DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS
08/29/1997
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DOUBLEDAY BASEBALL LEAGUE
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS
GAME ID: 1603 - FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 1997 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis Cardinals (68-65) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0
Kansas City Royals (80-54) 0 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 X 12 12 0
Royals Flatten Cardinals, 12-2
The Kansas City Royals put together a convincing win at Royals Stadium, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals, 12-2. Tim Naehring was one of the hitting stars. He went 2-4 with a home run and a double, while scoring 2 times and driving in 3 for Kansas City. Rick Reed was the winner. Over 7.2 innings, he allowed 2 runs on 9 hits, with no walks and 4 strikeouts. Kansas City goes to 80-54. The win puts them 3 games up in their division.

Naehring put Kansas City up, 12-2, when he hit a 3-run home run off Dana Allison in the bottom of the seventh. His 16th home run of the season helped the Royals capture the win.

"We take it day by day here," said Naehring, "and today was a good one for us."
ST. LOUIS BATTING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
G. Young LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .248 0 7
B. Giles DH 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .289 23 75
J. Posada C 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .216 6 20
I. Calderon 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .252 18 65
K. Garcia RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .282 23 83
J. Valentin SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .260 19 72
J. Vizcaino 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .264 0 9
D. Thon 2B 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .207 3 28
S. Javier CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .239 7 43
   a-D. Glanville PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .380 1 9
Totals 34 2 9 2 1 5 15      
a - D. Glanville pinch hit for S. Javier in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: D. Thon (26, 3rd Inning off R. Reed, 0 on, 0 outs) J. Posada (4, 3rd Inning off R. Reed, 1 on, 1 out) G. Young (5, 1st Inning off R. Reed, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: D. Thon 3 , J. Posada 3 , B. Giles , K. Garcia , G. Young 3 , S. Javier
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Garcia , G. Young , I. Calderon , D. Glanville
GIDP: J. Valentin
Sac Bunt: S. Javier
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
SB: G. Young (18)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
Q. Veras 2B 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 .206 3 30
R. Lankford LF 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .272 25 68
J. Thome 1B 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 .249 41 83
R. Hidalgo RF 5 2 2 2 0 1 2 .269 29 84
J. Burnitz DH 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 .201 27 67
R. Wilkins C 3 0 0 1 0 2 2 .227 24 56
B. Larkin SS 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .264 14 63
   a-R. Sanders PR, SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .251 18 42
T. Naehring 3B 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 .219 16 46
A. Jones CF 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .228 30 76
Totals 35 12 12 12 4 8 9      
a - R. Sanders pinch ran for B. Larkin in the 2nd

BATTING
Doubles: R. Hidalgo (26, 3rd Inning off M. Grace, 2 on, 0 outs) T. Naehring (14, 3rd Inning off M. Grace, 0 on, 2 outs) R. Lankford (22, 3rd Inning off M. Grace, 1 on, 0 outs)
Triples: B. Larkin (1, 2nd Inning off M. Grace, 1 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: A. Jones (30, 3rd Inning off F. Cordova, 1 on, 2 outs) J. Burnitz (27, 3rd Inning off M. Grace, 1 on, 0 outs) T. Naehring (16, 7th Inning off D. Allison, 2 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: R. Hidalgo 3 , A. Jones 4 , Q. Veras , J. Burnitz 4 , J. Thome 2 , T. Naehring 6 , R. Lankford 2 , B. Larkin 3 , R. Sanders
2-out RBI: A. Jones , T. Naehring
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Jones
Sac Fly: R. Wilkins
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: Q. Veras (14)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (Veras-Larkin-Thome)
ST. LOUIS PITCHING LINESCORE KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
M. Grace L (6-4) 2.2 6 7 7 3 1 1 61 33 6.27   
F. Cordova 3.1 2 1 1 0 7 1 45 31 4.53   
D. Allison 0.2 3 4 4 1 0 1 16 10 2.67   
R. Meacham 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 13 3.23   
PITCHING
Game Score: M. Grace 12
Batters Faced: M. Grace 17, F. Cordova 12, D. Allison 6, R. Meacham 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: M. Grace 4-3, F. Cordova 2-1, D. Allison 0-2, R. Meacham 3-1
Pitches - Strikes: M. Grace 61-33, F. Cordova 45-31, D. Allison 16-10, R. Meacham 14-13
Inherited Runners - Scored: F. Cordova 1-1
WP: M. Grace
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
R. Reed W (10-6) 7.2 9 2 2 0 4 0 117 78 3.32   
S. Woodard 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 8 3.70   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Reed 57
Batters Faced: R. Reed 31, S. Woodard 5
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Reed 12-6, S. Woodard 3-0
Pitches - Strikes: R. Reed 117-78, S. Woodard 17-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: S. Woodard 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Tim Naehring
Ballpark: Royals Stadium
Weather: Cloudy (75 degrees), wind blowing out to right at 21 mph
Start Time: 6:05 PM EST
Time: 2:55
Attendance: 15302
Special Notes: SS Barry Larkin was injured while running the bases.
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