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Toronto Blue Jays 7–8 Kansas City Royals: MLB regular season, 7 August 2000
Kansas City Royals defeated Toronto Blue Jays 8–7 at Kauffman Stadium on 7 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.
7 August 2000 · Kauffman Stadium
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The game
Kansas City Royals defeated Toronto Blue Jays 8–7 at Kauffman Stadium on 7 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.
The visiting Toronto Blue Jays scored 7 runs, while the home Kansas City Royals finished with 8. The winning margin was 1 run.
How the scoring developed
In inning 1, Toronto Blue Jays scored 4 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Toronto Blue Jays 4–0 Kansas City Royals. In inning 2, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Toronto Blue Jays 4–1 Kansas City Royals.
In inning 3, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Toronto Blue Jays 4–2 Kansas City Royals. In inning 5, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Toronto Blue Jays 4–3 Kansas City Royals.
In inning 6, Kansas City Royals scored 3 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Toronto Blue Jays 4–6 Kansas City Royals. In inning 7, Kansas City Royals scored 2 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Toronto Blue Jays 4–8 Kansas City Royals.
In inning 8, Toronto Blue Jays scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Toronto Blue Jays 5–8 Kansas City Royals. In inning 9, Toronto Blue Jays scored 2 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Toronto Blue Jays 7–8 Kansas City Royals.
Pitching decisions
Blake Stein was credited with the pitching win. Esteban Loaiza 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
Toronto Blue Jays finished with 14 hits and 1 errors, alongside 7 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
Kansas City Royals finished with 14 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 Toronto Blue Jays 58 wins and 56 losses.
The season record shown with this result was Kansas City Royals 51 wins and 60 losses.
Inning by inning
| Inning | Toronto Blue Jays | Kansas City Royals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | — |
| Total | 7 | 8 |
Sources
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