Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 17, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1997 at Kauffman Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 9, Kansas City Royals 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 2 2
Easley 2b 5 1 1 0
Higginson lf 4 2 2 2
Clark 1b 4 2 2 3
Fryman 3b 4 1 1 0
Nieves rf 2 2 0 0
Hamelin dh 4 0 1 0
Casanova c 4 0 1 1
Cruz ss 4 0 1 1
Pugh p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 3 0 0 0
Bell ss 3 1 1 0
  Dye rf 1 0 0 0
Roberts lf 3 0 0 0
  Vitiello ph 1 1 1 0
King 1b 3 0 0 1
  Howard ss 1 0 1 0
Davis dh 4 0 0 0
Paquette 3b 2 0 1 1
Spehr c 4 0 0 0
Goodwin cf 2 0 0 0
  Cooper 1b 1 0 1 0
Damon rf,cf 3 0 0 0
Pittsley p 0 0 0 0
  McDill p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Detroit 104 001 2109110
Kansas City 000 100 001250
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Pugh  W (1-0) 8.0 3 1 1 2 4
  Myers   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsley  L (0-4) 5.0 6 5 5 2 2
  McDill   1.2 1 3 3 5 1
  Montgomery   1.1 4 1 1 0 1
  Pichardo   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
7
5

  E–None.  2B–Kansas City Paquette (10,off Pugh); Bell (8,off Pugh).  HR–Detroit Higginson (6,1st inning off Pittsley 0 on, 2 out); Hunter (3,3rd inning off Pittsley 0 on, 1 out); Clark 2 (16,3rd inning off Pittsley 1 on, 1 out,8th inning off Montgomery 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Cruz (4,off McDill).  HBP–Nieves (1,by Pittsley); Fryman (2,by McDill).  SF–Paquette (1,off Myers).  SB–Easley (12,2nd base off Pittsley/Spehr).  CS–Nieves (3,2nd base by Pittsley/Spehr).  HBP–Pittsley (2,Nieves); McDill (1,Fryman).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:53.  A–22,891.
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