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Kansas City Royals 4–5 St. Louis Cardinals: MLB regular season, 6 June 2000
St. Louis Cardinals defeated Kansas City Royals 5–4 at Busch Stadium I on 6 June 2000 in the mlb regular season.
6 June 2000 · Busch Stadium I
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The game
St. Louis Cardinals defeated Kansas City Royals 5–4 at Busch Stadium I on 6 June 2000 in the mlb regular season.
The visiting Kansas City Royals scored 4 runs, while the home St. Louis Cardinals finished with 5. The winning margin was 1 run.
How the scoring developed
In inning 3, Kansas City Royals scored 4 runs in the top half and St. Louis Cardinals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 4–1 St. Louis Cardinals. In inning 4, St. Louis Cardinals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 4–2 St. Louis Cardinals.
In inning 5, St. Louis Cardinals scored 2 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 4–4 St. Louis Cardinals. In inning 7, St. Louis Cardinals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 4–5 St. Louis Cardinals.
Pitching decisions
Andy Benes was credited with the pitching win. Jay Witasick was charged with the loss.
Dave Veres 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 10 hits and 0 errors, alongside 4 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
St. Louis Cardinals finished with 7 hits and 1 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 30 wins and 27 losses.
The season record shown with this result was St. Louis Cardinals 32 wins and 26 losses.
Inning by inning
| Inning | Kansas City Royals | St. Louis Cardinals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | — |
| Total | 4 | 5 |
Sources
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