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Chicago Cubs 4–12 Kansas City Royals: MLB regular season, 18 July 2000
Kansas City Royals defeated Chicago Cubs 12–4 at Kauffman Stadium on 18 July 2000 in the mlb regular season.
18 July 2000 · Kauffman Stadium
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The game
Kansas City Royals defeated Chicago Cubs 12–4 at Kauffman Stadium on 18 July 2000 in the mlb regular season.
The visiting Chicago Cubs scored 4 runs, while the home Kansas City Royals finished with 12. The winning margin was 8 runs.
How the scoring developed
In inning 1, Kansas City Royals scored 3 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 0–3 Kansas City Royals. In inning 2, Chicago Cubs scored 1 run in the top half and Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 1–4 Kansas City Royals.
In inning 3, Chicago Cubs scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 2–4 Kansas City Royals. In inning 5, Chicago Cubs scored 1 run in the top half and Kansas City Royals scored 5 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 3–9 Kansas City Royals.
In inning 7, Kansas City Royals scored 2 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 3–11 Kansas City Royals. In inning 8, Chicago Cubs scored 1 run in the top half and Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Chicago Cubs 4–12 Kansas City Royals.
Pitching decisions
Blake Stein was credited with the pitching win. Ismael Valdez was charged with the loss.
Hits, errors and innings
Chicago Cubs 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 20 hits and 0 errors, alongside 12 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
The season and series
The season record shown with this result was Chicago Cubs 39 wins and 53 losses.
The season record shown with this result was Kansas City Royals 41 wins and 50 losses.
Inning by inning
| Inning | Chicago Cubs | Kansas City Royals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 0 | — |
| Total | 4 | 12 |
Sources
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