The Kansas City Royals couldn't keep up with the Oakland Athletics, 9 to 6, on September 5, 1997.

1997 Kansas City Royals

Final

OAK

Athletics

55-86

9

KCR

Royals

57-81

6

OAK

KCR

1

0

3

2

0

1

3

2

0

4

0

0

5

2

0

6

2

0

7

0

1

8

2

1

9

1

0

R

9

6

H

16

15

E

0

0

Bottom 1st

OAK

KCR

Royals

Home run by Jeff King; Shane Halter and Jay Bell scored.

0

3

Bottom 2nd

OAK

KCR

Royals

Double by Rod Myers; Mike Sweeney scored.

0

4

Top 3rd

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Home run by Brian Lesher; Ben Grieve scored.

2

4

Top 5th

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Single by Scott Brosius; Brian Lesher scored.

3

4

Athletics

Single by Izzy Molina; Jason Giambi scored.

4

4

Top 6th

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Single by Brian Lesher; Scott Spiezio scored.

5

4

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Jason Giambi; Matt Stairs scored.

6

4

Bottom 7th

OAK

KCR

Royals

Single by Jay Bell; Rod Myers scored.

6

5

Top 8th

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Wild pitchSome( by Matt Whisenant); Scott Spiezio scored.

7

5

Athletics

Single by Jason Giambi; Brian Lesher scored.

8

5

Bottom 8th

OAK

KCR

Royals

Single by Rod Myers; Yamil Benitez scored.

8

6

Top 9th

OAK

KCR

Athletics

Home run by Izzy Molina.

9

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Miguel Tejada SS 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Scott Spiezio 2B 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Ben Grieve RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2
Matt Stairs DH 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Brian Lesher LF 4 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 6
Jason McDonald LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Giambi 1B 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Scott Brosius 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ernie Young CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Izzy Molina C 5 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 6
Totals 42 9 16 8 2 4 10 0 0 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Oquist (W) 6.1 8 5 5 3 5 1
Aaron Small 1.1 4 1 1 0 0 0
Tim Kubinski 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Billy Taylor (S) 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 15 6 6 3 6 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rod Myers CF 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
Shane Halter 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Larry Sutton PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Macfarlane PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jed Hansen 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jay Bell SS 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Chili Davis DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jeff King 1B 5 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 4
Scott Cooper 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jermaine Dye RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Yamil Benitez LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Mike Sweeney C 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 41 6 15 6 1 3 6 0 0 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Glendon Rusch 4.2 9 4 4 4 4 1
Hector Carrasco (L) 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 0
Scott Service 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Matt Whisenant 0.2 3 2 2 0 1 0
Brian Bevil 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 1
Totals 9.0 16 9 9 4 10 2

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

5th

R

127

8th

SO

197

24th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 7 .720
Royals Royals
17 10 .630 2.0
Tigers Tigers
14 12 .538 4.5
Twins Twins
11 13 .458 6.5
White Sox White Sox
3 22 .120 15.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Tue
4/30
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Wed
5/1
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

KCR Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.374

Betts

Mookie Betts

.365

Contreras

William Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

Hit Leaders

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40

Betts

Mookie Betts

39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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27

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.477

Betts

Mookie Betts

.446

Contreras

William Contreras

.430

Soto

Juan Soto

SLG Leaders

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.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.649

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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462.9

Betts

Mookie Betts

436.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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351

Betts

Mookie Betts

331

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
8-0
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM