scored.

3

2

Royals

Double by Jay Bell; Tim Spehr scored.

3

3

Top 4th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Bob Hamelin grounded out; Tony Clark scored.

4

3

Tigers

Single by Raul Casanova; Travis Fryman scored.

5

3

Bottom 4th

DET

KCR

Royals

Jeff King ground ball; Error by Travis Fryman; Tom Goodwin scored.

5

4

Top 5th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Travis Fryman grounded out; Error by Jose Offerman; Bobby Higginson scored.

6

4

Bottom 6th

DET

KCR

Royals

Single by Jay Bell; Tom Goodwin scored.

6

5

Royals

Single by Bip Roberts; Jose Offerman scored.

6

6

Top 7th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Home run by Tony Clark; Brian L. Hunter and Jody Reed scored.

9

6

Bottom 8th

DET

KCR

Royals

Jeff King grounded out; Jay Bell scored.

9

7

Bottom 9th

DET

KCR

Royals

Home run by Johnny Damon.

9

8

Royals

Home run by Mike Sweeney; Scott Cooper scored.

9

10

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brian L. Hunter CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1
Jody Reed 2B 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Bobby Higginson LF 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Tony Clark 1B 3 3 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 5
Travis Fryman 3B 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Melvin Nieves RF 5 1 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 6
Bob Hamelin DH 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Raul Casanova C 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Deivi Cruz SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 7 8 2 8 7 2 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Omar Olivares 5.0 6 4 3 5 1 0
John Cummings 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Dan Miceli 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 0
Todd Jones 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Doug Brocail (L) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 2
Totals 8.0 15 10 9 6 3 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jose Offerman 2B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jay Bell SS 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
Bip Roberts LF 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Jeff King 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chili Davis DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Craig Paquette 3B 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Johnny Damon PH 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Jermaine Dye RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Scott Cooper PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Spehr C 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
David Howard PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Sweeney C 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Tom Goodwin CF 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2
Totals 38 10 15 8 2 6 3 2 0 22

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kevin Appier 5.0 4 6 5 4 5 1
Allen McDill 1.1 2 3 3 2 1 1
Jeff Montgomery 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Converse 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jamie Walker (W) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 7 9 8 8 7 2

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

22

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.337

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Marsh

Alec Marsh

K

33

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

28

5th

R

114

10th

SO

175

29th

ERA

3.21

5th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
17 6 .739
Tigers Tigers
14 10 .583 3.5
Royals Royals
14 10 .583 3.5
Twins Twins
9 13 .409 7.5
White Sox White Sox
3 20 .130 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

14-10

3

Final

2

TOR Blue Jays

13-11

Tue 23 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
4/22
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
4-2
Mon
4/22
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-4
Mon
4/22
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
1-2
Mon
4/22
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
5-6
Mon
4/22
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4-7

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
ARI ARI
@
STL STL
1:15 PM
Wed
4/24
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
3:45 PM
Wed
4/24
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Wed
4/24
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM