Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Royals

66-49, 26-33 Away

Final

53-62, 27-32 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
J.D. DrewRF	2-4	1	0	2	.288
J. LowrieSS	1-4	1	0	2	.287
D. OrtizDH	1-5	0	0	1	.252
K. Youkilis1B	0-0	0	0	0	.315
S. Casey1B	1-3	1	0	0	.354
M. Lowell3B	0-5	0	0	0	.273
J. BayLF	2-5	2	0	0	.291
J. EllsburyCF	3-4	2	1	3	.266
K. CashC	1-4	0	0	0	.229
A. Cora2B	1-3	1	0	0	.274

pitchers	IP	H	ER	K	PC-ST	ERA
T. Wakefield	6.0	4	1	6	81-58	3.67
M. Delcarmen	1.0	2	0	1	18-13	3.97
J. Masterson	1.0	0	0	2	16-11	3.55
J. Papelbon	1.0	2	0	1	20-14	1.97

BOS

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

1:10 AM, 7 August 2008

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 24,294

Game Time:2:47

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Dana Demuth
First Base Umpire - Lance Barksdale
Second Base Umpire - Doug Eddings
Third Base Umpire - Ted Barrett


BOS
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	0	8	12	0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	0

T. Wakefield7-8

6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 6 K, 0 BB

L. Hochevar6-10

5.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 K, 3 BB

Scoring Summary

		BOS	KC
5th	J Lowrie doubled to deep center, A Cora and J Drew scored.	2	0
5th	D Ortiz singled to center, J Lowrie scored.	3	0
5th	R Gload singled to left, B Butler and A Gordon scored.	3	2
6th	J Drew singled to center, J Bay and J Ellsbury scored, A Cora to third.	5	2
7th	J Ellsbury homered to center, S Casey and J Bay scored.	8	2

Data is currently unavailable.

Red Sox
3
Royals
4

Game 1

5/8

Red Sox
8
Royals
2

Game 2

6/8

Red Sox
8
Royals
2

Game 3

7/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Toronto	94	68	.580	-	W4
New York	94	68	.580	-	W8
Boston	89	73	.549	5	W1
Tampa Bay	77	85	.475	17	L4
Baltimore	75	87	.463	19	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Royals

Game Information

T. Wakefield7-8

L. Hochevar6-10

Scoring Summary

Inning

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