Kansas City Royals vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 23, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 2000 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 8, Toronto Blue Jays 9

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 5 2 2 2
Sanchez ss 5 1 1 0
Sweeney 1b 5 0 2 1
Dye rf 3 0 1 2
Randa 3b 5 0 0 0
Quinn lf 3 1 1 0
Dunwoody dh 4 2 1 1
Zaun c 4 1 2 1
Reboulet 2b 4 1 1 1
Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Larkin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 11 8
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 4 2 1 0
Gonzalez ss 5 1 3 5
Martinez rf 4 0 1 0
Delgado 1b 5 2 3 2
Fullmer dh 5 0 1 0
Batista 3b 4 1 1 0
Fletcher c 5 0 0 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 3 2 1 2
Morandini 2b 2 1 2 0
Loaiza p 0 0 0 0
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  Escobar p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 13 9
Kansas City 021 500 0008111
Toronto 200 100 51x9130
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Stein   6.0 6 3 3 5 4
  Wilson   0.2 4 5 5 1 1
  Larkin  L (0-2) 1.1 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
6
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza   3.1 7 7 7 1 2
  Carpenter   1.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Painter   2.0 0 0 0 3 2
  Escobar  W (9-13) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Koch  SV (30) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
5
5

  E–Reboulet (8).  2B–Kansas City Dunwoody (8,off Loaiza); Zaun 2 (7,off Loaiza 2), Toronto Gonzalez 2 (23,off Stein,off Larkin); Batista (25,off Wilson); Fullmer (25,off Larkin).  HR–Kansas City Damon (11,3rd inning off Loaiza 0 on, 0 out), Toronto Gonzalez (11,1st inning off Stein 1 on, 0 out); Delgado 2 (38,7th inning off Wilson 0 on, 0 out,8th inning off Larkin 0 on, 0 out); Cruz (25,7th inning off Wilson 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Quinn (3,by Loaiza); Stewart (5,by Stein).  SB–Quinn (3,2nd base off Loaiza/Fletcher); Martinez (5,2nd base off Stein/Zaun).  WP–Larkin (1).  HBP–Stein (3,Stewart); Loaiza (10,Quinn).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–C.B. Bucknor, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–3:17.  A–22,616.
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