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Kansas City Royals 9–3 Minnesota Twins: MLB regular season, 16 August 2000
Kansas City Royals defeated Minnesota Twins 9–3 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on 16 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.
16 August 2000 · Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
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The game
Kansas City Royals defeated Minnesota Twins 9–3 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on 16 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.
The visiting Kansas City Royals scored 9 runs, while the home Minnesota Twins finished with 3. The winning margin was 6 runs.
How the scoring developed
In inning 2, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 1–0 Minnesota Twins. In inning 3, Kansas City Royals scored 4 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 5–0 Minnesota Twins.
In inning 4, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 6–0 Minnesota Twins. In inning 5, Kansas City Royals scored 2 runs in the top half and Minnesota Twins scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 8–1 Minnesota Twins.
In inning 8, Minnesota Twins scored 2 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 8–3 Minnesota Twins. In inning 9, Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Kansas City Royals 9–3 Minnesota Twins.
Pitching decisions
Brian Meadows was credited with the pitching win. J.C. Romero was charged with the loss.
Hits, errors and innings
Kansas City Royals finished with 16 hits and 0 errors, alongside 9 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
Minnesota Twins finished with 7 hits and 2 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 Kansas City Royals 55 wins and 64 losses.
The season record shown with this result was Minnesota Twins 55 wins and 67 losses.
Inning by inning
| Inning | Kansas City Royals | Minnesota Twins |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 3 |
Sources
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