Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
September 26, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 2000 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Kansas City Royals 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Easley 2b 3 1 1 0
  Macias 2b 2 0 1 0
Encarnacion cf 3 1 1 0
Higginson lf 4 2 2 3
Palmer 3b 4 1 1 2
McMillon rf 4 0 1 0
  Magee rf 1 0 0 0
Cruz ss 4 1 1 1
Morris 1b 4 0 1 0
Ausmus c 2 0 0 0
Fick dh 4 0 0 0
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Blair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 4 1 1 0
Delgado ss 3 1 1 0
  McCarty ph 0 0 0 1
  Ordaz ss 1 0 1 1
Sweeney 1b 3 1 1 0
Dye rf 4 1 3 1
Randa 3b 4 1 0 0
Beltran dh 3 0 2 2
Quinn lf 3 0 0 0
Zaun c 2 1 1 1
Febles 2b 3 1 0 0
Suzuki p 0 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Spoljaric p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Mullen p 0 0 0 0
  Bottalico p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 10 6
Detroit 300 020 010693
Kansas City 100 002 2117100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler   6.0 8 5 3 3 6
  Nitkowski   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Blair  L (10-6) 2.0 2 2 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
4
4
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Suzuki   5.0 6 5 5 2 5
  Murray   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Spoljaric   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wilson   1.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Mullen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bottalico  W (9-6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
7

  E–Palmer (21), McMillon (1), Morris (2).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Encarnacion (25,off Suzuki).  3B–Kansas City Damon (10,off Blair).  HR–Detroit Higginson (29,1st inning off Suzuki 2 on, 0 out); Palmer (29,5th inning off Suzuki 1 on, 2 out); D Cruz (10,8th inning off Wilson 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Encarnacion (7,by Murray).  SH–Damon (8,off Nitkowski); Quinn (3,off Blair).  SF–McCarty (3,off Blair); Zaun (2,off Blair).  SB–Encarnacion 2 (16,2nd base off Suzuki/Zaun,2nd base off Spoljaric/Zaun).  CS–Ausmus (4,2nd base by Murray/Zaun).  HBP–Murray (1,Encarnacion).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–3:13.  A–11,731.
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