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Kansas City Royals 5–8 Seattle Mariners: MLB regular season, 23 April 2000
Seattle Mariners defeated Kansas City Royals 8–5 at Safeco Field on 23 April 2000 in the mlb regular season.
23 April 2000 · Safeco Field
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The game
Seattle Mariners defeated Kansas City Royals 8–5 at Safeco Field on 23 April 2000 in the mlb regular season.
The visiting Kansas City Royals scored 5 runs, while the home Seattle Mariners finished with 8. The winning margin was 3 runs.
How the scoring developed
In inning 1, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half and Seattle Mariners scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 1–1 Seattle Mariners. In inning 4, Seattle Mariners scored 2 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 1–3 Seattle Mariners.
In inning 5, Seattle Mariners scored 2 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 1–5 Seattle Mariners. In inning 7, Kansas City Royals scored 3 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 4–5 Seattle Mariners.
In inning 9, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half and Seattle Mariners scored 3 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 5–8 Seattle Mariners.
Pitching decisions
Arthur Rhodes was credited with the pitching win. Ricky Bottalico was charged with the loss.
Hits, errors and innings
Kansas City Royals finished with 10 hits and 0 errors, alongside 5 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
Seattle Mariners finished with 7 hits and 0 errors, alongside 8 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
The season and series
The season record shown with this result was Kansas City Royals 8 wins and 12 losses.
The season record shown with this result was Seattle Mariners 11 wins and 6 losses.
Inning by inning
| Inning | Kansas City Royals | Seattle Mariners |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 5 | 8 |
Sources
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