Toronto Blue Jays (11) Kansas City Royals (8)

| 1997

Date of Game: Sunday, August 24, 1997
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium

Toronto Blue Jays (AL)	Kansas City Royals (AL)
Record: 63-66	Record: 52-75
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Attendance: 14,434 Time of Game: 4:32

Game Notes:

Joe Carter - 4 strikeouts

Jose Cruz - 2 home runs, 4 hits

Larry Sutton - 1st career home run, 1st career RBI

Best at-bats

Jed Hansen 2B in 9th inning (52.83)

Jose Cruz HR in 13th inning (38.88)

Larry Sutton HR in 4th inning (35.17)
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Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
Toronto Blue Jays	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	21	0
Kansas City Royals	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8	15	1

Toronto Blue Jays Batting Stats

Toronto Blue Jays	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Jacob Brumfield	cf	32.089	7	2	1	1	0	1	.207	50	480	2	19	4
Carlos Garcia	2b-ss	29.314	6	1	2	0	0	1	.216	88	570	3	18	10
Jose Cruz	lf	23.127	6	2	4	3	1	1	.266	73	73	20	52	4
Joe Carter	dh	37.170	7	1	2	1	0	4	.247	127	2033	19	86	7
Carlos Delgado	1b	25.060	5	2	3	2	1	0	.254	120	340	26	77	0
Ed Sprague	3b	30.030	7	1	2	1	0	2	.227	129	774	13	44	0
Shawn Green	rf	24.287	6	1	2	0	0	1	.293	103	373	16	43	12
Charlie O'Brien	c	36.115	4	1	3	2	0	0	.221	58	691	3	25	0
Robert Perez	pr	28.081	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	34	141	2	6	0
Benito Santiago	c	32.168	1	0	0	0	0	0	.219	74	1320	9	28	1
Tomas Perez	ss	23.238	2	0	1	1	1	1	.256	14	146	0	6	1
Juan Samuel	2b	36.258	2	0	1	0	0	1	.299	35	1667	1	10	3
Paul Quantrill	p	28.294	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	60	207	0	0	0
Kelvim Escobar	p	21.135	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	15	15	0	0	0
Dan Plesac	p	35.201	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	55	648	0	0	0
Tim Crabtree	p	27.315	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	29	113	0	0	0
Totals:			53	11	21	11	3	12	.396	1064	9591

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
Johnny Damon	cf	23.292	7	0	0	0	0	3	.272	118	310	7	43	10
Jed Hansen	2b	25.005	4	1	2	2	2	1	.378	12	12	1	12	0
Chili Davis	dh	37.220	5	2	1	3	2	1	.303	115	2229	25	76	6
Dean Palmer	3b	28.240	7	1	3	0	0	2	.258	118	798	17	72	2
Larry Sutton	1b	27.102	5	1	3	3	0	0	.312	5	5	1	3	0
Jeff King	ph-1b	32.241	2	0	0	0	0	0	.229	124	1018	17	76	12
Yamil Benitez	lf-rf	25.106	4	0	2	0	1	2	.292	31	56	5	17	1
Jermaine Dye	rf	23.208	3	0	0	0	0	3	.205	45	143	4	11	2
Bip Roberts	ph-lf	33.302	0	1	0	0	2	0	.315	95	1080	1	36	15
Mike MacFarlane	c	33.134	4	1	2	0	0	0	.213	65	983	7	25	0
Mike Sweeney	pr-c	24.033	2	1	0	0	0	0	.241	62	116	5	24	2
Shane Halter	ss	27.289	3	0	1	0	0	0	.267	57	57	1	5	3
Jay Bell	ph-ss	31.256	3	0	1	0	0	1	.281	125	1347	19	74	6
Gregg Olson	p	30.317	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	31	442	0	0	0
Hector Carrasco	p	28.306	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	57	222	0	0	0
Matt Whisenant	p	26.077	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	15	15	0	0	0
Jeff Montgomery	p	35.229	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	44	584	0	0	0
Larry Casian	p	31.300	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	44	238	0	0	0
Totals:			49	8	15	8	7	13	.306	1163	9655

Game Stats

2B: Joe Carter (23), Jed Hansen (3), Mike MacFarlane (8)
HR: Jose Cruz 2 (20), Chili Davis (25), Ed Sprague (13), Larry Sutton (1)
RBIs: Jacob Brumfield (19), Joe Carter (86), Jose Cruz 3 (52), Chili Davis 3 (76), Carlos Delgado 2 (77), Jed Hansen 2 (12), Charlie O'Brien 2 (25), Tomas Perez (6), Ed Sprague (44), Larry Sutton 3 (3)
CS: Jose Cruz (2), Jed Hansen (1)
SH: Yamil Benitez (1), Carlos Garcia (8), Bip Roberts (1), Juan Samuel (1)
SF: Carlos Delgado (2), Charlie O'Brien (6)
GDP: Jacob Brumfield (4), Chili Davis (12), Jed Hansen (1)

Toronto Blue Jays Pitching Stats

Toronto Blue Jays	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Chris Carpenter	22.119	7	6	6	6	3	8	2	8.10	2.25	115	71	44	8	8
Paul Quantrill	28.294	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.10	1.34	20	12	8	60	242
Kelvim Escobar	21.135	2	3	2	2	3	3	0	2.14	1.38	50	27	23	15	15
Dan Plesac	35.201	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3.79	1.47	23	17	6	55	662
Tim Crabtree (W 3-3)	27.315	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	6.82	1.94	24	16	8	29	113
Pitching Totals:		13	15	8	8	7	13	2			232	143	89	167	1040

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#
Ricky Bones	28.139	5.1	11	7	7	1	5	1	7.23	1.73	99	57	42	22	188
Gregg Olson	30.317	1.1	4	1	1	1	1	1	6.35	1.82	40	26	14	31	441
Hector Carrasco	28.306	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.58	1.38	11	8	3	57	222
Matt Whisenant	26.077	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.79	1.79	13	9	4	14	14
Jeff Montgomery	35.229	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	4.30	1.26	34	23	11	44	584
Larry Casian (L 0-3)	31.300	2	4	3	3	0	1	1	5.75	1.56	36	25	11	44	241
Pitching Totals:		13	21	11	11	3	12	3			233	148	85	212	1690

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Hector Carrasco;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Chris Carpenter 115-71-44; Paul Quantrill 20-12-8; Kelvim Escobar 50-27-23; Dan Plesac 23-17-6; Tim Crabtree 24-16-8; Ricky Bones 99-57-42; Gregg Olson 40-26-14; Hector Carrasco 11-8-3; Matt Whisenant 13-9-4; Jeff Montgomery 34-23-11; Larry Casian 36-25-11;
Batters Faced: Chris Carpenter 29; Paul Quantrill 4; Kelvim Escobar 12; Dan Plesac 5; Tim Crabtree 9; Ricky Bones 27; Gregg Olson 9; Hector Carrasco 4; Matt Whisenant 3; Jeff Montgomery 8; Larry Casian 9;
Time of Game: 4:32 Attendance: 14,434
Umpires: Home: Tim McClelland 1B Gary Cederstrom 2B Mark Johnson 3B Drew Coble

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