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Tigers 6 @ Royals 5
Kauffman Stadium
May 18, 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 18, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 18, 1997 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 6 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning Pitcher—John Cummings  
Losing Pitcher—Tim Belcher  
Save—Mike Myers  
Game Winning RBI—Travis Fryman 

Game Info

DateMay 18, 1997 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherFelipe Lira  
Home Starting PitcherTim Belcher  
BallparkKauffman Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance15,333 
Time of Game3 hours 36 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Young
1B: Rich Garcia
2B: Dale Ford
3B: Mike Reilly

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Brian Hunter  Center Fielder 
Damion Easley  Second Baseman 
Bobby Higginson  Left Fielder 
Tony Clark  First Baseman 
Travis Fryman  Third Baseman 
Melvin Nieves  Right Fielder 
Bob Hamelin  DH 
Brian Johnson  Catcher 
Deivi Cruz  Shortstop 
Buddy Bell  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jose Offerman  Second Baseman 
Tom Goodwin  Center Fielder 
Bip Roberts  Left Fielder 
Jeff King  First Baseman 
Chili Davis  DH 
Scott Cooper  Third Baseman 
Mike Sweeney  Catcher 
David Howard  Shortstop 
Johnny Damon  Right Fielder 
Bob Boone  Manager 

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Kauffman Stadium
May 18, 1997

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         Game of 5/18/1997 -- Detroit at Kansas City (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Hunter B, cf          5  1  1  0   Offerman J, 2b        4  1  2  1   
Easley D, 2b          3  1  1  1   Goodwin T, cf         3  0  1  0   
Higginson B, lf       4  1  1  1   Vitiello J, ph        1  0  0  0   
Clark T, 1b           5  2  4  1   Halter S, rf          0  0  0  0   
Fryman T, 3b          5  0  3  1   Bell J, ph            0  0  0  0   
Nieves M, rf          4  0  1  0   Roberts B, lf         5  0  0  0   
Hamelin B, dh         4  0  2  2   King J, 1b            3  0  0  0   
Nevin P, ph           0  0  0  0   Davis C, dh           1  1  0  0   
Pride C, ph           1  0  0  0   Cooper S, 3b          4  1  1  0   
Johnson B, c          4  0  1  0   Sweeney M, c          3  2  2  4   
Cruz D, ss            4  1  1  0   Howard D, ss          4  0  0  0   
                                   Damon J, rf-cf        4  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  6 15  6                        32  5  6  5

Detroit          010 020 300 --  6
Kansas City      001 300 100 --  5

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lira F                4.0  4  4  4  1  1
Cummings J (W)        2.2  2  1  1  2  0
Jones T               2.0  0  0  0  3  1
Myers M (S)           0.1  0  0  0  0  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Belcher T (L)         6.1 13  6  6  2  6
Veres R               2.1  2  0  0  0  2
Walker J*             0.0  0  0  0  1  0
Montgomery J          0.1  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Easley D
DP -- Detroit 2, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Detroit 10, Kansas City 7
2B -- Clark T, Cooper S, Cruz D, Easley D
3B -- Offerman J
HR -- Offerman J, Sweeney M 2
SB -- Goodwin T, Higginson B, Offerman J
SH -- Easley D
HBP -- by Jones T (Sweeney M)
T -- 3:36
A -- 15333

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