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Boston Red Sox 9–7 Kansas City Royals: MLB regular season, 24 August 2000
Boston Red Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 9–7 at Kauffman Stadium on 24 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.
24 August 2000 · Kauffman Stadium
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The game
Boston Red Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 9–7 at Kauffman Stadium on 24 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.
The visiting Boston Red Sox scored 9 runs, while the home Kansas City Royals finished with 7. The winning margin was 2 runs.
How the scoring developed
In inning 1, Kansas City Royals scored 5 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Boston Red Sox 0–5 Kansas City Royals. In inning 2, Boston Red Sox scored 1 run in the top half and Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Boston Red Sox 1–6 Kansas City Royals.
In inning 3, Boston Red Sox scored 3 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Boston Red Sox 4–6 Kansas City Royals. In inning 4, Boston Red Sox scored 2 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Boston Red Sox 6–6 Kansas City Royals.
In inning 10, Boston Red Sox scored 3 runs in the top half and Kansas City Royals scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Boston Red Sox 9–7 Kansas City Royals.
Pitching decisions
Hipolito Pichardo was credited with the pitching win. Andy Larkin was charged with the loss.
Derek Lowe recorded the save. The win, loss and save are the pitcher decisions recorded for this game.
Hits, errors and innings
Boston Red Sox finished with 12 hits and 0 errors, alongside 9 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
Kansas City Royals finished with 11 hits and 1 errors, alongside 7 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.
The game extended to 10 innings, beyond the scheduled 9. The inning table shows the scoring through the additional innings.
The season and series
The season record shown with this result was Boston Red Sox 67 wins and 57 losses.
The season record shown with this result was Kansas City Royals 58 wins and 69 losses.
Inning by inning
| Inning | Boston Red Sox | Kansas City Royals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 7 |
Sources
Check the original record.
Open the governing body or organiser’s publication for the underlying result, decision or tournament update.