The Kansas City Royals smashed the St. Louis Cardinals, 16 to 5, on August 30, 1997.

Final

Cardinals

62-73

5

Royals

55-77

16

STL

KCR

1

0

2

1

5

3

0

1

4

0

8

5

2

1

6

2

0

7

0

1

8

0

9

0

R

5

16

H

7

15

E

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

STL

KCR

Double by Phil Plantier; Ray Lankford scored.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

STL

KCR

Double by Mike Macfarlane; Chili Davis and Yamil Benitez scored.

1

2

Double by Jermaine Dye; Mike Macfarlane scored.

1

3

Double by Shane Halter; Jermaine Dye and Johnny Damon scored.

1

5

Bottom 3rd

STL

KCR

Home run by Dean Palmer.

1

6

Bottom 4th

STL

KCR

Single by Shane Halter; Jermaine Dye scored.

1

7

Sacrifice fly by Jay Bell; Johnny Damon scored.

1

8

Home run by Chili Davis; Shane Halter scored.

1

10

Home run by Jermaine Dye; Jeff King, Dean Palmer, and Mike Macfarlane scored.

1

14

Top 5th

STL

KCR

Double by Tom Pagnozzi; Ron Gant and Phil Plantier scored.

3

14

Bottom 5th

STL

KCR

Home run by Jeff King.

3

15

Top 6th

STL

KCR

Double by Ron Gant; Gary Gaetti and Ray Lankford scored.

5

15

Bottom 7th

STL

KCR

Home run by Shane Halter.

5

16

Cardinals

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Delino DeShields 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Royce Clayton SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
Gary Gaetti 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
Ray Lankford CF	2	2	1	0	1	0	1
Danny Sheaffer PH,CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie McGee DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Gant LF	4	1	2	2	0	1	3
Phil Plantier RF	3	1	2	1	0	0	4
Tom Pagnozzi C	4	0	1	2	0	0	2
David Bell 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	33	5	7	5	1	4	11

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Manny Aybar (L)	1.2	4	5	5	3	0	0
Mark Petkovsek	2.0	7	9	9	2	2	3
Tony Fossas	2.1	3	2	2	0	1	2
Jose Bautista	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	8.0	15	16	16	5	4	5

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Johnny Damon CF	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2
Jed Hansen PR,2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Halter 2B,CF	5	2	4	4	1	0	0	8
Jay Bell SS	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Chili Davis DH	3	2	1	2	1	1	0	4
Larry Sutton PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff King 1B	4	2	1	1	1	1	0	4
Dean Palmer 3B	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	6
Yamil Benitez LF	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Mike Macfarlane C	4	2	2	2	0	1	0	4
Jermaine Dye RF	5	3	3	5	1	0	1	8
Totals	37	16	15	16	5	5	4	36

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Tim Belcher (W)	7.0	7	5	5	1	3
Jamie Walker	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Service	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	9.0	7	5	5	1	4

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Perez

RBI

23

Perez

AVG

.348

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

33

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

28

5th

R

117

11th

SO

183

29th

ERA

3.16

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	17	7	.708
Royals	15	10	.600	2.5
Tigers	14	11	.560	3.5
Twins	10	13	.435	6.5
White Sox	3	21	.125	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/25	TOR	@	KCR	2:10 PM
Fri 4/26	KCR	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM

Last Game

Royals

15-10

3

Final

2

Blue Jays

13-12

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

23

García

23

Ward

Batting Average Leaders

.371

Ohtani

.365

Betts

.359

Contreras

Hit Leaders

39

Ohtani

38

Betts

36

Altuve

Run Leaders

26

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.468

Betts

.439

Contreras

.433

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.695

Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

.651

Cruz

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

40

Crochet

39

Jones

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

0.85

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

441.7

Betts

430.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

334

Betts

327

Cruz

319

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0