The Texas Rangers lost to the Kansas City Royals, 11 to 9, on September 15, 1997.

Final

Royals

61-86

11

Rangers

70-80

9

KCR

TEX

1

2

3

0

3

2

4

1

2

5

0

1

6

1

0

7

0

1

8

0

1

9

2

0

R

11

9

H

19

16

E

2

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

KCR

TEX

Single by Jay Bell; Jose Offerman scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

KCR

TEX

Double by Rusty Greer; Tom Goodwin scored.

1

Single by Juan Gonzalez; Error by Dean Palmer; Rusty Greer scored.

1

2

Top 2nd

KCR

TEX

Single by Jose Offerman; Rod Myers scored.

2

Double by Jay Bell; Mike Sweeney scored.

3

2

Sacrifice fly by Jeff King; Jose Offerman scored.

4

2

Top 3rd

KCR

TEX

Double by Jose Offerman; Larry Sutton and Rod Myers scored.

6

2

Jeff King walked; Mike Sweeney scored.

7

2

Bottom 3rd

KCR

TEX

Home run by Juan Gonzalez; Rusty Greer scored.

7

4

Top 4th

KCR

TEX

Sacrifice fly by Mike Sweeney; Larry Sutton scored.

8

4

Bottom 4th

KCR

TEX

Single by Tom Goodwin; Lee Stevens and Fernando Tatis scored.

8

6

Bottom 5th

KCR

TEX

Single by Lee Stevens; Juan Gonzalez scored.

8

7

Top 6th

KCR

TEX

Jose Offerman grounded out; Rod Myers scored.

9

7

Bottom 7th

KCR

TEX

Sacrifice fly by Ivan Rodriguez; Rusty Greer scored.

9

8

Bottom 8th

KCR

TEX

Home run by Fernando Tatis.

9

Top 9th

KCR

TEX

Double by Jeff King; Jed Hansen and Jay Bell scored.

11

9

Royals

Rangers

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Jose Offerman 2B	5	2	4	4	1	0	0	5
Jed Hansen PR,2B	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Damon CF	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	2
Jay Bell SS	5	1	3	2	1	1	0	4
Jeff King 1B	4	0	1	4	1	1	0	2
Dean Palmer 3B	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Larry Sutton DH	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	2
Yamil Benitez LF	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Rod Myers RF	4	3	4	0	0	0	1	4
Mike Sweeney C	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	2
Totals	44	11	19	11	5	10	1	22

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Glendon Rusch	3.1	9	6	5	1	2	1
Ricky Bones	3.0	4	2	1	0	1	0
Matt Whisenant	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hipolito Pichardo (W)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1
Jeff Montgomery (S)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	16	9	7	1	5	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Tom Goodwin CF	5	1	3	2	0	0	1	1	4
Domingo Cedeno 2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rusty Greer LF	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	6
Juan Gonzalez DH	5	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	6
Ivan Rodriguez C	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Lee Stevens 1B	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	3
Fernando Tatis 3B	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4
Alex Diaz RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Benji Gil SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Leyritz PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Hanley Frias PR,SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	40	9	16	8	2	1	5	1	27

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Rick Helling	2.1	9	7	7	2	2
Wilson Heredia	2.2	3	1	1	3	2
Matt Whiteside	2.2	3	1	1	0	3
Danny Patterson (L)	1.1	4	2	2	0	3
Totals	9.0	19	11	11	5	10

Explore

More Rangers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

García

RBI

23

García

AVG

.304

Smith

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Bradford

K

36

Eovaldi

ERA

1.26

Robertson

Team Rankings

HR

30

6th

R

128

11th

SO

246

6th

ERA

4.04

17th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	14	12	.538
Rangers	14	14	.500	1.0
Athletics	11	17	.393	4.0
Angels	10	16	.385	4.0
Astros	7	19	.269	7.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	CIN	@	TEX	2:35 PM
Tue 4/30	WSH	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Wed 5/1	WSH	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Thu 5/2	WSH	@	TEX	2:35 PM
Fri 5/3	TEX	@	KCR	7:40 PM

Last Game

Rangers

14-14

4

Final

8

Reds

15-12

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

29

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.677

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

Cruz

342

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