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Tigers
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
May 15, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 15, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 15, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 15, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Omar Olivares |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kevin Appier |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 18,160 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 37 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Rich Garcia 1B: Dale Ford 2B: Mike Reilly 3B: Larry Young |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Brian Hunter | Center Fielder |
| Jody Reed | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Higginson | Left Fielder |
| Tony Clark | First Baseman |
| Travis Fryman | Third Baseman |
| Melvin Nieves | Right Fielder |
| Bob Hamelin | DH |
| Raul Casanova | Catcher |
| Deivi Cruz | Shortstop |
| Buddy Bell | 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 |
| Jermaine Dye | Right Fielder |
| Tim Spehr | Catcher |
| Tom Goodwin | Center Fielder |
| Bob Boone | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
May 15, 1997
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Appier
Hunter hits a popup, foul, towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Appier
Reed hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Appier
Higginson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Olivares
Offerman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Olivares
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Olivares
Roberts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
King vs. Olivares
King hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Appier
Clark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Appier
Fryman takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Nieves vs. Appier
Nieves hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hamelin vs. Appier
Hamelin strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Casanova vs. Appier
Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Casanova for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Appier
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Olivares
Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Paquette vs. Olivares
Paquette takes first base on ball four. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Dye vs. Olivares
Dye hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Spehr vs. Olivares
Spehr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davis scores. Paquette moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Goodwin vs. Olivares
Goodwin strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Offerman vs. Olivares
Offerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Paquette scores. Spehr moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Olivares
Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Higginson. Bell reaches second base with a double. Spehr scores. Offerman moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Roberts vs. Olivares
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Appier
Hunter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Offerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Appier
Reed strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Appier
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
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Olivares
King hits a line drive towards short. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Olivares
Davis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Paquette vs. Olivares
Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dye vs. Olivares
Dye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Appier
Clark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Appier
Fryman is hit by the pitch. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nieves vs. Appier
Nieves hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clark moves to third. Fryman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Hamelin vs. Appier
Hamelin hits a ball on the ground towards first. King fields it and throws to second for the out. Clark scores. Fryman moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Casanova vs. Appier
Casanova hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fryman scores. Hamelin moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Appier
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Hunter vs. Appier
Hunter strikes out. Spehr drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hunter out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Spehr vs. Olivares
Spehr hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Olivares
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Offerman vs. Olivares
There goes Goodwin. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Goodwin steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Offerman vs. Olivares
Offerman hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Olivares
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Roberts vs. Olivares
Roberts takes first base on ball four. Goodwin moves to third. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
King vs. Olivares
King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman juggles the ball. That's an error on Fryman. Goodwin scores. Bell moves to third. Roberts moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Davis vs. Olivares
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Appier
Reed hits a popup towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Appier
Higginson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Appier
Clark takes first base on ball four. Higginson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Fryman vs. Appier
Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell throws to second for one, and Offerman throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Higginson scores. Fryman moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Nieves vs. Appier
Nieves strikes out. Spehr drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Nieves out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 6 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Olivares
Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Olivares fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dye vs. Olivares
Dye hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Spehr vs. Olivares
Spehr hits a line drive towards third. Fryman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 6 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hamelin vs. McDill
Allen McDill now pitching.
Hamelin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Casanova vs. McDill
Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. McDill
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 6 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Cummings
John Cummings now pitching.
Goodwin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Offerman vs. Cummings
Offerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Goodwin moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Miceli
Dan Miceli now pitching.
Bell hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Goodwin scores. Offerman moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Roberts vs. Miceli
Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Offerman scores. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
King vs. Miceli
King hits a popup towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Davis vs. Miceli
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Paquette vs. Miceli
Paquette strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 6 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. McDill
Hunter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. McDill
Reed takes first base on ball four. Hunter moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Higginson vs. McDill
Higginson strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. McDill
Clark hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Montgomery
Jeff Montgomery now pitching.
Fryman hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Montgomery
Nieves hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hamelin vs. Montgomery
Hamelin hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Dye vs. Miceli
Dye strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Miceli
David Howard pinch hits for Tim Spehr.
Howard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Reed settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Miceli
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Offerman vs. Miceli
There goes Goodwin. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Goodwin steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Offerman vs. Miceli
Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miceli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Casanova vs. Converse
Mike Sweeney now catching. Jim Converse now pitching.
Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops it up and throws to first, with Converse covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Converse
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Converse
Hunter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Converse
There goes Hunter. The throw from Sweeney and he is safe. Hunter steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Reed vs. Converse
Reed takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Higginson vs. Walker
Jamie Walker now pitching.
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
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Jones
Todd Jones now pitching.
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Jones
Roberts hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
King vs. Jones
King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Bell scores. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Jones
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Jones covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 9 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Walker
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Walker
Fryman hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Walker
Nieves strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 9 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Brocail
Doug Brocail now pitching. Johnny Damon pinch hits for Craig Paquette.
Damon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Brocail
Scott Cooper pinch hits for Jermaine Dye.
Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Royals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Sweeney vs. Brocail
Sweeney hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/15/1997 -- Detroit at Kansas City (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Hunter B, cf 4 1 1 0 Offerman J, 2b 4 1 2 1
Reed J, 2b 3 1 0 0 Bell J, ss 3 1 2 2
Higginson B, lf 4 1 0 0 Roberts B, lf 4 0 3 1
Clark T, 1b 3 3 2 3 King J, 1b 5 0 0 0
Fryman T, 3b 3 2 0 0 Davis C, dh 4 1 1 0
Nieves M, rf 5 1 3 3 Paquette C, 3b 3 1 0 0
Hamelin B, dh 3 0 0 1 Damon J, ph 1 1 1 1
Casanova R, c 4 0 1 1 Dye J, rf 4 0 0 0
Cruz D, ss 4 0 0 0 Cooper S, ph 1 1 1 0
Spehr T, c 3 1 2 1
Howard D, ph 1 0 0 0
Sweeney M, c 1 1 1 2
Goodwin T, cf 4 2 2 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 9 7 8 38 10 15 8
Detroit 030 210 300 -- 9
Kansas City 030 102 013 -- 10
0 outs when winning run was scored.
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Olivares O 5.0 6 4 3 5 1
Cummings J* 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
Miceli D 2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Jones T 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Brocail D (L) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Appier K 5.0 4 6 5 4 5
McDill A 1.1 2 3 3 2 1
Montgomery J 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Converse J 0.2 0 0 0 2 0
Walker J (W) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
E -- Fryman T, Offerman J
DP -- Detroit 2, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Detroit 6, Kansas City 10
2B -- Bell J
HR -- Nieves M, Clark T, Damon J, Sweeney M
SB -- Goodwin T 2, Hunter B 2
HBP -- by Appier K (Fryman T)
T -- 3:37
A -- 18160
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