St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 16 Kansas City Royals
30 August 1997 · KAN06
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | final score 16–5 | 1 in 2,191 games | |
| 43 | Batting Around Twice · 13 | Kansas City Royals | 1 in 131 games |
| 24 | 5 RBI | Jermaine Dye | 1 in 492 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Kansas City Royals | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 16 | 15 | 0 |
Box score
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 | |
| Danny Sheaffer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie McGee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Gant | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Phil Plantier | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Tom Pagnozzi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| David Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Aybar | 1.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Petkovsek | 2.0 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Tony Fossas | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Bautista | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kansas City Royals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Damon | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jed Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shane Halter | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | HR, 2B |
| Jay Bell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Chili Davis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Larry Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff King | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Dean Palmer | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | HR, 2B |
| Yamil Benitez | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Macfarlane | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Jermaine Dye | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | HR, 2 2B |
| Totals | 37 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 4 |
Kansas City Royals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Belcher | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Jamie Walker | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Service | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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