The Detroit Tigers decisively defeated the Kansas City Royals, 8 to 4, on August 17, 1997.

1997 Detroit Tigers

Final

KCR

Royals

51-69

4

DET

Tigers

57-66

8

1

0

3

2

0

0

3

1

3

4

0

1

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

2

0

8

0

0

9

1

R

4

8

H

7

8

E

2

0

Bottom 1st

KCR

DET

Tigers

Single by Travis Fryman; Brian L. Hunter and Bobby Higginson scored.

0

2

Tigers

Damion Easley grounded out; Travis Fryman scored.

0

3

Top 3rd

KCR

DET

Royals

Single by Bip Roberts; Mike Sweeney scored.

1

3

Bottom 3rd

KCR

DET

Tigers

Travis Fryman ground ball; Error by Jay Bell; Bobby Higginson scored.

1

4

Tigers

Double by Damion Easley; Tony Clark and Phil Nevin scored.

1

6

Bottom 4th

KCR

DET

Tigers

Single by Bobby Higginson; Brian L. Hunter scored.

1

7

Bottom 6th

KCR

DET

Tigers

Travis Fryman grounded out; Matt Walbeck scored.

1

8

Top 7th

KCR

DET

Royals

Home run by Johnny Damon; Chili Davis scored.

3

8

Top 9th

KCR

DET

Royals

Wild pitchSome( by Todd Jones); Shane Halter scored.

4

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bip Roberts 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Larry Sutton 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jay Bell SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Shane Halter SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chili Davis DH 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jermaine Dye RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Johnny Damon CF 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Mike Sweeney C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Yamil Benitez LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jed Hansen 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 34 4 7 3 1 0 7 1 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jose Rosado (L) 2.1 5 6 5 2 1 0
Mike Perez 2.2 2 1 1 1 3 0
Matt Whisenant 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 0
Jamie Walker 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 8.0 8 8 7 5 6 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brian L. Hunter CF 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Bobby Higginson RF 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
Travis Fryman 3B 4 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 1
Tony Clark 1B 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Phil Nevin LF 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Damion Easley 2B 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Orlando Miller DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Walbeck C 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Deivi Cruz SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 8 8 0 5 6 1 1 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Greg Keagle (W) 7.0 5 3 3 0 7 1
Doug Brocail 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Jones 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 4 4 0 7 1

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

10

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

29

Carpenter

Kerry Carpenter

AVG

.294

Vierling

Matt Vierling

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

7

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

90

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

2.01

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

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HR

53

23rd

R

254

17th

SO

502

14th

ERA

3.84

11th

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)
Mon
6/3
DET DET
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Tue
6/4
DET DET
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Wed
6/5
DET DET
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Fri
6/7
MIL MIL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Sat
6/8
MIL MIL
@
DET DET
4:10 PM

Last Game

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BOS Red Sox

30-30

4

Final

8

DET Tigers

29-30

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