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St. Louis Cardinals @ Kansas City Royals

1997-08-30 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 39291 · 88°F, night, dry · Wind 15 mph R to L · 2:40

Kansas City Royals defeated St. Louis Cardinals 16–5. Kansas City Royals put up 8 in the 4th. Tim Belcher earned the win. Jermaine Dye went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	5	7
KCA	0	5	1	8	1	0	1	0		16	15

W: Tim Belcher L: Manny Aybar SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Terry Craft · 1B: Chuck Meriwether · 2B: Jim Evans · 3B: Larry McCoy · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	4	0	0	0	0	0
Royce Clayton	4	0	0	0	0	2
Gary Gaetti	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Lankford	2	2	1	0	1	0
Willie McGee	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Gant	4	1	2	2	0	1
Phil Plantier	3	1	2	1	0	0
Tom Pagnozzi	4	0	1	2	0	0
David Bell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Danny Sheaffer	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	2	2	2	0	1	0
Shane Halter	5	2	4	4	0	0
Jay Bell	3	0	0	1	1	0
Chili Davis	3	2	1	2	1	0
Jeff King	4	2	1	1	1	0
Dean Palmer	4	2	2	1	0	1
Yamil Benitez	5	1	0	0	0	2
Mike Macfarlane	4	2	2	2	1	0
Jermaine Dye	5	3	3	5	0	1
Jed Hansen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Sutton	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Manny Aybar	1.2	4	3	0
Mark Petkovsek	2.0	7	2	2
Tony Fossas	2.1	3	0	1
Jose Bautista	2.0	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Belcher	7.0	7	1	3
Jamie Walker	1.0	0	0	0
Scott Service	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: 43/G4M
Royce Clayton: 63/G6M
Gary Gaetti: 2/P2

Bot 1

Johnny Damon: S8/G6M
Shane Halter: 9/F9LM
Jay Bell: 64(1)3/GDP/G6D

Top 2

Ray Lankford: W
Willie McGee: 53/G5.1-2
Ron Gant: 7/F7LM
Phil Plantier: D9/F9LD.2-H
Tom Pagnozzi: WP.2-3
Tom Pagnozzi: 8/F8LM

Bot 2

Chili Davis: W
Jeff King: 6/P5
Dean Palmer: HP.1-2
Yamil Benitez: 64(1)/FO/G56.2-3
Mike Macfarlane: D9/L89XDW+.3-H;1-H
Jermaine Dye: D7/L7LM.2-H
Johnny Damon: W
Shane Halter: D7/L78M.2-H;1-H
Jay Bell: W
Chili Davis: 3/G3

Top 3

David Bell: K
Delino DeShields: 2/P2F
Royce Clayton: K

Bot 3

Jeff King: 5/P5DF
Dean Palmer: HR/F7LD
Yamil Benitez: K
Mike Macfarlane: 8/F8LM

Top 4

Gary Gaetti: 8/F78D
Ray Lankford: 8/L8LM
Willie McGee: 5/P5F

Bot 4

Jermaine Dye: D7/G5L
Johnny Damon: S9/L34.2-3
Shane Halter: S9/G34.3-H;1-3
Jay Bell: 9/SF/F89S.3-H
Chili Davis: HR/F7LD.1-H
Jeff King: W
Dean Palmer: D9/L89S.1-3
Yamil Benitez: K
Mike Macfarlane: W
Jermaine Dye: HR/F78XD.3-H;2-H;1-H
Johnny Damon: HP
Shane Halter: S9/G34.1-2
Jay Bell: 8/F8LS

Top 5

Ron Gant: S7/L56
Phil Plantier: D8/L78D.1-3
Tom Pagnozzi: D7/L78XDW.3-H;2-H
David Bell: 7/F7LM
Delino DeShields: 43/G34D
Royce Clayton: K

Bot 5

Chili Davis: 53/G5
Jeff King: HR/F7D
Dean Palmer: 3/G3
Yamil Benitez: 43/G4

Top 6

Gary Gaetti: S7/L78M
Ray Lankford: S8/L4M.1-2
Willie McGee: 8/F89D.2-3;1-2
Ron Gant: D8/L8LXDW+.3-H;2-H
Phil Plantier: HP
Tom Pagnozzi: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 6

Mike Macfarlane: 63/G6M
Jermaine Dye: K
Jed Hansen: 8/F89D

Top 7

David Bell: 9/L9LM
Delino DeShields: 4/L4
Royce Clayton: 63/G6M

Bot 7

Shane Halter: HR/F78XD
Jay Bell: 53/G5
Larry Sutton: 5/P5DF
Jeff King: 8/F8LS

Top 8

Gary Gaetti: 7/F7D
Danny Sheaffer: 9/F9LM
Willie McGee: 43/G4

Bot 8

Dean Palmer: K
Yamil Benitez: 9/F89D
Mike Macfarlane: D7/G5L
Jermaine Dye: 63/G6S

Top 9

Ron Gant: K
Phil Plantier: 7/F7M
Tom Pagnozzi: 5/L5

Notes & reviews

Johnny Damon charged the mound and both benches emptied; Tim Belcher's jersey was ripped; Royals manager Tony Muser amd coach Jamie Quirk wrestled Cardinals to the ground; Mark Petkovsek and Damon were ejected by HP umpire Terry Craft

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