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New York Yankees 4–3 Kansas City Royals: MLB regular season, 4 September 2000
New York Yankees defeated Kansas City Royals 4–3 at Kauffman Stadium on 4 September 2000 in the mlb regular season.
4 September 2000 · Kauffman Stadium
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The game
New York Yankees defeated Kansas City Royals 4–3 at Kauffman Stadium on 4 September 2000 in the mlb regular season.
The visiting New York Yankees scored 4 runs, while the home Kansas City Royals finished with 3. The winning margin was 1 run.
How the scoring developed
In inning 4, New York Yankees scored 2 runs in the top half and Kansas City Royals scored 2 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was New York Yankees 2–2 Kansas City Royals. In inning 5, New York Yankees scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was New York Yankees 3–2 Kansas City Royals.
In inning 7, New York Yankees scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was New York Yankees 4–2 Kansas City Royals. In inning 8, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was New York Yankees 4–3 Kansas City Royals.
Pitching decisions
Andy Pettitte was credited with the pitching win. Mac Suzuki was charged with the loss.
Mariano Rivera recorded the save. The win, loss and save are the pitcher decisions recorded for this game.
Hits, errors and innings
New York Yankees finished with 8 hits and 1 errors, alongside 4 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
Kansas City Royals finished with 12 hits and 0 errors, alongside 3 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
The season and series
The season record shown with this result was New York Yankees 77 wins and 57 losses.
The season record shown with this result was Kansas City Royals 65 wins and 72 losses.
Inning by inning
| Inning | New York Yankees | Kansas City Royals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 3 |
Sources
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