Chicago Cubs vs Kansas City Royals
July 17, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 2000 at Kauffman Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Kansas City Royals 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 3 1 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 1 0
Grace 1b 4 1 1 0
Sosa rf 4 0 2 1
Rodriguez lf 3 1 1 1
  Matthews lf 0 0 0 0
Hill dh 4 0 1 1
Greene 3b 4 0 0 0
Reed c 3 0 1 0
Buford cf 4 0 1 0
Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Rain p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 4 0 1 0
Sweeney dh 2 0 1 0
Dye rf 4 0 1 0
Randa 3b 4 1 2 0
Quinn lf 4 0 0 0
McCarty 1b 4 0 1 1
Zaun c 2 0 1 0
Ordaz 2b 3 0 0 0
Durbin p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Chicago 200 100 000380
Kansas City 010 000 000170
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Downs  W (4-3) 7.2 7 1 1 2 1
  Rain   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Aguilera  SV (19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Durbin  L (2-4) 7.0 7 3 3 2 3
  Byrdak   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Spradlin   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Chicago Sosa (21,off Durbin); Rodriguez (15,off Durbin); Reed (8,off Durbin), Kansas City Randa 2 (15,off Downs 2).  SF–Rodriguez (3,off Durbin).  SB–E Young (28,2nd base off Durbin/Zaun).  WP–Rain 2 (2).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Alfonso Marquez, 3B–Scott Packard.  T–2:48.  A–37,355.
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