May 7, 1997 Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers Box Score and Play by Play

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BAL 3
ANA 0 BOS 11
MIN 3 CLE 7
TOR 1 DET 12
KCR 3 MIL 1
OAK 0 NYY 5
TEX 2 PIT 14
@COL 3 ATL 3
@FLA 2
(10) NYM 4
@HOU 1 LAD 4
CIN 2 SDP 6
CHC 3 MON 19
@SFG 3 STL 14
PHI 7

Standings at end of play this day

Tiger Stadium, Attendance: 7,949

Wednesday, May 7, 1997, 7:07
Time of Game: 3:05

Royals

15-15

Lost 1

3rd, 1 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          2  0  0   0  0  1   0  0  0    3  9  1
Tigers          2  4  0   1  5  0   0  0  X   12 11  2

W: F Lira (1-2), L: J Pittsley (0-3)

Tigers

13-19

Won 1

5th, 9 GB

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Offerman 2B                 5   0   1   0    0   1  .260  .833   26    3   3   2B,GDP
J Bell SS                     3   1   2   0    0   0  .331  .932    5    1   2   2B,SB
  D Howard SS                 2   0   0   0    0   0  .302  .815    6    0   0   
B Roberts LF                  3   0   2   0    0   1  .390  .893   15    1   0   SB
  J Damon LF                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .345  .860    5    0   0   
  J Vitiello PH               1   0   0   0    0   1  .321  .842    5    0   0   
J King 1B                     2   1   0   0    1   1  .263  .897   15    7   0   SB
  S Cooper 1B                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .222  .697    4    1   0   
  M Sweeney PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .643    3    0   0   
C Davis DH                    2   0   1   0    2   0  .278  .833   19    0   0   
C Paquette 3B                 4   0   0   0    0   1  .220  .637   10    1   4   
J Dye RF                      4   1   1   0    0   1  .192  .496   13    1   0   
T Spehr C                     3   0   1   0    0   2  .174  .544   16    7   0   HBP
T Goodwin CF                  4   0   1   1    0   0  .200  .520    8    2   0   

J Pittsley P                                                             0   0
  R Veres P                                                              0   1
  M Williams P                                                           0   0
  J Montgomery P                                                         0   0
  J Walker P                                                             0   0
Totals                       36   3   9   1    3   9              150   24  10

BATTING

2B: J Offerman (3, off M Myers); J Bell (5, off F Lira).

HBP: T Spehr (1, by J Bautista).

TB: J Bell 3; B Roberts 2; J Offerman 2; J Dye; T Goodwin; C Davis; T Spehr.

GIDP: J Offerman (1).

RBI: T Goodwin (2).

2-out RBI: T Goodwin.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 1 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 1. C Paquette-J Offerman-J King.

E: T Goodwin (1).

BASERUNNING

SB: B Roberts (4, 2nd base off F Lira/R Casanova); J Bell (2, 3rd base off F Lira/R Casanova); J King (4, 2nd base off F Lira/R Casanova).

PO: J Bell (2nd base by F Lira).

Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Hunter CF                   4   3   2   3    1   1  .250  .632   24    1   0   SB
B Higginson LF                4   1   1   3    1   1  .243  .735   19    3   0   HR
T Fryman 3B                   3   1   2   2    1   0  .293  .897   22    0   1   HR,GDP
  P Nevin 3B                  1   0   1   0    0   0  .167  .453    3    0   0   
T Clark 1B                    4   1   1   2    0   0  .283  .954   16    9   0   HR,HBP
B Hamelin DH                  4   0   0   0    1   3  .000  .200   20    0   0   
M Nieves RF                   2   2   1   0    2   0  .277  .875   14    1   0   2B
  B Trammell RF               1   0   0   0    0   0  .239  .803    2    0   0   
D Easley 2B                   4   1   0   0    1   1  .273  .781   25    2   2   
R Casanova C                  3   2   2   1    1   0  .250  .536   10    9   1   
D Cruz SS                     4   1   1   0    0   1  .202  .501   15    2   3   

F Lira P                                                                 0   1
  J Bautista P                                                           0   0
  M Myers P                                                              0   1
Totals                       34  12  11  11    8   7              170   27   9

BATTING

2B: M Nieves (7, off R Veres).

HR: T Fryman (7, off R Veres; 4th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF); T Clark (10, off J Pittsley; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep RF); B Higginson (4, off M Williams; 5th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep CF-RF).

HBP: T Clark (2, by R Veres).

TB: T Fryman 5; B Higginson 4; T Clark 4; B Hunter 2; R Casanova 2; M Nieves 2; P Nevin; D Cruz.

GIDP: T Fryman (4).

RBI: B Higginson 3 (16); B Hunter 3 (11); T Clark 2 (33); T Fryman 2 (26); R Casanova (1).

2-out RBI: B Higginson 3; T Clark 2; T Fryman 2; B Hunter.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 7 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 1. F Lira-D Cruz-T Clark.

E: T Fryman (4); F Lira ().

BASERUNNING

SB: B Hunter (14, 2nd base off J Pittsley/T Spehr).

PITCHING

Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Pittsley, L (0-3)            1.2   5   6   6    3   0   1   7.08   12   51-23   15· 1· 7    2· 5· 2· 0     18    -     1.12  -0.45
R Veres                        3     4   5   5    2   3   1   4.60   16   56-29   15· 3·11    6· 1· 3· 0          1-0    0.31  -0.02
M Williams                     1.1   1   1   1    3   2   1   9.53    8   33-15    6· 2· 7    2· 0· 1· 0          2-2    0.02  -0.01
J Montgomery                   1     1   0   0    0   1   0  17.05    4   12-8     3· 2· 3    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
J Walker                       1     0   0   0    0   1   0   7.71    3   11-7     4· 2· 1    0· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         8    11  12  12    8   7   3          43  163-82   43·10·29   12· 8· 7· 0          3-2

Detroit Tigers                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
F Lira, W (1-2)                6     7   3   1    3   6   0   6.75   28  101-67   39· 9·19    6· 8· 5· 0     53    -     0.95   0.02
J Bautista                     2     1   0   0    0   2   0   5.74    8   23-17   10· 2· 5    3· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.02   0.00
M Myers                        1     1   0   0    0   1   0   5.40    4   14-10    4· 2· 4    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     9   3   1    3   9   0          40  138-94   53·13·28   12· 9· 6· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: R Veres (3); F Lira (3).

IBB: None.

PO: F Lira (0; J Bell, 2nd base).

HBP: J Bautista (1; T Spehr); R Veres (1; T Clark).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Tim Welke, 3B - Ken Kaiser.

Time of Game: 3:05.

Attendance: 7,949.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 54° F, Wind 14mph out to Leftfield, Night, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Detroit Tigers                       
1. J Offerman           2B    1. B Hunter             CF 
2. J Bell               SS    2. B Higginson          LF 
3. B Roberts            LF    3. T Fryman             3B 
4. J King               1B    4. T Clark              1B 
5. C Davis              DH    5. B Hamelin            DH 
6. C Paquette           3B    6. M Nieves             RF 
7. J Dye                RF    7. D Easley             2B 
8. T Spehr              C     8. R Casanova           C  
9. T Goodwin            CF    9. D Cruz               SS 

   J Pittsley           P        F Lira               P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   2  2-0  --3  4   17%  51% T Clark         J Pittsley      Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Hunter Scores
   t 1   2  0-0  123  3  -15%  33% C Paquette      F Lira          Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Bell Scores/unER/No RBI; King Scores/unER/No RBI; Davis to 2B
   b 2   1  2-2  12-  4   14%  73% D Cruz          J Pittsley      Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF); Nieves Scores/Adv on E8/No RBI; Casanova to 3B; Cruz to 2B
   b 1   0  2-0  12-  3  -11%  35% T Fryman        J Pittsley      Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B; Hunter to 3B
   b 2   1  2-3  -23  5    9%  82% B Hunter        J Pittsley      Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Casanova Scores; Cruz Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Felipe Lira facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      --- 11   52%  J Offerman      Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
          ---  3   48%  J Bell          Double to LF (Ground Ball)
          -2-      46%  B Roberts       Bell Picked off 2B, safe on E1; Bell to 3B
   O      --3  7   51%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
          --3  5   50%  J King          Walk
          1-3      49%  C Davis         King Steals 2B
          -23  6   48%  " "             Walk
   RR     123  3   33%  C Paquette      Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Bell Scores/unER/No RBI; King Scores/unER/No RBI; Davis to 2B
   O      12-  5   36%  J Dye           Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-2, Jim Pittsley facing 1-2-3
          ---  7   40%  B Hunter        Walk
          1--  4   45%  B Higginson     Walk; Hunter to 2B
   OO     12-  3   35%  T Fryman        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B; Hunter to 3B
   RR     --3  4   51%  T Clark         Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Hunter Scores
   O      ---  3   50%  B Hamelin       Foul Flyball: LF
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 2.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 2-2, Felipe Lira facing 8-9-1
          ---  3   46%  T Spehr         Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
   O      1--  3   50%  T Goodwin       Flyball: LF (Short LF Line)
   OO     1--  4   55%  J Offerman      Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (P's Left)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 2-2, Jim Pittsley facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   59%  M Nieves        Walk
   O      1--  5   55%  D Easley        Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
          1--  1   59%  R Casanova      Single to CF (Fly Ball); Nieves to 2B
   R      12-  4   73%  D Cruz          Single to CF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF); Nieves Scores/Adv on E8/No RBI; Casanova to 3B; Cruz to 2B
   RR     -23  5   82%  B Hunter        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Casanova Scores; Cruz Scores
   O      1--  5   80%  B Higginson     Flyball: RF
          1--      80%  T Fryman        Hunter Steals 2B
   R      -2-  5   86%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole); Hunter Scores; Fryman to 2B
                  Randy Veres replaces Jim Pittsley pitching
          -2-  1   87%  T Clark         Hit By Pitch
          12-  4   88%  B Hamelin       Walk; Fryman to 3B; Clark to 2B
   O      123  3   85%  M Nieves        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 6.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 2-6, Felipe Lira facing 2-3-4
          ---  1   82%  J Bell          Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS)
          1--  2   77%  B Roberts       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Bell to 2B
   O      12-  7   78%  J King          Strikeout Swinging, Bell Steals 3B, Roberts Steals 2B
          -23  5   77%  C Davis         Walk
   O      123  3   83%  C Paquette      Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
   O      123  3   89%  J Dye           Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Ahead 6-2, Randy Veres facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   88%  D Easley        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   87%  R Casanova      Groundout: P-1B (Weak 2B-1B)
   O      ---  2   87%  D Cruz          Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 6.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-6, Felipe Lira facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   89%  T Spehr         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   90%  T Goodwin       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  4   91%  J Offerman      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 6-2, Randy Veres facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   90%  B Hunter        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  5   89%  B Higginson     Strikeout Looking
   R      ---  5   93%  T Fryman        Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      ---  6   93%  T Clark         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 7.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-7, Felipe Lira facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  1   94%  J Bell          Foul Flyball: 1B (Short RF Foul)
          ---  3   93%  B Roberts       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
   O      1--  3   95%  J King          Foul Popfly: C
   O      1--  1   96%  C Davis         Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 7.

