The Kansas City Royals came up just a bit short against the Detroit Tigers, 6 to 5, on May 18, 1997.

1997 Kansas City Royals

Final

DET

Tigers

19-23

6

KCR

Royals

20-20

5

DET

KCR

1

0

0

2

1

0

3

0

1

4

0

3

5

2

0

6

0

0

7

3

1

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

6

5

H

15

6

E

1

0

Top 2nd

DET

KCR

Tigers

Single by Bob Hamelin; Tony Clark scored.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

DET

KCR

Royals

Home run by Jose Offerman.

1

1

Bottom 4th

DET

KCR

Royals

Home run by Mike Sweeney; Chili Davis and Scott Cooper scored.

1

4

Top 5th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Double by Damion Easley; Deivi Cruz scored.

2

4

Tigers

Single by Bobby Higginson; Damion Easley scored.

3

4

Top 7th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Single by Tony Clark; Brian L. Hunter scored.

4

4

Tigers

Single by Travis Fryman; Bobby Higginson scored.

5

4

Tigers

Single by Bob Hamelin; Tony Clark scored.

6

4

Bottom 7th

DET

KCR

Royals

Home run by Mike Sweeney.

6

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brian L. Hunter CF 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
Damion Easley 2B 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Bobby Higginson LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Tony Clark 1B 5 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Travis Fryman 3B 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Melvin Nieves RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Bob Hamelin DH 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Phil Nevin PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curtis Pride PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Johnson C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Deivi Cruz SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Totals 39 6 15 6 0 3 8 1 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Felipe Lira 4.0 4 4 4 1 1 2
John Cummings (W) 2.2 2 1 1 2 0 1
Todd Jones 2.0 0 0 0 3 1 0
Mike Myers (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 6 5 5 6 2 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jose Offerman 2B 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 7
Tom Goodwin CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Joe Vitiello PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shane Halter RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jay Bell PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bip Roberts LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jeff King 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Chili Davis DH 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Scott Cooper 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Sweeney C 3 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 8
David Howard SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Damon RF,CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 6 5 3 6 2 2 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tim Belcher (L) 6.1 13 6 6 2 6 0
Randy Veres 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 0
Jamie Walker 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jeff Montgomery 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 15 6 6 3 8 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

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

Last Game

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DET Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

KCR Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.382

Betts

Mookie Betts

.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

Mookie Betts

40

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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28

Betts

Mookie Betts

24

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

Mookie Betts

SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

337

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM