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Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
May 8, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 8, 1997 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 8, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 8, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tim Belcher |
Home Starting Pitcher | Brian Moehler |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 16,243 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 49 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Derryl Cousins 1B: Tim Welke 2B: Ken Kaiser 3B: Joe Brinkman |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jose Offerman | Second Baseman |
Jay Bell | Shortstop |
Bip Roberts | Left Fielder |
Jeff King | First Baseman |
Chili Davis | DH |
Scott Cooper | Third Baseman |
Mike Sweeney | Catcher |
Tom Goodwin | Center Fielder |
Johnny Damon | Right Fielder |
Bob Boone | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Brian Hunter | Center Fielder |
Bobby Higginson | Left Fielder |
Travis Fryman | Third Baseman |
Tony Clark | First Baseman |
Bob Hamelin | DH |
Melvin Nieves | Right Fielder |
Damion Easley | Second Baseman |
Brian Johnson | Catcher |
Deivi Cruz | Shortstop |
Buddy Bell | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
May 8, 1997
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Moehler
Offerman hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Moehler
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Moehler
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Belcher
Hunter hits a fly ball into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Belcher
Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Higginson for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Belcher
Fryman strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Moehler
King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Moehler
Davis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Moehler
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sweeney vs. Moehler
Sweeney hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Belcher
Clark hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Damon. Clark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Hamelin vs. Belcher
Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Clark moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Nieves vs. Belcher
Nieves strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Easley vs. Belcher
Easley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Belcher
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Moehler
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Damon vs. Moehler
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Goodwin moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Offerman vs. Moehler
There goes Goodwin. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Goodwin steals third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Offerman vs. Moehler
Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moehler fields it and throws to first for the out. Goodwin scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Moehler
Bell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Moehler
Roberts hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Nieves. Roberts reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
King vs. Moehler
King hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Belcher
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Belcher
Hunter hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Belcher
Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Belcher
Fryman takes first base on ball four. Higginson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Belcher
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Moehler
Davis hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Moehler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Davis for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Moehler
Cooper strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Moehler
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hamelin vs. Belcher
Hamelin hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Belcher
Nieves hits a ball on the ground towards first. King fields the ball and throws to Belcher covering. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Easley vs. Belcher
Easley hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Belcher
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Moehler
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Damon vs. Moehler
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Moehler
Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Belcher
Cruz hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Cruz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Hunter vs. Belcher
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Higginson vs. Belcher
Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cruz moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Fryman vs. Belcher
Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Moehler
Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Moehler
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Moehler
King hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Belcher
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hamelin vs. Belcher
Hamelin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Nieves vs. Belcher
Nieves strikes out. There goes Hamelin. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Easley vs. Belcher
Easley takes first base on ball four. Hamelin moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Belcher
Johnson hits a line drive into right field. Damon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Moehler
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Moehler
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Moehler
Sweeney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Moehler
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Easley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Belcher
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Belcher
Hunter strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Belcher
Higginson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Moehler
Damon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Offerman vs. Moehler
Offerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Damon moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Miceli
Dan Miceli now pitching.
Bell bunts towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. Damon moves to third. Offerman moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Roberts vs. Miceli
Roberts is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
King vs. Miceli
King hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Damon tags and scores. Offerman tags and moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Davis vs. Miceli
Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Offerman scores. Roberts moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Cooper vs. Miceli
David Howard pinch runs for Chili Davis.
Cooper hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Pichardo
Hipolito Pichardo now pitching.
Fryman strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Pichardo
Clark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hamelin vs. Pichardo
Hamelinhits a dribbler in front of the plate. Sweeney interferes with Hamelin who is awarded first base. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Nieves vs. Pichardo
Nieves hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pichardo fields it and throws to second for the out. Clark moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Easley vs. Pichardo
Pichardo fires to first and has Nieves trapped. There's the throw to Bell who tags Nieves for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Miceli
Sweeney hits a popup towards third. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Miceli
Goodwin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Miceli
Damon hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Pichardo
Easley strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Pichardo
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops it up and throws to first, with Pichardo covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Pride vs. Pichardo
Curtis Pride pinch hits for Deivi Cruz.
Pride hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Pichardo
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Pride moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Hunter vs. Pichardo
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/8/1997 -- Kansas City at Detroit (D) Kansas City AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Offerman J, 2b 4 1 1 1 Hunter B, cf 5 0 0 0 Bell J, ss 3 1 1 1 Higginson B, lf 4 0 0 0 Roberts B, lf 3 0 1 0 Fryman T, 3b 3 0 0 0 King J, 1b 3 0 0 1 Clark T, 1b 3 0 1 0 Davis C, dh 3 0 1 1 Hamelin B, dh 2 0 0 0 Howard D, pr 0 0 0 0 Nieves M, rf 4 0 1 0 Cooper S, 3b 4 0 0 0 Easley D, 2b 2 0 0 0 Sweeney M, c 3 0 0 0 Johnson B, c 4 0 0 0 Goodwin T, cf 4 1 2 0 Cruz D, ss 3 0 2 0 Damon J, rf 4 1 1 0 Pride C, ph 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 4 7 4 31 0 5 0 Kansas City 002 000 020 -- 4 Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Belcher T (W) 7.0 4 0 0 4 5 Pichardo H 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Moehler B (L)* 7.0 6 4 4 2 1 Miceli D 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th E -- Sweeney M DP -- Detroit 1 LOB -- Kansas City 5, Detroit 10 2B -- Clark T, Roberts B, Cruz D HR -- Bell J SB -- Goodwin T, Hamelin B CS -- Nieves M SH -- Bell J SF -- King J WP -- Belcher T T -- 2:49 A -- 16243
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