The Kansas City Royals barely put up a fight against 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

Explore

More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

25

Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	8	.692
Royals	17	10	.630	1.5
Tigers	14	12	.538	4.0
Twins	12	13	.480	5.5
White Sox	4	22	.154	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM

Last Game

Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

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

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

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