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Kansas City Royals 7–5 Boston Red Sox: MLB regular season, 5 August 2000
Kansas City Royals defeated Boston Red Sox 7–5 at Fenway Park on 5 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.
5 August 2000 · Fenway Park
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The game
Kansas City Royals defeated Boston Red Sox 7–5 at Fenway Park on 5 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.
The visiting Kansas City Royals scored 7 runs, while the home Boston Red Sox finished with 5. The winning margin was 2 runs.
How the scoring developed
In inning 1, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 1–0 Boston Red Sox. In inning 2, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half and Boston Red Sox scored 3 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 2–3 Boston Red Sox.
In inning 3, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 3–3 Boston Red Sox. In inning 5, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 4–3 Boston Red Sox.
In inning 7, Boston Red Sox scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 4–4 Boston Red Sox. In inning 8, Kansas City Royals scored 3 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 7–4 Boston Red Sox.
In inning 9, Boston Red Sox scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 7–5 Boston Red Sox.
Pitching decisions
Brian Meadows was credited with the pitching win. Rheal Cormier was charged with the loss.
Ricky Bottalico 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 13 hits and 0 errors, alongside 7 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
Boston Red Sox finished with 8 hits and 2 errors, alongside 5 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 49 wins and 60 losses.
The season record shown with this result was Boston Red Sox 56 wins and 50 losses.
Inning by inning
| Inning | Kansas City Royals | Boston Red Sox |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 5 |
Sources
Check the original record.
Open the governing body or organiser’s publication for the underlying result, decision or tournament update.