The Kansas City Royals managed to stay ahead of the Oakland Athletics, 7 to 6, on September 4, 1997.

Final

Athletics

54-86

6

Royals

57-80

7

OAK

KCR

1

3

0

2

0

3

0

4

0

5

0

6

0

7

0

4

8

0

9

0

2

10

0

11

0

12

0

1

R

6

7

H

10

11

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

OAK

KCR

Double by Dave Magadan; Jason McDonald scored.

1

0

Double by Ben Grieve; Dave Magadan scored.

2

0

Wild pitchSome( by Tim Belcher); Ben Grieve scored.

3

0

Top 3rd

OAK

KCR

Home run by Jason Giambi; Dave Magadan and Matt Stairs scored.

6

0

Bottom 7th

OAK

KCR

Home run by Scott Cooper.

6

1

Single by Larry Sutton; Jermaine Dye scored.

6

2

Double by Felix Martinez; Larry Sutton scored.

6

3

Shane Halter grounded out; Mike Macfarlane scored.

6

4

Bottom 9th

OAK

KCR

Double by Rod Myers; Felix Martinez scored.

6

5

Single by Chili Davis; Rod Myers scored.

6

Bottom 12th

OAK

KCR

Single by Felix Martinez; Johnny Damon scored.

6

7

Athletics

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Jason McDonald CF	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	4
Dave Magadan DH	3	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	2
Ben Grieve RF	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	3
Matt Stairs LF,1B	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2
Jason Giambi 1B	5	1	2	3	1	0	1	0	5
Brian Lesher PR,LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Mayne C	5	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2
Scott Spiezio 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Brosius 3B,SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Miguel Tejada SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Bellhorn PH,3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	44	6	10	5	1	5	9	1	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Jimmy Haynes	6.0	4	3	3	3	7	1
Billy Taylor	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Mohler	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0
T.J. Mathews	1.0	1	2	2	2	1	0
Buddy Groom	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Witasick	2.2	0	0	0	3	2	0
Don Wengert (L)	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0
Totals	11.1	11	7	7	8	12	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Rod Myers CF	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
Shane Halter 2B,3B	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jay Bell PH,3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chili Davis DH	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
Ricky Bones PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dean Palmer PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Yamil Benitez LF	6	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
Scott Cooper 3B	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	4
Jed Hansen PR,2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jermaine Dye RF	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	1
Johnny Damon PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Sutton 1B	5	1	2	1	0	1	2	2
Mike Macfarlane C	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	2
Felix Martinez SS	5	1	2	2	0	1	2	3
Totals	44	7	11	7	1	8	12	16

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Tim Belcher	6.0	7	6	6	3	3	1
Jamie Walker	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0
Hipolito Pichardo	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0
Jeff Montgomery	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Gregg Olson (W)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	12.0	10	6	6	5	9	1

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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