Bottom of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 7-2, Randy Veres facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   95%  B Hamelin       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   96%  M Nieves        Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
          -2-      97%  D Easley        Wild Pitch; Nieves to 3B
          --3  6   97%  " "             Walk
   R      1-3  1   98%  R Casanova      Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Nieves Scores; Easley to 2B
   O      12-  3   97%  D Cruz          Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
   R      12-  3   99%  B Hunter        Single to 3B (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Easley Scores; Casanova to 2B
                  Mitch Williams replaces Randy Veres pitching
   RRR    12-  4  100%  B Higginson     Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Casanova Scores; Hunter Scores
          ---  6  100%  T Fryman        Walk
   O      1--  2  100%  T Clark         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 12.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 2-12, Felipe Lira facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1  100%  C Paquette      Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep 2B-1B)
          ---  4  100%  J Dye           Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--     100%  T Spehr         Wild Pitch; Dye to 2B
   O      -2-  5  100%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   R      -2-  2  100%  T Goodwin       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short LF-CF); Dye Scores; Goodwin to 2B
   O      -2-  2  100%  J Offerman      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 12.

Bottom of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 12-3, Mitch Williams facing 5-6-7
                  Scott Cooper replaces Jeff King playing 1B batting 4th; David Howard replaces Jay Bell playing SS batting 2nd; Johnny Damon replaces Bip Roberts playing LF batting 3rd
   O      ---  4  100%  B Hamelin       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4  100%  M Nieves        Walk
   O      1--  2  100%  D Easley        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--  5  100%  R Casanova      Walk; Easley to 2B
   O      12-  6  100%  D Cruz          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 12.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Behind 3-12, Jose Bautista facing 2-3-4
                  Jose Bautista replaces Felipe Lira pitching; Phil Nevin replaces Travis Fryman playing 3B batting 3rd; Bubba Trammell replaces Melvin Nieves playing RF batting 6th
   O      ---  5  100%  D Howard        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5  100%  J Damon         Lineout: CF
   O      ---  4  100%  S Cooper        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 12.

Bottom of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 12-3, Jeff Montgomery facing 1-2-3
                  Jeff Montgomery replaces Mitch Williams pitching
   O      ---  5  100%  B Hunter        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1  100%  B Higginson     Flyball: CF
          ---  3  100%  P Nevin         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  3  100%  T Clark         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 12.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Behind 3-12, Jose Bautista facing 5-6-7
          ---  2  100%  C Davis         Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3  100%  C Paquette      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  1  100%  J Dye           Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--  1  100%  T Spehr         Hit By Pitch; Dye to 2B
   O      12-  2  100%  T Goodwin       Foul Flyball: LF (Short LF Foul)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 12.

Bottom of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Ahead 12-3, Jamie Walker facing 5-6-7
                  Jamie Walker replaces Jeff Montgomery pitching
   O      ---  5  100%  B Hamelin       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2  100%  B Trammell      Lineout: 3B
   O      ---  4  100%  D Easley        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 12.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Behind 3-12, Mike Myers facing 1-2-3
                  Mike Myers replaces Jose Bautista pitching
          ---  5  100%  J Offerman      Double to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  1  100%  D Howard        Groundout: SS-1B
                  Joe Vitiello pinch hits for Johnny Damon batting 3rd
   O      -2-  5  100%  J Vitiello      Strikeout Looking
                  Mike Sweeney pinch hits for Scott Cooper batting 4th
   O      -2-  3  100%  M Sweeney       Groundout: P-1B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Tigers 12.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET199705070

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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