Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
May 8, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1997 at Tiger Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 1 1 1
Bell ss 3 1 1 1
Roberts lf 3 0 1 0
King 1b 3 0 0 1
Davis dh 3 0 1 1
  Howard pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Cooper 3b 4 0 0 0
Sweeney c 3 0 0 0
Goodwin cf 4 1 2 0
Damon rf 4 1 1 0
Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 0 0 0
Higginson lf 4 0 0 0
Fryman 3b 3 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 0 1 0
Hamelin dh 2 0 0 0
Nieves rf 4 0 1 0
Easley 2b 2 0 0 0
Johnson c 4 0 0 0
Cruz ss 3 0 2 0
  Pride ph 1 0 1 0
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Kansas City 002 000 020471
Detroit 000 000 000050
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Belcher  W (4-3) 7.0 4 0 0 4 5
  Pichardo   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
5
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler  L (2-2) 7.0 6 4 4 2 1
  Miceli   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
1

  E–Sweeney (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Kansas City Roberts (7,off Moehler), Detroit Clark (5,off Belcher); Cruz (8,off Belcher).  HR–Kansas City Bell (8,3rd inning off Moehler 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Bell (2,off Miceli).  SF–King (4,off Miceli).  IBB–Roberts (1,by Miceli).  SB–Goodwin (9,3rd base off Moehler/Johnson); Hamelin (1,2nd base off Belcher/Sweeney).  CS–Nieves (2,2nd base by Pichardo/Sweeney).  WP–Belcher (1).  IBB–Miceli (3,Roberts).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:49.  A–16,243.
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