Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 15, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1997 at Kauffman 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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Detroit Tigers 9, Kansas City Royals 10

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 1 1 0
Reed 2b 3 1 0 0
Higginson lf 4 1 0 0
Clark 1b 3 3 2 3
Fryman 3b 3 2 0 0
Nieves rf 5 1 3 3
Hamelin dh 3 0 0 1
Casanova c 4 0 1 1
Cruz ss 4 0 0 0
Olivares p 0 0 0 0
  Cummings p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 7 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 4 1 2 1
Bell ss 3 1 2 2
Roberts lf 4 0 3 1
King 1b 5 0 0 0
Davis dh 4 1 1 0
Paquette 3b 3 1 0 0
  Damon ph 1 1 1 1
Dye rf 4 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 1 1 0
Spehr c 3 1 2 1
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Sweeney c 1 1 1 2
Goodwin cf 4 2 2 0
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  McDill p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Converse p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 15 8
Detroit 030 210 300971
Kansas City 030 102 01310151
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Olivares   5.0 6 4 3 5 1
  Cummings   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Miceli   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Jones   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Brocail  L (0-4) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
10
9
6
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier   5.0 4 6 5 4 5
  McDill   1.1 2 3 3 2 1
  Montgomery   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Converse   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Walker  W (2-1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
9
8
8
7

  E–Fryman (5), Offerman (1).  DP–Detroit 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Bell (6,off Olivares).  HR–Detroit Nieves (4,2nd inning off Appier 2 on, 0 out); Clark (14,7th inning off McDill 2 on, 1 out), Kansas City Damon (2,9th inning off Brocail 0 on, 0 out); Sweeney (2,9th inning off Brocail 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Fryman (1,by Appier).  SB–Hunter 2 (18,2nd base off Converse/Sweeney,3rd base off Converse/Sweeney); Goodwin 2 (14,2nd base off Olivares/Casanova,2nd base off Miceli/Casanova).  HBP–Appier (3,Fryman).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:37.  A–18,160.
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