The Detroit Tigers decisively defeated the Kansas City Royals, 8 to 4, on August 17, 1997.

1997 Detroit Tigers

Final

KCR

Royals

51-69

4

DET

Tigers

57-66

8

1

0

3

2

0

0

3

1

3

4

0

1

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

2

0

8

0

0

9

1

R

4

8

H

7

8

E

2

0

Bottom 1st

KCR

DET

Tigers

Single by Travis Fryman; Brian L. Hunter and Bobby Higginson scored.

0

2

Tigers

Damion Easley grounded out; Travis Fryman scored.

0

3

Top 3rd

KCR

DET

Royals

Single by Bip Roberts; Mike Sweeney scored.

1

3

Bottom 3rd

KCR

DET

Tigers

Travis Fryman ground ball; Error by Jay Bell; Bobby Higginson scored.

1

4

Tigers

Double by Damion Easley; Tony Clark and Phil Nevin scored.

1

6

Bottom 4th

KCR

DET

Tigers

Single by Bobby Higginson; Brian L. Hunter scored.

1

7

Bottom 6th

KCR

DET

Tigers

Travis Fryman grounded out; Matt Walbeck scored.

1

8

Top 7th

KCR

DET

Royals

Home run by Johnny Damon; Chili Davis scored.

3

8

Top 9th

KCR

DET

Royals

Wild pitchSome( by Todd Jones); Shane Halter scored.

4

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bip Roberts 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Larry Sutton 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jay Bell SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Shane Halter SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chili Davis DH 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jermaine Dye RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Johnny Damon CF 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Mike Sweeney C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Yamil Benitez LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jed Hansen 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 34 4 7 3 1 0 7 1 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jose Rosado (L) 2.1 5 6 5 2 1 0
Mike Perez 2.2 2 1 1 1 3 0
Matt Whisenant 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 0
Jamie Walker 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 8.0 8 8 7 5 6 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brian L. Hunter CF 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Bobby Higginson RF 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
Travis Fryman 3B 4 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 1
Tony Clark 1B 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Phil Nevin LF 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Damion Easley 2B 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Orlando Miller DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Walbeck C 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Deivi Cruz SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 8 8 0 5 6 1 1 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Greg Keagle (W) 7.0 5 3 3 0 7 1
Doug Brocail 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Jones 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 4 4 0 7 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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RBI

1

Ibáñez

Andy Ibáñez

AVG

.500

Torkelson

Spencer Torkelson

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

1

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

6

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

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HR

0

16th

R

1

15th

SO

11

6th

ERA

0.00

1st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
1 0 1.000
Twins Twins
1 0 1.000
White Sox White Sox
0 1 .000 1.0
Guardians Guardians
0 0 0.5
Royals Royals
0 1 .000 1.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
3/30
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
Sun
3/31
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
Mon
4/1
DET DET
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Tue
4/2
DET DET
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Wed
4/3
DET DET
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM

Last Game

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0

Final

1

DET Tigers

1-0

Thu 28 Mar 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2024 Betting

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
3/27
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3-11
Wed
3/27
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
5-4
Wed
3/27
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
1-0
Wed
3/27
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4-1
Wed
3/27
WSH WSH
@
CIN CIN
2-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
7:35 PM
Thu
3/28
CLE CLE
@
OAK OAK
10:07 PM
Thu
3/28
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
10:10 PM
Thu
3/28
COL COL
@
ARI ARI
10:10 PM
Fri
3/29
MIL MIL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM