Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Royals

72-53, 34-35 Away

Final

42-83, 25-38 Home


BOS
KC

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

Red SoxTop 1st
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  BOS
  KC
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Single
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- C. Schilling pitching for BOS
  BOS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 2nd
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  BOS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- C. Schilling pitching for BOS
  BOS
  KC
- 3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 3rd
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  BOS
  KC
- J Damon safe at first on throwing error by shortstop A Berroa.
  0
  3
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- C. Schilling pitching for BOS
  BOS
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 4th
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  BOS
  KC
- J McEwing at first base.
  1
  4
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- C. Schilling pitching for BOS
  BOS
  KC
- 2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 5th
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  BOS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- C. Schilling pitching for BOS
  BOS
  KC
- E Brown stole second.
  2
  6
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 6th
- J. Lima pitching for KC
  BOS
  KC
- S. Camp pitching for KC
  BOS
  KC
- A Cora caught stealing second, catcher to second.
  4
  6
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- M. Remlinger pitching for BOS
  BOS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 7th
- S. Camp pitching for KC
  BOS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- M. Remlinger pitching for BOS
  BOS
  KC
- J. Papelbon pitching for BOS
  BOS
  KC
- M Teahen caught stealing second, catcher to second.
  4
  7
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 8th
- S. Camp pitching for KC
  BOS
  KC
- A. Burgos pitching for KC
  BOS
  KC
- A Guiel in right field.
  4
  7
- J. Affeldt pitching for KC
  BOS
  KC
- D Mirabelli hit for A Cora.
  4
  7
- T Graffanino at second base.
  4
  7
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- J. Papelbon pitching for BOS
  BOS
  KC
- T Nixon hit for G Kapler.
  4
  7
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 9th
- M. MacDougal pitching for KC
  BOS
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Red Sox
5
Royals
2

Game 1

24/8

Red Sox
3
Royals
4

Game 2

25/8

Red Sox
4
Royals
7

Game 3

26/8

Kauffman Stadium

1:10 AM, 26 August 2005

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 21,815

Game Time:2:53

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Wally Bell
First Base Umpire - Lance Barksdale
Second Base Umpire - Jim Reynolds
Third Base Umpire - John Hirschbeck

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

J. Lima5-12

C. Schilling5-6

M. MacDougal17

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Single