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Kansas City Royals 8–9 Toronto Blue Jays: MLB regular season, 23 August 2000
Toronto Blue Jays defeated Kansas City Royals 9–8 at SkyDome on 23 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.
23 August 2000 · SkyDome
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The game
Toronto Blue Jays defeated Kansas City Royals 9–8 at SkyDome on 23 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.
The visiting Kansas City Royals scored 8 runs, while the home Toronto Blue Jays finished with 9. The winning margin was 1 run.
How the scoring developed
In inning 1, Toronto Blue Jays scored 2 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 0–2 Toronto Blue Jays. In inning 2, Kansas City Royals scored 2 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 2–2 Toronto Blue Jays.
In inning 3, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 3–2 Toronto Blue Jays. In inning 4, Kansas City Royals scored 5 runs in the top half and Toronto Blue Jays scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 8–3 Toronto Blue Jays.
In inning 7, Toronto Blue Jays scored 5 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 8–8 Toronto Blue Jays. In inning 8, Toronto Blue Jays scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 8–9 Toronto Blue Jays.
Pitching decisions
Kelvim Escobar was credited with the pitching win. Andy Larkin was charged with the loss.
Billy Koch 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.
Toronto Blue Jays finished with 13 hits and 0 errors, alongside 9 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 58 wins and 68 losses.
The season record shown with this result was Toronto Blue Jays 66 wins and 61 losses.
Inning by inning
| Inning | Kansas City Royals | Toronto Blue Jays |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 0 | — |
| Total | 8 | 9 |
Sources
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