Detroit Tigers (6) Kansas City Royals (5)

| 1997

Date of Game: Sunday, May 18, 1997
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium

Detroit Tigers (AL)	Kansas City Royals (AL)
Record: 19-23	Record: 20-20
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Attendance: 15,333 Time of Game: 3:36

Game Notes:

Tony Clark - 4 hits

Mike Sweeney - 2 home runs

Best at-bats

Tony Clark 1B in 7th inning (29.78)

Mike Sweeney HR in 4th inning (22.02)

Jose Offerman HR in 3rd inning (16.23)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit Tigers	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	6	15	1
Kansas City Royals	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	6	0

Detroit Tigers Batting Stats

Detroit Tigers	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Brian Hunter	cf	26.074	5	1	1	0	0	3	.232	42	258	3	13	18
Damion Easley	2b	27.188	3	1	1	1	1	1	.263	40	410	4	14	12
Bobby Higginson	lf	26.273	4	1	1	1	1	0	.260	42	303	6	22	5
Tony Clark	1b	24.337	5	2	4	1	0	1	.296	42	169	16	46	1
Travis Fryman	3b	28.054	5	0	3	1	0	1	.287	42	984	7	31	6
Melvin Nieves	rf	25.142	4	0	1	0	1	1	.286	34	293	5	23	0
Bob Hamelin	dh	29.171	4	0	2	2	0	0	.258	9	287	2	6	1
Phil Nevin	ph	26.119	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	11	95	1	3	0
Curtis Pride	ph	28.152	1	0	0	0	0	0	.257	28	181	0	7	1
Brian Johnson	c	29.131	4	0	1	0	0	0	.202	26	212	1	11	1
Deivi Cruz	ss	21.194	4	1	1	0	0	1	.215	41	41	0	9	0
John Cummings	p	28.008	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	16	91	0	0	0
Todd Jones	p	29.024	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	19	213	0	0	0
Mike Myers	p	27.326	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	24	120	0	0	0
Totals:			39	6	15	6	3	8	.385	416	3657

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
Jose Offerman	2b	28.191	4	1	2	1	1	0	.289	23	753	2	14	5
Tom Goodwin	cf	28.295	3	0	1	0	0	0	.248	40	421	0	2	15
Joe Vitiello	ph	27.037	1	0	0	0	0	0	.306	26	164	0	9	0
Shane Halter	rf	27.191	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	12	12	0	1	1
Jay Bell	ph	31.158	0	0	0	0	1	0	.322	40	1262	8	33	2
Bip Roberts	lf	33.204	5	0	0	0	0	1	.362	36	1021	1	15	5
Jeff King	1b	32.143	3	0	0	0	1	1	.221	39	933	5	26	6
Chili Davis	dh	37.122	1	1	0	0	3	0	.276	31	2145	4	20	3
Scott Cooper	3b	29.218	4	1	1	0	0	0	.224	23	540	1	4	1
Mike Sweeney	c	23.300	3	2	2	4	0	0	.241	25	79	4	12	2
David Howard	ss	30.081	4	0	0	0	0	0	.300	28	494	1	8	1
Johnny Damon	rf-cf	23.194	4	0	0	0	0	0	.318	34	226	2	12	2
Randy Veres	p	31.174	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	14	124	0	0	0
Jamie Walker	p	25.322	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	16	16	0	0	0
Jeff Montgomery	p	35.131	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	12	552	0	0	0
Totals:			32	5	6	5	6	2	.188	399	8742

Game Stats

2B: Tony Clark (6), Scott Cooper (3), Deivi Cruz (11), Damion Easley (10)
3B: Jose Offerman (3)
HR: Jose Offerman (2), Mike Sweeney 2 (4)
RBIs: Tony Clark (46), Damion Easley (14), Travis Fryman (31), Bob Hamelin 2 (6), Bobby Higginson (22), Jose Offerman (14), Mike Sweeney 4 (12)
SB: Tom Goodwin (15), Bobby Higginson (5), Jose Offerman (5)
SH: Damion Easley (2)
GDP: Scott Cooper 2 (2), Bob Hamelin (1)

Detroit Tigers Pitching Stats

Detroit Tigers	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Felipe Lira	25.022	4	4	4	4	1	1	2	5.29	1.50	84	59	25	10	79
John Cummings (W 2-0)	28.008	2.2	2	1	1	2	0	1	4.26	1.74	38	21	17	16	107
Todd Jones	29.024	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	4.26	1.84	50	30	20	19	213
Mike Myers (Sv 1)	27.326	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.85	1.92	2	2	0	24	120
Pitching Totals:		9	6	5	5	6	2	3			174	112	62	69	519

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 5-4)	35.211	6.1	13	6	6	2	6	0	2.35	1.20	115	71	44	9	304
Randy Veres	31.174	2.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	4.09	1.27	36	24	12	14	125
Jamie Walker	25.322	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.20	1.40	4	0	4	16	16
Jeff Montgomery	35.131	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.64	2.45	3	1	2	12	552
Pitching Totals:		9	15	6	6	3	8	0			158	96	62	51	997

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Felipe Lira 84-59-25; John Cummings 38-21-17; Todd Jones 50-30-20; Mike Myers 2-2-0; Tim Belcher 115-71-44; Randy Veres 36-24-12; Jamie Walker 4-0-4; Jeff Montgomery 3-1-2;
Batters Faced: Felipe Lira 17; John Cummings 11; Todd Jones 10; Mike Myers 1; Tim Belcher 32; Randy Veres 9; Jamie Walker 1; Jeff Montgomery 1;
Time of Game: 3:36 Attendance: 15,333
Umpires: Home: Larry Young 1B Rich Garcia 2B Dale Ford 3B Mike Reilly

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