The Detroit Tigers were defeated by the Kansas City Royals, 5 to 3, on August 15, 1997.

1997 Detroit Tigers

Final

KCR

Royals

50-68

5

DET

Tigers

56-65

3

1

0

0

2

4

0

3

0

0

4

1

2

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

5

3

H

10

6

E

1

1

Top 2nd

KCR

DET

Royals

Single by Jed Hansen; Jeff King scored.

1

0

Royals

Double by Yamil Benitez; Mike Sweeney scored.

2

0

Royals

Single by Bip Roberts; Jed Hansen and Yamil Benitez scored.

4

0

Top 4th

KCR

DET

Royals

Home run by Jermaine Dye.

5

0

Bottom 4th

KCR

DET

Tigers

Home run by Damion Easley.

5

1

Tigers

Single by Bob Hamelin; Tony Clark scored.

5

2

Bottom 6th

KCR

DET

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by Orlando Miller; Bobby Higginson scored.

5

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bip Roberts 3B,LF 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Johnny Damon CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jay Bell SS 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Chili Davis DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Jeff King 1B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jermaine Dye RF 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Mike Sweeney C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jed Hansen 2B 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Yamil Benitez LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Shane Halter 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5 1 1 5 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Glendon Rusch (W) 5.0 5 3 3 3 7 1
Hector Carrasco 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Larry Casian 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Gregg Olson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Montgomery (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 6 3 3 3 11 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brian L. Hunter CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Damion Easley 2B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Bobby Higginson RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tony Clark 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Phil Nevin LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Orlando Miller 3B 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Matt Walbeck PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Hamelin DH 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Raul Casanova C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jody Reed PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deivi Cruz SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Curtis Pride PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3 1 3 11 0 0 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Justin Thompson (L) 6.2 9 5 1 0 3 1
Dan Miceli 2.1 1 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 9.0 10 5 1 1 5 1

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

14

Canha

Mark Canha

AVG

.298

Urshela

Gio Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

36

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

1.82

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

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HR

20

27th

R

101

21st

SO

218

15th

ERA

3.00

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 7 .720
Royals Royals
15 10 .600 3.0
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
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
4/30
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM

Last Game

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TBR Rays

13-13

7

Final

5

DET Tigers

14-11

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
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
Wed
4/24
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
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