The Kansas City Royals couldn't pull it off against the St. Louis Cardinals, 5 to 4, on August 31, 1997.

Final

Cardinals

63-73

5

Royals

55-78

4

STL

KCR

1

0

2

0

2

3

0

4

0

5

0

6

0

1

7

5

0

8

0

1

9

0

R

5

4

H

9

8

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

STL

KCR

Home run by Dean Palmer.

0

1

Home run by Yamil Benitez.

0

2

Bottom 6th

STL

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Dean Palmer; Johnny Damon scored.

0

3

Top 7th

STL

KCR

Single by Mike DiFelice; Ron Gant scored.

1

3

Single by Royce Clayton; Mike DiFelice scored.

2

3

David Bell ground ball; Error by Shane Halter; Scarborough Green scored.

3

Single by Willie McGee; Royce Clayton scored.

4

3

Single by Gary Gaetti; David Bell scored.

5

3

Bottom 8th

STL

KCR

Single by Jeff King; Jay Bell scored.

5

4

Cardinals

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	CS	TB
Royce Clayton SS	5	1	2	1	0	1	0	2
David Bell 2B,3B	5	1	2	0	0	1	0	3
Willie McGee DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Gaetti 3B,1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Tom Pagnozzi 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Delino DeShields 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Gant LF	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	2
Phil Plantier RF	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Mike DiFelice C	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	1
Scarborough Green CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	36	5	9	3	2	8	1	11

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Donovan Osborne (W)	6.0	5	3	3	1	4	2
Curtis King	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0
Dennis Eckersley (S)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	3	6	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Johnny Damon CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
Shane Halter SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jay Bell PR,SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chili Davis DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Rosado PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dean Palmer 3B	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	4
Jeff King 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Jermaine Dye RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Yamil Benitez LF	3	1	3	1	1	0	0	6
Mike Sweeney C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jed Hansen 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Totals	32	4	8	4	2	3	6	14

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Glendon Rusch	6.2	6	3	2	1	5
Gregg Olson (L)	0.1	3	2	0	0	0
Hipolito Pichardo	1.0	0	0	0	1	2
Jeff Montgomery	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	9.0	9	5	2	2	8

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Perez

RBI

22

Perez

AVG

.337

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Marsh

K

33

Ragans

ERA

2.03

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

28

5th

R

114

10th

SO

175

29th

ERA

3.21

5th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	17	6	.739
Tigers	14	10	.583	3.5
Royals	14	10	.583	3.5
Twins	9	13	.409	7.5
White Sox	3	20	.130	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 4/24	TOR	@	KCR	7:40 PM
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

Last Game

Royals

14-10

3

Final

2

Blue Jays

13-11

Tue 23 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

9

Trout

9

Ozuna

7

Cruz

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

22

García

22

Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

.364

Ohtani

.357

Altuve

.351

Kwan

Hit Leaders

36

Ohtani

35

Altuve

34

Kwan

Run Leaders

24

Betts

23

Marte

22

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.458

Betts

.432

Soto

.430

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.677

Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

.671

Abrams

SB Leaders

12

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Berríos

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.33

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

9.75

Jones

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

3

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

413.3

Betts

393.9

Cruz

383

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

312

Betts

297

Cruz

296

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