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Kansas City Royals 8–7 Oakland Athletics: MLB regular season, 16 May 2000
Kansas City Royals defeated Oakland Athletics 8–7 at Network Associates Coliseum on 16 May 2000 in the mlb regular season.
16 May 2000 · Network Associates Coliseum
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The game
Kansas City Royals defeated Oakland Athletics 8–7 at Network Associates Coliseum on 16 May 2000 in the mlb regular season.
The visiting Kansas City Royals scored 8 runs, while the home Oakland Athletics finished with 7. The winning margin was 1 run.
How the scoring developed
In inning 1, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half and Oakland Athletics scored 5 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 1–5 Oakland Athletics. In inning 3, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 2–5 Oakland Athletics.
In inning 4, Kansas City Royals scored 2 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 4–5 Oakland Athletics. In inning 5, Oakland Athletics scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 4–6 Oakland Athletics.
In inning 7, Kansas City Royals scored 2 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 6–6 Oakland Athletics. In inning 9, Kansas City Royals scored 2 runs in the top half and Oakland Athletics scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 8–7 Oakland Athletics.
Pitching decisions
Dan Reichert was credited with the pitching win. Doug Jones was charged with the loss.
Jerry Spradlin recorded the save. The win, loss and save are the pitcher decisions recorded for this game.
Hits, errors and innings
Kansas City Royals finished with 11 hits and 1 errors, alongside 8 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
Oakland Athletics finished with 11 hits and 3 errors, alongside 7 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 20 wins and 19 losses.
The season record shown with this result was Oakland Athletics 21 wins and 19 losses.
Inning by inning
| Inning | Kansas City Royals | Oakland Athletics |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 7 |
Sources
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