Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers - Aug 15, 1997

50-68

DET

56-65

FINAL

Tiger Stadium

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	1
DET	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	6	1

WIN

Glendon Rusch

5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 7 K, 3 BB

LOSS

Justin Thompson

6.2 IP, 9 H, 1 ER, 3 K, 0 BB

SAVE

Jeff Montgomery

1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB

Box Score

KC BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1B. RobertsLF	1-5	0	0	2	.312
2J. DamonCF	1-5	0	0	0	.285
3J. BellSS	2-5	0	0	0	.284
4C. DavisDH	1-3	0	0	0	.300
5J. King1B	0-4	1	0	0	.234
6J. DyeRF	2-4	1	1	1	.227
7M. SweeneyC	1-4	1	0	0	.238
8J. Hansen2B	1-3	1	0	1	.286
9Y. BenitezLF	1-4	1	0	1	.250
↳ S. Halter3B	0-0	0	0	0	.277

KC PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
G. Rusch(W, 5-8)	5.0	5	3	3	7	97-58	5.75
H. Carrasco	2.0	0	0	0	3	31-21	3.84
L. Casian	0.2	0	0	0	1	9-6	5.29
G. Olson	0.1	0	0	0	0	3-2	7.06
J. Montgomery(S, 9)	1.0	1	0	0	0	10-6	4.79

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

KC		DET
10	HITS	6
1	HOME RUNS	1
14	TOTAL BASES	9
1	WALKS	3
5	STRIKEOUTS	11
9	RUNNERS LOB	12

Win Probability

KC 100.0%

KCEVENDET

10050100

BOT 9 · KC 5-3 DET · KC 100.0%Curtis Pride grounds out, second baseman Jed Hansen to first baseman Jeff King.

Scoring Summary

TOP 2Jed Hansen 1-run single on a fly ball to right fielder Bobby Higginson. Jeff King scores. Mike Sweeney to 3rd.1-0
TOP 2Yamil Benitez 1-run double on a line drive to right fielder Bobby Higginson. Mike Sweeney scores. Jed Hansen to 3rd.2-0
TOP 2Bip Roberts 2-run single on a ground ball to center fielder Brian L. Hunter. Jed Hansen scores. Yamil Benitez scores.4-0
TOP 4Jermaine Dye hits a home run (4).5-0
BOT 4Damion Easley hits a home run (19).5-1
BOT 4Bob Hamelin 1-run single on a ground ball to right fielder Jermaine Dye. Tony Clark scores. Orlando Miller to 2nd.5-2
BOT 6Orlando Miller 1-run sac fly to left fielder Yamil Benitez. Bobby Higginson scores.5-3

Season Series

DET LEADS 6-5

Box Score

KC BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1B. RobertsLF	1-5	0	0	2	.312
2J. DamonCF	1-5	0	0	0	.285
3J. BellSS	2-5	0	0	0	.284
4C. DavisDH	1-3	0	0	0	.300
5J. King1B	0-4	1	0	0	.234
6J. DyeRF	2-4	1	1	1	.227
7M. SweeneyC	1-4	1	0	0	.238
8J. Hansen2B	1-3	1	0	1	.286
9Y. BenitezLF	1-4	1	0	1	.250
↳ S. Halter3B	0-0	0	0	0	.277

KC PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
G. Rusch(W, 5-8)	5.0	5	3	3	7	97-58	5.75
H. Carrasco	2.0	0	0	0	3	31-21	3.84
L. Casian	0.2	0	0	0	1	9-6	5.29
G. Olson	0.1	0	0	0	0	3-2	7.06
J. Montgomery(S, 9)	1.0	1	0	0	0	10-6	4.79

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

KC		DET
10	HITS	6
1	HOME RUNS	1
14	TOTAL BASES	9
1	WALKS	3
5	STRIKEOUTS	11
9	RUNNERS LOB	12

Win Probability

KC 100.0%

KCEVENDET

10050100

BOT 9 · KC 5-3 DET · KC 100.0%Curtis Pride grounds out, second baseman Jed Hansen to first baseman Jeff King.

Scoring Summary

TOP 2Jed Hansen 1-run single on a fly ball to right fielder Bobby Higginson. Jeff King scores. Mike Sweeney to 3rd.1-0
TOP 2Yamil Benitez 1-run double on a line drive to right fielder Bobby Higginson. Mike Sweeney scores. Jed Hansen to 3rd.2-0
TOP 2Bip Roberts 2-run single on a ground ball to center fielder Brian L. Hunter. Jed Hansen scores. Yamil Benitez scores.4-0
TOP 4Jermaine Dye hits a home run (4).5-0
BOT 4Damion Easley hits a home run (19).5-1
BOT 4Bob Hamelin 1-run single on a ground ball to right fielder Jermaine Dye. Tony Clark scores. Orlando Miller to 2nd.5-2
BOT 6Orlando Miller 1-run sac fly to left fielder Yamil Benitez. Bobby Higginson scores.5-3

Season Series

DET LEADS 6-5

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	86	75	.534	-	L2
Chicago	80	81	.497	6.0	W1
Milwaukee	78	83	.484	8.0	L2
Minnesota	68	94	.420	18.5	W2
Kansas City	67	94	.416	19.0	L1

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Baltimore	98	64	.605	-	W2
New York	96	66	.593	2.0	W5
Detroit	79	83	.488	19.0	L5
Boston	78	84	.481	20.0	L3
Toronto	76	86	.469	22.0	W4

Box Score

Team Totals

Win Probability

Scoring Summary

Season Series

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Team Totals

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Season Series

AL Central Standings

AL East Standings

Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers, Aug 15, 1997