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Kansas City Royals 4–1 Detroit Tigers: MLB regular season, 8 May 2000

Kansas City Royals defeated Detroit Tigers 4–1 at Comerica Park on 8 May 2000 in the mlb regular season.

8 May 2000 International Comerica Park
Source-checked report card · BaseballFinal: Kansas City Royals 4–1 Detroit Tigers

8 May 2000 · Comerica Park

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The game

Kansas City Royals defeated Detroit Tigers 4–1 at Comerica Park on 8 May 2000 in the mlb regular season.

The visiting Kansas City Royals scored 4 runs, while the home Detroit Tigers finished with 1. The winning margin was 3 runs.

How the scoring developed

In inning 5, Detroit Tigers scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 0–1 Detroit Tigers. In inning 6, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 1–1 Detroit Tigers.

In inning 11, Kansas City Royals scored 3 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 4–1 Detroit Tigers.

Pitching decisions

Jose Santiago was credited with the pitching win. Doug Brocail was charged with the loss.

Hits, errors and innings

Kansas City Royals finished with 8 hits and 2 errors, alongside 4 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.

Detroit Tigers finished with 3 hits and 0 errors, alongside 1 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.

The game extended to 11 innings, beyond the scheduled 9. The inning table shows the scoring through the additional innings.

The season and series

The season record shown with this result was Kansas City Royals 17 wins and 15 losses.

The season record shown with this result was Detroit Tigers 9 wins and 22 losses.

Inning by inning

Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers
InningKansas City RoyalsDetroit Tigers
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Total41

Sources

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