Texas Rangers (5) Kansas City Royals (1)

| 1997

Date of Game: Thursday, April 17, 1997
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium

Texas Rangers (AL)	Kansas City Royals (AL)
Record: 7-5	Record: 6-7
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Attendance: 13,790 Time of Game: 2:31

Game Notes:

Marc Sagmoen - 1st career hit, 1st career home run

Best at-bats

Damon Buford 2B in 6th inning (18.59)

Lee Stevens 1B in 6th inning (17.99)

Dean Palmer ? in 6th inning (10.63)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas Rangers	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	5	9	0
Kansas City Royals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1

Texas Rangers Batting Stats

Texas Rangers	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Damon Buford	cf	26.309	5	1	1	0	0	1	.167	12	227	1	3	3
Ivan Rodriguez	c	25.139	4	0	2	0	0	0	.320	12	739	0	4	1
Rusty Greer	lf	28.086	3	1	1	0	1	1	.333	12	362	1	4	1
Lee Stevens	1b	29.282	4	0	1	2	0	0	.289	12	230	4	13	0
Dean Palmer	3b	28.111	4	1	1	2	0	1	.209	12	692	1	9	1
Mike Simms	dh	30.095	4	0	2	0	0	1	.231	5	185	0	0	0
Marc Sagmoen	rf	26.001	4	1	1	1	0	0	.091	3	3	1	2	0
Billy Ripken	2b	32.122	3	0	0	0	1	0	.187	6	818	0	0	0
Benji Gil	ss	24.193	4	1	0	0	0	2	.143	7	164	0	0	0
Xavier Hernandez	p	31.244	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5	379	0	0	0
Totals:			35	5	9	5	2	6	.257	86	3799

Kansas City Royals Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Bip Roberts	lf	33.173	3	1	2	0	1	0	.380	13	998	1	6	2
Tom Goodwin	cf	28.264	4	0	0	0	0	2	.157	13	394	0	0	7
Jay Bell	ss	31.127	4	0	1	0	0	1	.333	13	1235	4	11	0
Jeff King	1b	32.112	3	0	1	1	1	1	.311	13	907	2	12	3
Chili Davis	dh	37.091	3	0	1	0	0	0	.357	4	2118	0	1	0
Craig Paquette	3b	28.040	3	0	0	0	0	0	.265	13	355	1	3	1
Joe Vitiello	rf	27.006	2	0	0	0	0	1	.292	9	147	0	2	0
Johnny Damon	rf	23.163	1	0	0	0	0	0	.278	9	201	1	3	0
Mike MacFarlane	c	33.005	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	5	923	0	0	0
David Howard	2b	30.050	3	0	0	0	0	0	.259	10	476	0	6	1
Jeff Montgomery	p	35.100	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5	545	0	0	0
Totals:			29	1	5	1	2	6	.172	107	8299

Game Stats

2B: Damon Buford (3), Ivan Rodriguez (3), Mike Simms 2 (2)
HR: Dean Palmer (1), Marc Sagmoen (1)
RBIs: Jeff King (12), Dean Palmer 2 (9), Marc Sagmoen (2), Lee Stevens 2 (13)
SB: Tom Goodwin (7)
GDP: Chili Davis (1), Craig Paquette 2 (4), Lee Stevens (3)

Texas Rangers Pitching Stats

Texas Rangers	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Darren Oliver (W 1-1)	26.193	8	5	1	1	1	4	0	5.25	1.42	98	58	40	2	94
Xavier Hernandez	31.244	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	4.50	1.00	28	15	13	5	378
Pitching Totals:		9	5	1	1	2	6	0			126	73	53	7	472

Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats

Kansas City Royals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Tim Belcher (L 1-2)	35.180	8	7	4	2	1	4	1	3.68	1.32	105	75	30	3	298
Jeff Montgomery	35.100	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	18.00	3.25	21	13	8	5	545
Pitching Totals:		9	9	5	3	2	6	2			126	88	38	8	843

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Xavier Hernandez;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Darren Oliver 98-58-40; Xavier Hernandez 28-15-13; Tim Belcher 105-75-30; Jeff Montgomery 21-13-8;
Batters Faced: Darren Oliver 27; Xavier Hernandez 4; Tim Belcher 31; Jeff Montgomery 6;
Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 13,790
Umpires: Home: Al Clark 1B Dan Morrison 2B Larry Barnett 3B Greg Kosc

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