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Athletics 8 @ Royals 6
Kauffman Stadium
May 27, 1997

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics, played on May 27, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 8 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMay 27, 1997 
Visiting Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 8 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 8
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 6 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherBilly Taylor  
Losing PitcherHipolito Pichardo  
SaveDane Johnson  
Game Winning RBIJose Canseco 

Game Info

DateMay 27, 1997 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamOakland Athletics 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike Oquist  
Home Starting PitcherJose Rosado  
BallparkKauffman Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance11,886 
Time of Game3 hours 27 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Brinkman
1B: Derryl Cousins
2B: Tim Welke
3B: Ken Kaiser

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Damon Mashore  Center Fielder 
Pat Lennon  Left Fielder 
Jose Canseco  Right Fielder 
Mark McGwire  First Baseman 
Geronimo Berroa  DH 
Scott Spiezio  Second Baseman 
George Williams  Catcher 
Scott Brosius  Third Baseman 
Scott Sheldon  Shortstop 
Art Howe  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jose Offerman  Second Baseman 
Jay Bell  Shortstop 
Bip Roberts  Left Fielder 
Jeff King  First Baseman 
Chili Davis  DH 
Craig Paquette  Third Baseman 
Mike Macfarlane  Catcher 
Tom Goodwin  Center Fielder 
Johnny Damon  Right Fielder 
Bob Boone  Manager 

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Athletics 8 @ Royals 6
Kauffman Stadium
May 27, 1997

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/27/1997 -- Oakland at Kansas City (N)

  Oakland            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Mashore D, cf         5  0  0  0   Offerman J, 2b        5  0  0  0   
Lennon P, lf          3  0  1  0   Bell J, ss            3  0  0  0   
Giambi J, ph-lf       0  0  0  0   Roberts B, lf         3  1  1  0   
Canseco J, rf         5  2  1  2   King J, 1b            4  1  1  0   
McGwire M, 1b         3  2  1  2   Davis C, dh           5  1  1  1   
Berroa G, dh          4  1  0  0   Paquette C, 3b        3  1  1  2   
Spiezio S, 2b         5  1  2  3   Cooper S, ph-3b       1  2  1  1   
Williams G, c         4  0  1  1   Macfarlane M, c       5  0  1  0   
Brosius S, 3b         5  1  1  0   Halter S, pr          0  0  0  0   
Sheldon S, ss         3  0  0  0   Goodwin T, cf         5  0  1  0   
Stairs M, ph          0  0  0  0   Damon J, rf           5  0  3  2   
Bournigal R, pr-ss    0  1  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  8  7  8                        39  6 10  6

Oakland          000 000 003 5 --  8
Kansas City      000 200 001 3 --  6

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Oquist M              7.2  4  2  2  5  4
Mohler M              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Taylor B (W)          1.0  2  1  1  1  1
Small A               0.1  3  3  3  1  1
Johnson D (S)         0.2  1  0  0  0  1

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rosado J*             8.0  1  1  1  4  8
Pichardo H (L)        1.1  3  4  4  1  0
Walker J+             0.0  0  1  1  0  0
Montgomery J          0.2  3  2  2  1  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 10th

E -- Paquette C
DP -- Oakland 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Oakland 6, Kansas City 10
2B -- Lennon P, Brosius S, Canseco J, King J
3B -- Damon J
HR -- Paquette C, McGwire M, Spiezio S, Cooper S
SB -- Goodwin T, Damon J
HBP -- by Walker J (Giambi J)
WP -- Montgomery J
T -- 3:27
A -- 11886

    

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