Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

21-29, 12-15 Away

Final

28-23, 15-13 Home


KC
BOS

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

RoyalsTop 1st
- C. Buchholz pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Ball
  3
  Single
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 1st
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- C. Buchholz pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 2nd
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- C. Buchholz pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 3rd
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- D Pedroia grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Scutaro safe at second on error by shortstop Y Betancourt.
  0
  1
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 4th
- C. Buchholz pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 4th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- C. Buchholz pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 5th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- C. Buchholz pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- S Podsednik caught stealing second, catcher to second.
  0
  1
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 6th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- J Hermida safe at first on error by second baseman M Aviles.
  0
  1
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 7th
- C. Buchholz pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 7th
- R. Tejeda pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- V Martinez safe at first on error by pitcher R Tejeda, M Scutaro to third, D Ortiz to second.
  0
  1
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 8th
- D. Bard pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 8th
- B. Wood pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- J. Papelbon pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- K Youkilis at first base.
  0
  1
- D McDonald in left field.
  0
  1
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Royals
4
Red Sox
3

Game 1

28/5

Royals
12
Red Sox
5

Game 2

29/5

Royals
0
Red Sox
1

Game 3

30/5

Royals
1
Red Sox
8

Game 4

30/5

Fenway Park

12:10 AM, 30 May 2010

Boston, Massachusetts

Attendance: 37,956

Game Time:2:46

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Paul Schrieber
First Base Umpire - Rob Drake
Second Base Umpire - Joe West
Third Base Umpire - Angel Hernandez

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

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

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Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

C. Buchholz7-3

Z. Greinke1-6

J. Papelbon12

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ball
3 Single