The Kansas City Royals were defeated by the Detroit Tigers, 9 to 2, on May 17, 1997.

Final

Tigers

18-23

9

Royals

20-19

2

DET

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

4

0

4

0

1

5

0

6

1

0

7

2

0

8

1

0

9

0

1

R

9

2

H

11

5

E

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

DET

KCR

Home run by Bobby Higginson.

1

0

Top 3rd

DET

KCR

Home run by Brian L. Hunter.

2

0

Single by Bobby Higginson; Damion Easley scored.

3

0

Home run by Tony Clark; Bobby Higginson scored.

5

0

Bottom 4th

DET

KCR

Jeff King grounded out; Jay Bell scored.

5

1

Top 6th

DET

KCR

Single by Raul Casanova; Melvin Nieves scored.

6

1

Top 7th

DET

KCR

Single by Deivi Cruz; Travis Fryman scored.

7

1

Single by Brian L. Hunter; Melvin Nieves scored.

8

1

Top 8th

DET

KCR

Home run by Tony Clark.

9

1

Bottom 9th

DET

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Craig Paquette; Joe Vitiello scored.

9

2

Tigers

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Brian L. Hunter CF	5	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	5
Damion Easley 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Bobby Higginson LF	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	5
Tony Clark 1B	4	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	8
Travis Fryman 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Melvin Nieves RF	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0
Bob Hamelin DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Raul Casanova C	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
Deivi Cruz SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	36	9	11	9	4	7	5	1	1	23

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Tim Pugh (W)	8.0	3	1	1	2	4
Mike Myers	1.0	2	1	1	0	1
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	2	5

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Jose Offerman 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jay Bell SS	3	1	1	0	0	1	2
Jermaine Dye RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bip Roberts LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Vitiello PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Jeff King 1B	3	0	0	1	0	0	0
David Howard SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Chili Davis DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Paquette 3B	2	0	1	1	1	1	2
Tim Spehr C	4	0	0	0	0	3	0
Tom Goodwin CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Cooper 1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Johnny Damon RF,CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	31	2	5	2	2	5	7

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Jim Pittsley (L)	5.0	6	5	5	2	2	3
Allen McDill	1.2	1	3	3	5	1	0
Jeff Montgomery	1.1	4	1	1	0	1	1
Hipolito Pichardo	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	11	9	9	7	5	4

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Perez

RBI

23

Perez

AVG

.348

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

33

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

28

5th

R

117

11th

SO

183

29th

ERA

3.16

4th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	7	.720
Royals	15	10	.600	3.0
Tigers	14	11	.560	4.0
Twins	11	13	.458	6.5
White Sox	3	22	.120	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/25	TOR	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Fri 4/26	KCR	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM

Last Game

Royals

15-10

3

Final

2

Blue Jays

13-12

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

23

García

23

Ward

Batting Average Leaders

.371

Ohtani

.365

Betts

.365

Contreras

Hit Leaders

39

Ohtani

38

Betts

36

Kwan

Run Leaders

26

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.468

Betts

.446

Contreras

.433

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.695

Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

.649

Henderson

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

40

Crochet

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

0.85

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

441.7

Betts

436.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

334

Betts

331

Cruz

319

Ohtani

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