Chicago Cubs vs Kansas City Royals
July 18, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 2000 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, Kansas City Royals 12

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Huson 2b 3 2 1 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 2 0
  Nieves ph,ss 0 1 0 0
Grace 1b 2 0 1 2
  Brown ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Sosa rf 4 1 2 2
Rodriguez lf 4 0 0 0
  Matthews, Jr. lf 0 0 0 0
Hill dh 4 0 2 0
Greene 3b 4 0 0 0
Girardi c 4 0 0 0
Buford cf 4 0 0 0
Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Garibay p 0 0 0 0
  Rain p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Damon cf 6 1 5 2
  Pose rf 0 0 0 0
Sanchez ss 5 0 1 1
  Ordaz pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 3 1 1 2
Dye dh 5 2 2 1
Randa 3b 5 2 3 2
Quinn lf 3 1 2 0
Dunwoody rf,cf 5 1 2 1
Fabregas c 4 2 1 0
Febles 2b 4 2 3 2
Stein p 0 0 0 0
  Santiago p 0 0 0 0
  Bottalico p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 12 20 11
Chicago 011 010 010481
Kansas City 310 050 21x12200
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Valdez  L (1-4) 4.1 11 8 8 1 3
  Garibay   1.2 7 3 3 2 0
  Rain   2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
20
12
12
5
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Stein  W (1-2) 7.1 8 4 4 2 5
  Santiago   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bottalico   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
6

  E–Sosa (6).  DP–Chicago 2, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City Damon 4 (19,off Valdes 2,off Garibay 2); Quinn 2 (15,off Valdes,off Rain); Dunwoody (2,off Valdes); Fabregas (3,off Garibay).  HR–Chicago Sosa (28,2nd inning off Stein 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Randa (11,1st inning off Valdes 1 on, 2 out); Sweeney (16,5th inning off Valdes 0 on, 0 out); Dye (23,5th inning off Valdes 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Grace (5,off Stein); Sweeney (7,off Valdes).  WP–Garibay (3), Stein (2).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Alfonso Marquez, 2B–Scott Packard, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–2:51.  A–28,898.
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