The Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 16 to 5, on August 30, 1997.

1997 Kansas City Royals

Final

KCR

Royals

55-77

16

1

0

0

2

1

5

3

0

1

4

0

8

5

2

1

6

2

0

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

0

R

5

16

H

7

15

E

0

0

Top 2nd

STL

KCR

Cardinals

Double by Phil Plantier; Ray Lankford scored.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

STL

KCR

Royals

Double by Mike Macfarlane; Chili Davis and Yamil Benitez scored.

1

2

Royals

Double by Jermaine Dye; Mike Macfarlane scored.

1

3

Royals

Double by Shane Halter; Jermaine Dye and Johnny Damon scored.

1

5

Bottom 3rd

STL

KCR

Royals

Home run by Dean Palmer.

1

6

Bottom 4th

STL

KCR

Royals

Single by Shane Halter; Jermaine Dye scored.

1

7

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Jay Bell; Johnny Damon scored.

1

8

Royals

Home run by Chili Davis; Shane Halter scored.

1

10

Royals

Home run by Jermaine Dye; Jeff King, Dean Palmer, and Mike Macfarlane scored.

1

14

Top 5th

STL

KCR

Cardinals

Double by Tom Pagnozzi; Ron Gant and Phil Plantier scored.

3

14

Bottom 5th

STL

KCR

Royals

Home run by Jeff King.

3

15

Top 6th

STL

KCR

Cardinals

Double by Ron Gant; Gary Gaetti and Ray Lankford scored.

5

15

Bottom 7th

STL

KCR

Royals

Home run by Shane Halter.

5

16

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Delino DeShields 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Royce Clayton SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Gary Gaetti 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ray Lankford CF 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Danny Sheaffer PH,CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie McGee DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Gant LF 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
Phil Plantier RF 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Tom Pagnozzi C 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
David Bell 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5 0 1 4 0 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Manny Aybar (L) 1.2 4 5 5 3 0 0
Mark Petkovsek 2.0 7 9 9 2 2 3
Tony Fossas 2.1 3 2 2 0 1 2
Jose Bautista 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 8.0 15 16 16 5 4 5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Johnny Damon CF 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jed Hansen PR,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shane Halter 2B,CF 5 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 8
Jay Bell SS 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Chili Davis DH 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Larry Sutton PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff King 1B 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Dean Palmer 3B 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
Yamil Benitez LF 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Macfarlane C 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
Jermaine Dye RF 5 3 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 8
Totals 37 16 15 16 5 5 4 0 0 36

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tim Belcher (W) 7.0 7 5 5 1 3 0
Jamie Walker 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Service 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 7 5 5 1 4 0

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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
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
4-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/2
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
7:10 PM
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