The Kansas City Royals pulled it off against the Detroit Tigers, 10 to 9, on May 15, 1997.

1997 Kansas City Royals

Final

DET

Tigers

16-23

9

KCR

Royals

20-17

10

1

0

0

2

3

3

3

0

0

4

2

1

5

1

0

6

0

2

7

3

0

8

0

1

9

0

3

R

9

10

H

7

15

E

1

1

Top 2nd

DET

KCR

Tigers

Home run by Melvin Nieves; Tony Clark and Travis Fryman scored.

3

0

Bottom 2nd

DET

KCR

Royals

Single by Tim Spehr; Chili Davis scored.

3

1

Royals

Single by Jose Offerman; Craig Paquette scored.

3

2

Royals

Double by Jay Bell; Tim Spehr scored.

3

3

Top 4th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Bob Hamelin grounded out; Tony Clark scored.

4

3

Tigers

Single by Raul Casanova; Travis Fryman scored.

5

3

Bottom 4th

DET

KCR

Royals

Jeff King ground ball; Error by Travis Fryman; Tom Goodwin scored.

5

4

Top 5th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Travis Fryman grounded out; Error by Jose Offerman; Bobby Higginson scored.

6

4

Bottom 6th

DET

KCR

Royals

Single by Jay Bell; Tom Goodwin scored.

6

5

Royals

Single by Bip Roberts; Jose Offerman scored.

6

6

Top 7th

DET

KCR

Tigers

Home run by Tony Clark; Brian L. Hunter and Jody Reed scored.

9

6

Bottom 8th

DET

KCR

Royals

Jeff King grounded out; Jay Bell scored.

9

7

Bottom 9th

DET

KCR

Royals

Home run by Johnny Damon.

9

8

Royals

Home run by Mike Sweeney; Scott Cooper scored.

9

10

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brian L. Hunter CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1
Jody Reed 2B 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Bobby Higginson LF 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Tony Clark 1B 3 3 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 5
Travis Fryman 3B 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Melvin Nieves RF 5 1 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 6
Bob Hamelin DH 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Raul Casanova C 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Deivi Cruz SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 7 8 2 8 7 2 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Omar Olivares 5.0 6 4 3 5 1 0
John Cummings 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0
Dan Miceli 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 0
Todd Jones 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Doug Brocail (L) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 2
Totals 8.0 15 10 9 6 3 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jose Offerman 2B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jay Bell SS 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
Bip Roberts LF 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Jeff King 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chili Davis DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Craig Paquette 3B 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Johnny Damon PH 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Jermaine Dye RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Scott Cooper PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Spehr C 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
David Howard PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Sweeney C 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Tom Goodwin CF 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2
Totals 38 10 15 8 2 6 3 2 0 22

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kevin Appier 5.0 4 6 5 4 5 1
Allen McDill 1.1 2 3 3 2 1 1
Jeff Montgomery 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Converse 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jamie Walker (W) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 7 9 8 8 7 2

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

10

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

42

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

AVG

.315

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

9

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

89

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.72

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

61

15th

R

297

5th

SO

475

24th

ERA

3.57

9th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
39 20 .661
Royals Royals
36 25 .590 4.0
Twins Twins
33 26 .559 6.0
Tigers Tigers
29 30 .492 10.0
White Sox White Sox
15 45 .250 24.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/4
KCR KCR
@
CLE CLE
6:40 PM
Wed
6/5
KCR KCR
@
CLE CLE
6:40 PM
Thu
6/6
KCR KCR
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Fri
6/7
SEA SEA
@
KCR KCR
8:10 PM
Sat
6/8
SEA SEA
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

36-25

4

Final

3

SDP Padres

32-30

Sun 2 Jun 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
Sat
6/1
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
8-4
Sat
6/1
OAK OAK
@
ATL ATL
1-3
Sat
6/1
COL COL
@
LAD LAD
0-4
Sat
6/1
SDP SDP
@
KCR KCR
3-4
Sat
6/1
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
5-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
6/3
MIL MIL
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Mon
6/3
NYM NYM
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Mon
6/3
BAL BAL
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Mon
6/3
DET DET
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Mon
6/3
STL STL
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM