The Kansas City Royals were decisively beaten by the Detroit Tigers, 8 to 4, on August 15, 1987.

1987 Kansas City Royals

Final

DET

Tigers

67-47

8

KCR

Royals

58-58

4

DET

KCR

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

1

1

6

3

3

7

0

0

8

4

0

9

0

0

R

8

4

H

9

9

E

0

1

Top 5th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Matt Nokes grounded out; Jim Morrison scored.

1

0

Bottom 5th

DET

KCR

Royals

Home run by Lonnie Smith.

1

1

Top 6th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Single by Kirk Gibson; Lou Whitaker scored.

2

1

Tigers

Single by Larry Herndon; Bill Madlock scored.

3

1

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by Jim Morrison; Kirk Gibson scored.

4

1

Bottom 6th

DET

KCR

Royals

Single by George Brett; Willie Wilson scored.

4

2

Royals

Wild pitchSome( by Doyle Alexander); Kevin Seitzer scored.

4

3

Royals

Double by Frank White; George Brett scored.

4

4

Top 8th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Home run by Alan Trammell; Bill Madlock scored.

6

4

Tigers

Triple by Jim Morrison; Larry Herndon scored.

7

4

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by Tim Tolman; Jim Morrison scored.

8

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Lou Whitaker 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Bill Madlock 1B 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Dave Bergman 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kirk Gibson CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1
Alan Trammell SS 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Larry Herndon DH 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Jim Morrison 3B 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Tim Tolman LF 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Nokes C 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Heath RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 9 8 1 5 7 0 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Doyle Alexander 6.0 7 4 4 2 1 1
Eric King (W) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Mike Henneman (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 9 4 4 2 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson CF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Kevin Seitzer 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
George Brett DH 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Danny Tartabull RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Lonnie Smith LF 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Frank White 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Steve Balboni 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jamie Quirk C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ross Jones SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Thad Bosley PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 3 1 2 5 0 1 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Danny Jackson (L) 7.1 8 7 6 1 6 1
Steve Farr 0.2 1 1 1 2 1 0
Bob Stoddard 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Totals 9.0 9 8 7 5 7 1

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

8

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

33

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.325

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

6

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

57

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

41

16th

R

200

9th

SO

342

24th

ERA

3.46

10th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
27 16 .628
Royals Royals
26 18 .591 1.5
Twins Twins
24 17 .585 2.0
Tigers Tigers
21 21 .500 5.5
White Sox White Sox
13 30 .302 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
5/15
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
4:10 PM
Fri
5/17
OAK OAK
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Sat
5/18
OAK OAK
@
KCR KCR
7:10 PM
Sun
5/19
OAK OAK
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Mon
5/20
DET DET
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM

Last Game

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SEA Mariners

23-20

2

Final

4

KCR Royals

26-18

Tue 14 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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13

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

12

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

12

Naylor

Josh Naylor

RBI Leaders

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41

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

37

Ramírez

José Ramírez

36

Hernández

Teoscar Hernández

Batting Average Leaders

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.361

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.353

Kwan

Steven Kwan

.352

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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61

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

60

Betts

Mookie Betts

58

Contreras

William Contreras

Run Leaders

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39

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

38

Contreras

William Contreras

37

Betts

Mookie Betts

OBP Leaders

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.441

Betts

Mookie Betts

.429

Contreras

William Contreras

.427

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.680

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.629

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.629

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

SB Leaders

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26

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

17

Caballero

José Caballero

16

Turang

Brice Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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7

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

6

Sale

Chris Sale

6

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

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73

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

68

Cease

Dylan Cease

65

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

ERA Leaders

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0.96

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.34

López

Reynaldo López

1.50

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

WHIP Leaders

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0.72

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.78

Cease

Dylan Cease

0.86

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K/9 Leaders

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12.34

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

11.69

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

11.65

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

K/BB Leaders

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10.50

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

10.25

Eflin

Zach Eflin

10.20

Kirby

George Kirby

Walk Leaders

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4

Eflin

Zach Eflin

5

Kirby

George Kirby

6

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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675.8

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

648.4

Betts

Mookie Betts

628.9

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

DraftKings Points Leaders

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519

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

496

Betts

Mookie Betts

483

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

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
5/13
CHC CHC
@
ATL ATL
0-7
Mon
5/13
OAK OAK
@
HOU HOU
1-2
Mon
5/13
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
3-4
Mon
5/13
CLE CLE
@
TEX TEX
7-4
Mon
5/13
KCR KCR
@
SEA SEA
4-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
5/15
TOR TOR
@
BAL BAL
12:35 PM
Wed
5/15
MIA MIA
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Wed
5/15
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
1:10 PM
Wed
5/15
WSH WSH
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
Wed
5/15
CIN CIN
@
ARI ARI
3:40 PM