The Kansas City Royals came up just a bit short against the Baltimore Orioles, 4 to 3, on August 21, 1997.

1997 Kansas City Royals

Final

BAL

Orioles

80-44

4

KCR

Royals

52-72

3

BAL

KCR

1

2

0

2

0

0

3

1

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

1

8

1

1

9

0

0

R

4

3

H

9

7

E

0

0

Top 1st

BAL

KCR

Orioles

Double by Rafael Palmeiro; Aaron Ledesma and Geronimo Berroa scored.

2

0

Top 3rd

BAL

KCR

Orioles

Geronimo Berroa grounded out; Brady Anderson scored.

3

0

Bottom 6th

BAL

KCR

Royals

Double by Jed Hansen; Bip Roberts scored.

3

1

Bottom 7th

BAL

KCR

Royals

Triple by Mike Macfarlane; Yamil Benitez scored.

3

2

Top 8th

BAL

KCR

Orioles

Single by Cal Ripken Jr.; Rafael Palmeiro scored.

4

2

Bottom 8th

BAL

KCR

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Jeff King; Jed Hansen scored.

4

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brady Anderson CF 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
Aaron Ledesma 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
B.J. Surhoff LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Geronimo Berroa RF 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tony Tarasco RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rafael Palmeiro 1B 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
Cal Ripken Jr. 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Harold Baines DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Chris Hoiles C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Bordick SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4 0 4 7 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Krivda (W) 5.1 4 1 1 1 6 0
Alan Mills 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 0
Jesse Orosco 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Armando Benitez 0.0 0 1 1 3 0 0
Terry Mathews 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Myers (S) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 7 3 3 6 9 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bip Roberts CF 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Jed Hansen 2B 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Jay Bell SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Chili Davis DH 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Johnny Damon PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dean Palmer 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jeff King 1B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jermaine Dye RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yamil Benitez LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Mike Macfarlane C 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Shane Halter PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3 0 6 9 0 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kevin Appier (L) 7.2 9 4 4 3 6 0
Larry Casian 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hector Carrasco 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 9 4 4 4 7 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

10

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

42

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

AVG

.321

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

9

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

83

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.72

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

60

14th

R

290

4th

SO

463

23rd

ERA

3.52

8th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
38 19 .667
Royals Royals
35 24 .593 4.0
Twins Twins
32 25 .561 6.0
Tigers Tigers
28 29 .491 10.0
White Sox White Sox
15 43 .259 23.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
6/1
SDP SDP
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Sun
6/2
SDP SDP
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
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

Last Game

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KCR Royals

35-24

8

Final

11

SDP Padres

31-29

Fri 31 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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19

Judge

Aaron Judge

18

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

18

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

RBI Leaders

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57

Ramírez

José Ramírez

49

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

47

Bohm

Alec Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

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.342

Arraez

Luis Arraez

.330

Profar

Jurickson Profar

.326

Betts

Mookie Betts

Hit Leaders

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82

Arraez

Luis Arraez

75

Betts

Mookie Betts

74

Contreras

William Contreras

Run Leaders

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51

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

46

Contreras

William Contreras

43

Schwarber

Kyle Schwarber

OBP Leaders

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.424

Profar

Jurickson Profar

.419

Betts

Mookie Betts

.412

Judge

Aaron Judge

SLG Leaders

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.644

Judge

Aaron Judge

.607

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.601

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

SB Leaders

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32

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

20

Caballero

José Caballero

19

Turang

Brice Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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9

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

9

Lugo

Seth Lugo

8

Sale

Chris Sale

Strikeout Leaders

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95

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

90

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

87

Cease

Dylan Cease

ERA Leaders

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1.72

Lugo

Seth Lugo

1.73

López

Reynaldo López

1.75

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

WHIP Leaders

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0.82

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.82

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.85

Sale

Chris Sale

K/9 Leaders

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12.02

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

11.97

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

11.84

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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11.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.50

Kirby

George Kirby

9.00

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

Walk Leaders

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4

Eflin

Zach Eflin

6

Kirby

George Kirby

9

Sale

Chris Sale

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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859.2

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

830.3

Judge

Aaron Judge

828.2

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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657

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

636

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

614

Judge

Aaron Judge

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
5/30
SDP SDP
@
KCR KCR
11-8
Thu
5/30
TEX TEX
@
MIA MIA
2-8
Thu
5/30
ARI ARI
@
NYM NYM
9-10
Thu
5/30
CIN CIN
@
CHC CHC
5-4
Thu
5/30
PIT PIT
@
TOR TOR
3-5

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
6/1
PIT PIT
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
6/1
TBR TBR
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
6/1
OAK OAK
@
ATL ATL
4:10 PM
Sat
6/1
SDP SDP
@
KCR KCR
4:10 PM
Sat
6/1
WSH WSH
@
CLE CLE
4:10 PM