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Tigers
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
May 16, 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 16, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 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 16, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Justin Thompson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jose Rosado |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 17,787 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 53 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dale Ford 1B: Mike Reilly 2B: Larry Young 3B: Rich Garcia |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Brian Hunter | Center Fielder |
| Damion Easley | Second Baseman |
| Travis Fryman | Third Baseman |
| Tony Clark | First Baseman |
| Phil Nevin | Left Fielder |
| Melvin Nieves | Right Fielder |
| Brian Johnson | Catcher |
| Bobby Higginson | DH |
| Deivi Cruz | Shortstop |
| Buddy Bell | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jose Offerman | Second Baseman |
| Jay Bell | Shortstop |
| Jeff King | First Baseman |
| Chili Davis | DH |
| Joe Vitiello | Left Fielder |
| Mike Sweeney | Catcher |
| Craig Paquette | Third Baseman |
| Jermaine Dye | Right Fielder |
| Tom Goodwin | Center Fielder |
| Bob Boone | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
May 16, 1997
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Rosado
Hunter 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 -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Rosado
Easley hits a line drive towards third. Paquette reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Rosado
Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Rosado
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rosado fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Thompson
Offerman 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 -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Thompson
Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Thompson
King hits a fly ball into left field. Nevin 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: 1-0, RoB: ---
Nevin vs. Rosado
Nevin hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Goodwin. Nevin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Nieves vs. Rosado
Nieves strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Rosado
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nevin moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Higginson vs. Rosado
Higginson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Offerman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Thompson
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Vitiello vs. Thompson
Vitiello hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Easley reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Thompson
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Rosado
Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Vitiello settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Rosado
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Rosado
Easley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Rosado
Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Thompson
Paquette hits a line drive into left field. Nevin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Dye vs. Thompson
Dye hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Thompson
Goodwin strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Offerman vs. Thompson
There goes Dye. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Dye steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Offerman vs. Thompson
Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Offerman for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Rosado
Clark hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pride vs. Rosado
Curtis Pride pinch hits for Phil Nevin.
Pride strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Rosado
Nieves strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Thompson
Curtis Pride now playing left field.
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Thompson
King takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Thompson
Davis strikes out. There goes King. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Vitiello vs. Thompson
Vitiello hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Rosado
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Rosado
Higginson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Rosado
Cruz bunts towards first. King fields the ball and throws to Rosado covering. Safe. Johnson moves to third. Higginson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hunter vs. Rosado
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to home to get Johnson. Higginson moves to third. Cruz moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Easley vs. Rosado
Easley takes first base on ball four. Higginson scores. Cruz moves to third. Hunter moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Fryman vs. Rosado
Fryman hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cruz tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Rosado
Clark hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Thompson
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Thompson
Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Dye vs. Thompson
Dye hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Thompson
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pride vs. Rosado
Pride hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Nieves vs. Rosado
Nieves hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Rosado
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Vitiello settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Rosado
Higginson hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Thompson
Offerman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Thompson
Bell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nieves. Bell reaches second base with a double. Offerman moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
King vs. Thompson
King hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Offerman scores. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Davis vs. Thompson
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bell tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Vitiello vs. Thompson
Vitiello hits a ball on the ground towards second. Easley scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Rosado
Cruz hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Offerman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Rosado
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Easley vs. Rosado
Easley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Rosado
Rosado fires to first and has Easley trapped. There's the throw to Bell who tags Easley for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Thompson
Sweeney strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Paquette vs. Thompson
Paquette hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Dye vs. Thompson
Dye takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodwin vs. Thompson
Goodwin hits a fly ball into left field. Pride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Rosado
Johnny Damon now playing left field.
Fryman hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Rosado
Clark hits a popup towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pride vs. Rosado
Pride 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
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Thompson
Offerman 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 -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Thompson
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Thompson
King hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Rosado
Nieves hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Rosado
Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards first. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Rosado
Higginson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nieves moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Rosado
Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nieves scores. Higginson moves to third. Cruz moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Hunter vs. Rosado
Hunter is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Easley vs. Veres
Randy Veres now pitching.
Easley hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Higginson scores. Cruz scores. Hunter moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Fryman vs. Veres
Fryman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hunter scores. Easley moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Clark vs. Veres
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. King fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Pride vs. Walker
Jamie Walker now pitching.
Pride hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Easley scores. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Nieves vs. Walker
Nieves hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Walker
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first, with Walker covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 10 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Bautista
Jose Bautista now pitching.
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Damon vs. Bautista
Damon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Damon for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 10 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Bautista
Scott Cooper pinch hits for Mike Sweeney.
Cooper hits a popup towards short. Cruz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/16/1997 -- Detroit at Kansas City (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Hunter B, cf 4 1 0 0 Offerman J, 2b 3 1 0 0
Easley D, 2b 3 1 2 3 Bell J, ss 4 1 1 0
Fryman T, 3b 4 0 2 2 King J, 1b 3 0 1 1
Clark T, 1b 5 1 0 0 Davis C, dh 3 0 0 1
Nevin P, lf 2 0 1 0 Vitiello J, lf 3 0 0 0
Pride C, ph-lf 3 1 2 1 Damon J, lf 1 0 0 0
Nieves M, rf 5 2 2 3 Sweeney M, c 3 0 0 0
Johnson B, c 5 0 1 0 Cooper S, ph 1 0 0 0
Higginson B, dh 4 2 2 0 Paquette C, 3b 3 0 1 0
Cruz D, ss 4 2 2 1 Dye J, rf 2 0 1 0
Goodwin T, cf 3 0 0 0
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39 10 14 10 29 2 4 2
Detroit 000 020 008 -- 10
Kansas City 000 002 000 -- 2
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson J (W) 8.0 4 2 2 3 3
Bautista J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Rosado J (L) 8.1 10 6 6 3 3
Veres R 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
Walker J 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Detroit 6, Kansas City 4
2B -- Nevin P, Bell J
HR -- Nieves M
SB -- Dye J, King J
CS -- Easley D
SF -- Fryman T, Davis C
T -- 2:53
A -- 17787
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