The Kansas City Royals came up just a bit short against the Cleveland Indians, 5 to 4, on September 28, 1996.

Final

Indians

99-61

5

Royals

74-86

4

CLE

KCR

1

0

2

1

4

3

0

4

0

5

0

6

2

0

7

1

0

8

0

9

0

R

5

4

H

9

11

E

1

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

CLE

KCR

Double by Kevin Seitzer; Kenny Lofton scored.

1

0

Top 2nd

CLE

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Omar Vizquel; Jeff Kent scored.

2

0

Bottom 2nd

CLE

KCR

Single by Keith Lockhart; Johnny Damon scored.

2

1

Jose Offerman grounded out; Mike Sweeney scored.

2

Single by Rod Myers; Mike Macfarlane and Keith Lockhart scored.

2

4

Top 6th

CLE

KCR

Home run by Albert Belle; Kevin Seitzer scored.

4

Top 7th

CLE

KCR

Home run by Sandy Alomar Jr..

5

4

Indians

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Kenny Lofton CF	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
Kevin Seitzer 1B	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	6
Jim Thome 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Albert Belle LF	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	4
Julio Franco DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Manny Ramirez RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Kent 2B	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Sandy Alomar Jr. C	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	6
Omar Vizquel SS	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Totals	34	5	9	5	2	1	6	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jack McDowell	5.0	8	4	4	3	4
Kent Mercker (W)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
Eric Plunk	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Brian Anderson	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
Julian Tavarez	0.1	0	0	0	0	1
Alan Embree	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Mesa (S)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	9.0	11	4	4	4	7

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Jose Offerman SS,2B	4	0	2	1	0	1	1	2
Joe Randa 3B	4	0	2	0	1	1	1	2
Rod Myers CF	4	0	1	2	0	2	0	1
Kevin Young PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Howard SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bip Roberts LF	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Craig Paquette 1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Damon RF	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	3
Mike Sweeney DH	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Macfarlane C	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Keith Lockhart 2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Chris Stynes PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Goodwin PR,CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	4	11	4	4	7	4	12

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Chris Haney	6.0	6	4	4	1	3	1
Bob Scanlan (L)	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	1
Rick Huisman	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	9.0	9	5	5	1	6	2

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

26

Perez

AVG

.350

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

10th

R

132

12th

SO

204

28th

ERA

3.14

4th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	19	8	.704
Royals	17	11	.607	2.5
Tigers	15	12	.556	4.0
Twins	13	13	.500	5.5
White Sox	5	22	.185	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Fri 5/3	TEX	@	KCR	7:40 PM

Last Game

Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

Royals

17-11

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.354

Ozuna

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

40

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

25

Kwan

24

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.443

Soto

.434

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.698

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Kirby

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