The Kansas City Royals were defeated by the Oakland Athletics, 8 to 6, on May 27, 1997.

1997 Kansas City Royals

Final

OAK

Athletics

21-31

8

KCR

Royals

22-26

6

OAK

KCR

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

2

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

3

1

10

5

3

R

8

6

H

7

10

E

0

1

Bottom 4th

OAK

KCR

Royals

Home run by Craig Paquette; Bip Roberts scored.

0

2

Top 9th

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Home run by Mark McGwire; Jose Canseco scored.

2

2

Athletics

Home run by Scott Spiezio.

3

2

Bottom 9th

OAK

KCR

Royals

Home run by Scott Cooper.

3

3

Top 10th

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Double by Jose Canseco; Scott Brosius and Rafael Bournigal scored.

5

3

Athletics

Single by Scott Spiezio; Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire scored.

7

3

Athletics

Single by George Williams; Geronimo Berroa scored.

8

3

Bottom 10th

OAK

KCR

Royals

Single by Chili Davis; Jeff King scored.

8

4

Royals

Single by Johnny Damon; Chili Davis and Scott Cooper scored.

8

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Damon Mashore CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pat Lennon LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Jason Giambi PH,LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Canseco RF 5 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Mark McGwire 1B 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 4
Geronimo Berroa DH 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Scott Spiezio 2B 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
George Williams C 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Scott Brosius 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Scott Sheldon SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Stairs PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rafael Bournigal PR,SS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 7 8 2 6 8 0 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Oquist 7.2 4 2 2 5 4 1
Mike Mohler 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Taylor (W) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 1
Aaron Small 0.1 3 3 3 1 1 0
Dane Johnson (S) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 10.0 10 6 6 7 7 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jose Offerman 2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Jay Bell SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bip Roberts LF 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Jeff King 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Chili Davis DH 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig Paquette 3B 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Scott Cooper PH,3B 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Mike Macfarlane C 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Shane Halter PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Goodwin CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Johnny Damon RF 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 5
Totals 39 6 10 6 2 7 7 2 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jose Rosado 8.0 1 1 1 4 8 0
Hipolito Pichardo (L) 1.1 3 4 4 1 0 2
Jamie Walker 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jeff Montgomery 0.2 3 2 2 1 0 0
Totals 10.0 7 8 8 6 8 2

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.352

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Marsh

Alec Marsh

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

5th

R

119

11th

SO

187

27th

ERA

3.13

4th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 7 .720
Royals Royals
16 10 .615 2.5
Tigers Tigers
14 11 .560 4.0
Twins Twins
11 13 .458 6.5
White Sox White Sox
3 22 .120 15.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Mon
4/29
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Tue
4/30
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

16-10

2

Final

1

TOR Blue Jays

13-13

Thu 25 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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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.374

Betts

Mookie Betts

.365

Contreras

William Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

Hit Leaders

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40

Betts

Mookie Betts

39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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27

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.477

Betts

Mookie Betts

.446

Contreras

William Contreras

.430

Soto

Juan Soto

SLG Leaders

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.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.649

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

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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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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462.9

Betts

Mookie Betts

436.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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351

Betts

Mookie Betts

331

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

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
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
9-10

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM