GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: KANSAS CITY (39-53) at BOSTON (56-36)

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 9 13 2
BOSTON 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 12 0 (TOP 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - JOAKIM SORIA
BOS - JOEL PINEIRO

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M GRUDZIELANEK (.278, 2-FOR-4, RBI)
M TEAHEN (.285, 1-FOR-4)
B BUTLER (.304, 1-FOR-3, BB, 2 RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (9) VS BOSTON (3) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .272
M Grudzielanek 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .278
M Teahen rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .285
B Butler dh 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 .304
R Gload 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .262
R Sanders lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .377
E Brown lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
A Gordon 3b 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 .236
J Buck c 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .245
T Pena Jr ss 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 .278
J Smith ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214

Totals 35 9 13 8 2 2 7

BATTING: 2B - B Butler (8, T Wakefield); T Pena Jr 2 (17, T Wakefield, J
Pineiro); R Sanders (7, T Wakefield); J Buck (14, T Wakefield); A Gordon (16, J
Pineiro). RBI - B Butler 2 (19), T Pena Jr 2 (30), J Buck 2 (31), M
Grudzielanek (29), R Gload (25). 2-out RBI - R Gload, T Pena Jr. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - R Sanders 1, M Grudzielanek 1, D DeJesus 1. Team
LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: SB - A Gordon (10, 2nd base off T Wakefield/D Mirabelli). CS - T
Pena Jr (3, 2nd base by T Wakefield/D Mirabelli).

FIELDING: E - T Pena Jr (16, ground ball); M Grudzielanek (4, ground ball).
Outfield assists - M Teahen (M Lowell at 3rd base), E Brown (D Pedroia at 1st
base). DP: 4 (T Pena Jr-M Grudzielanek-R Gload, M Teahen-A Gordon, M
Grudzielanek-T Pena Jr-R Gload, E Brown-T Pena Jr-R Gload).


BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Drew rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .256
D Pedroia 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .312
D Ortiz dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .321
M Ramirez lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .289
W Pena lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .211
K Youkilis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .316
M Lowell 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 .307
C Crisp cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 .265
D Mirabelli c 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 .188
J Lugo ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .217

Totals 34 3 12 3 3 6 21

BATTING: 2B - M Lowell (23, L Nunez); J Lugo 2 (15, L Nunez, J Peralta). 3B - C
Crisp (5, J Peralta). RBI - D Pedroia (28), C Crisp (30), D Mirabelli (10).
2-out RBI - C Crisp, D Mirabelli. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D
Mirabelli 1, D Ortiz 1, J Drew 2, K Youkilis 1. GIDP - D Pedroia, C Crisp. Team
LOB - 10.

FIELDING: Outfield assists - M Ramirez (B Butler at 3rd base). PB - D
Mirabelli.


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KANSAS CITY - 000 210 51 -- 9
BOSTON - 000 010 02 -- 3
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
L Nunez 4 6 1 1 1 3 0 2.25
J Gobble 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.73
Z Greinke 1 2/3 2 0 0 2 0 0 4.54
J Peralta 1 1/3 4 2 2 0 1 0 3.77
J Soria 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.09

BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
T Wakefield 6 1/3 9 6 6 0 1 0 4.69
J Lopez 2/3 2 2 2 2 0 0 3.60
J Pineiro 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5.06

L Nunez pitched to 1 batter in the 5th.

WP - T Wakefield. IBB - B Butler (by J Lopez). Pitches-strikes: L Nunez
74-45; J Gobble 15-8; Z Greinke 33-20; J Peralta 21-15; J Soria 4-3; T
Wakefield 78-54; J Lopez 25-12; J Pineiro 16-11. Ground balls-fly balls: L
Nunez 3-5; J Gobble 0-1; Z Greinke 2-3; J Peralta 0-2; J Soria 0-0; T Wakefield
8-9; J Lopez 0-1; J Pineiro 2-0. Batters faced: L Nunez 18; J Gobble 3; Z
Greinke 8; J Peralta 7; J Soria 1; T Wakefield 27; J Lopez 5; J Pineiro 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Greg Gibson. 1B--Larry Vanover. 2B--Tony Randazzo. 3B--Charlie
Reliford.

Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, out to left.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: E Hinske in left field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 9
BOSTON 3 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M Grudzielanek (.278, 2-FOR-4, RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: W Pena in right field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 9
BOSTON 3 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M Grudzielanek (.278, 2-FOR-4, RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - PITCHING CHANGE
BOS: KYLE SNYDER (1-2, 3.21) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 9, BOSTON 3

DUE UP FOR KANSASCITY: M GRUDZIELANEK (.278, 2-FOR-4, RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: K Snyder relieved J Pineiro.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 9
BOSTON 3 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M Grudzielanek (.278, 2-FOR-4, RBI)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 9 13 2
BOSTON 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 12 0 (BOT 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - JOAKIM SORIA
BOS - KYLE SNYDER

DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D PEDROIA (.312, 1-FOR-3, BB, RBI)
D ORTIZ (.321, 1-FOR-4)
W PENA (.211, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (9) VS BOSTON (3) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .272
M Grudzielanek 2b 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 .277
M Teahen rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .284
B Butler dh 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 .301
R Gload 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .262
R Sanders lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .377
E Brown lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
A Gordon 3b 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 .236
J Buck c 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .245
T Pena Jr ss 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 .278
J Smith ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214

Totals 38 9 13 8 2 2 7

BATTING: 2B - B Butler (8, T Wakefield); T Pena Jr 2 (17, T Wakefield, J
Pineiro); R Sanders (7, T Wakefield); J Buck (14, T Wakefield); A Gordon (16, J
Pineiro). RBI - B Butler 2 (19), T Pena Jr 2 (30), J Buck 2 (31), M
Grudzielanek (29), R Gload (25). 2-out RBI - R Gload, T Pena Jr. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - R Sanders 1, M Grudzielanek 1, D DeJesus 1. Team
LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: SB - A Gordon (10, 2nd base off T Wakefield/D Mirabelli). CS - T
Pena Jr (3, 2nd base by T Wakefield/D Mirabelli).

FIELDING: E - T Pena Jr (16, ground ball); M Grudzielanek (4, ground ball).
Outfield assists - M Teahen (M Lowell at 3rd base), E Brown (D Pedroia at 1st
base). DP: 4 (T Pena Jr-M Grudzielanek-R Gload, M Teahen-A Gordon, M
Grudzielanek-T Pena Jr-R Gload, E Brown-T Pena Jr-R Gload).


BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Drew rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .256
E Hinske lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196
D Pedroia 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .312
D Ortiz dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 .321
M Ramirez lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .289
W Pena lf-rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .211
K Youkilis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .316
M Lowell 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 .307
C Crisp cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 .265
D Mirabelli c 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 .188
J Lugo ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .217

Totals 34 3 12 3 3 6 21

BATTING: 2B - M Lowell (23, L Nunez); J Lugo 2 (15, L Nunez, J Peralta). 3B - C
Crisp (5, J Peralta). RBI - D Pedroia (28), C Crisp (30), D Mirabelli (10).
2-out RBI - C Crisp, D Mirabelli. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D
Mirabelli 1, D Ortiz 1, J Drew 2, K Youkilis 1. GIDP - D Pedroia, C Crisp. Team
LOB - 10.

FIELDING: Outfield assists - M Ramirez (B Butler at 3rd base). PB - D
Mirabelli.


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KANSAS CITY - 000 210 510 -- 9
BOSTON - 000 010 02 -- 3
----------------------------------------------------

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
L Nunez 4 6 1 1 1 3 0 2.25
J Gobble 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.73
Z Greinke 1 2/3 2 0 0 2 0 0 4.54
J Peralta 1 1/3 4 2 2 0 1 0 3.77
J Soria 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.09

BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
T Wakefield 6 1/3 9 6 6 0 1 0 4.69
J Lopez 2/3 2 2 2 2 0 0 3.60
J Pineiro 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5.06
K Snyder 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.12

L Nunez pitched to 1 batter in the 5th.

WP - T Wakefield. IBB - B Butler (by J Lopez). Pitches-strikes: L Nunez
74-45; J Gobble 15-8; Z Greinke 33-20; J Peralta 21-15; J Soria 4-3; T
Wakefield 78-54; J Lopez 25-12; J Pineiro 16-11; K Snyder 16-11. Ground
balls-fly balls: L Nunez 3-5; J Gobble 0-1; Z Greinke 2-3; J Peralta 0-2; J
Soria 0-0; T Wakefield 8-9; J Lopez 0-1; J Pineiro 2-0; K Snyder 3-0. Batters
faced: L Nunez 18; J Gobble 3; Z Greinke 8; J Peralta 7; J Soria 1; T Wakefield
27; J Lopez 5; J Pineiro 5; K Snyder 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Greg Gibson. 1B--Larry Vanover. 2B--Tony Randazzo. 3B--Charlie
Reliford.

Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, out to left.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 9 13 2
BOSTON 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 12 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: KAN - LEO NUNEZ, JIMMY GOBBLE (5TH), ZACK GREINKE (5TH), JOEL
PERALTA (7TH), JOAKIM SORIA (8TH) AND JOHN BUCK

BOS - TIM WAKEFIELD, JAVIER LOPEZ (7TH), JOEL PINEIRO
(8TH), KYLE SNYDER (9TH) AND DOUG MIRABELLI

HOME RUNS: KAN - NONE

BOS - NONE</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 9 13 2
BOSTON 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 12 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: KAN - LEO NUNEZ, JIMMY GOBBLE (5TH), ZACK GREINKE (5TH), JOEL
PERALTA (7TH), JOAKIM SORIA (8TH) AND JOHN BUCK

BOS - TIM WAKEFIELD, JAVIER LOPEZ (7TH), JOEL PINEIRO
(8TH), KYLE SNYDER (9TH) AND DOUG MIRABELLI


WP - JIMMY GOBBLE (4-1)
LP - TIM WAKEFIELD (10-9)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: KAN - NONE

BOS - NONE


TIME: 3:16 ATT: 37,001

PROBABLES: KAN - ODALIS PEREZ (4-8, 5.68)
BOS - JULIAN TAVAREZ (5-7, 5.15)</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (9) VS BOSTON (3) - FINAL

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .272
M Grudzielanek 2b 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 .277
M Teahen rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .284
B Butler dh 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 .301
R Gload 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .262
R Sanders lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .377
E Brown lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
A Gordon 3b 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 .236
J Buck c 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .245
T Pena Jr ss 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 .278
J Smith ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214

Totals 38 9 13 8 2 2 7

BATTING: 2B - B Butler (8, T Wakefield); T Pena Jr 2 (17, T Wakefield, J
Pineiro); R Sanders (7, T Wakefield); J Buck (14, T Wakefield); A Gordon (16, J
Pineiro). RBI - B Butler 2 (19), T Pena Jr 2 (30), J Buck 2 (31), M
Grudzielanek (29), R Gload (25). 2-out RBI - R Gload, T Pena Jr. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - R Sanders 1, M Grudzielanek 1, D DeJesus 1. Team
LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: SB - A Gordon (10, 2nd base off T Wakefield/D Mirabelli). CS - T
Pena Jr (3, 2nd base by T Wakefield/D Mirabelli).

FIELDING: E - T Pena Jr (16, ground ball); M Grudzielanek (4, ground ball).
Outfield assists - M Teahen (M Lowell at 3rd base), E Brown (D Pedroia at 1st
base). DP: 4 (T Pena Jr-M Grudzielanek-R Gload, M Teahen-A Gordon, M
Grudzielanek-T Pena Jr-R Gload, E Brown-T Pena Jr-R Gload).


BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Drew rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .256
E Hinske lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196
D Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 .311
D Ortiz dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 .320
M Ramirez lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .289
W Pena lf-rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .210
K Youkilis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .316
M Lowell 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 .307
C Crisp cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 .265
D Mirabelli c 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 .188
J Lugo ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .217

Totals 37 3 12 3 3 8 21

BATTING: 2B - M Lowell (23, L Nunez); J Lugo 2 (15, L Nunez, J Peralta). 3B - C
Crisp (5, J Peralta). RBI - D Pedroia (28), C Crisp (30), D Mirabelli (10).
2-out RBI - C Crisp, D Mirabelli. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D
Mirabelli 1, D Ortiz 1, J Drew 2, K Youkilis 1. GIDP - D Pedroia, C Crisp. Team
LOB - 10.

FIELDING: Outfield assists - M Ramirez (B Butler at 3rd base). PB - D
Mirabelli.


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KANSAS CITY - 000 210 510 -- 9
BOSTON - 000 010 020 -- 3
----------------------------------------------------

KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
L Nunez 4 6 1 1 1 3 0 2.25
J Gobble (W, 4-1) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.73
Z Greinke 1 2/3 2 0 0 2 0 0 4.54
J Peralta 1 1/3 4 2 2 0 1 0 3.77
J Soria 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.04

BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
T Wakefield (L, 10-9) 6 1/3 9 6 6 0 1 0 4.69
J Lopez 2/3 2 2 2 2 0 0 3.60
J Pineiro 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5.06
K Snyder 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.12

L Nunez pitched to 1 batter in the 5th.

WP - T Wakefield. IBB - B Butler (by J Lopez). Pitches-strikes: L Nunez
74-45; J Gobble 15-8; Z Greinke 33-20; J Peralta 21-15; J Soria 17-12; T
Wakefield 78-54; J Lopez 25-12; J Pineiro 16-11; K Snyder 16-11. Ground
balls-fly balls: L Nunez 3-5; J Gobble 0-1; Z Greinke 2-3; J Peralta 0-2; J
Soria 0-1; T Wakefield 8-9; J Lopez 0-1; J Pineiro 2-0; K Snyder 3-0. Batters
faced: L Nunez 18; J Gobble 3; Z Greinke 8; J Peralta 7; J Soria 4; T Wakefield
27; J Lopez 5; J Pineiro 5; K Snyder 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Greg Gibson. 1B--Larry Vanover. 2B--Tony Randazzo. 3B--Charlie
Reliford.

T--3:16. Att--37,001.
Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, out
to left.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
KANSAS CITY 9
BOSTON 3 FINAL</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KANSAS CITY (9) AT BOSTON (3) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

KANSAS CITY 4TH: D DeJesus flied out to left. M Grudzielanek reached on
infield single to shortstop. M Teahen singled to right, M Grudzielanek to
third. B Butler doubled to left, M Grudzielanek and M Teahen scored. R Gload
grounded out to first, B Butler to third. R Sanders grounded out to pitcher.
(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, BOSTON 0.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: A Gordon singled to right. A Gordon stole second.
A Gordon to third on wild pitch by T Wakefield. J Buck grounded out to shortstop.
T Pena Jr doubled to left, A Gordon scored. D DeJesus flied out to left.
M Grudzielanek popped out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3,
BOSTON 0.

BOSTON 5TH: J Lugo doubled to left center. J Gobble relieved L Nunez.
J Drew flied out to right, J Lugo to third. D Pedroia safe at first on error by
second baseman M Grudzielanek, J Lugo scored. D Ortiz struck out swinging.
Z Greinke relieved J Gobble. M Ramirez walked, D Pedroia to second. K Youkilis
flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) KANSAS CITY 3, BOSTON 1.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: R Sanders doubled to left. A Gordon singled to right,
R Sanders to third. J Buck doubled to left, R Sanders and A Gordon scored.
T Pena Jr grounded out to first, J Buck to third. J Lopez relieved T Wakefield.
D DeJesus walked. J Buck scored, D DeJesus to second on passed ball by
D Mirabelli. M Grudzielanek singled to right center, D DeJesus scored,
M Grudzielanek to second advancing on throw. M Teahen popped out to third.
B Butler intentionally walked. R Gload singled to left, M Grudzielanek scored,
B Butler thrown out at third. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 8, BOSTON 1.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: W Pena in left field. J Pineiro relieved J Lopez. E Brown
grounded out to shortstop. A Gordon doubled to left center. J Buck struck out
swinging. T Pena Jr doubled to left, A Gordon scored. D DeJesus grounded out
to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 9, BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 8TH: J Smith at shortstop. W Pena struck out swinging. K Youkilis
flied out to center. M Lowell singled to left. C Crisp tripled to deep
center, M Lowell scored. D Mirabelli singled to center, C Crisp scored.
J Lugo doubled to left, D Mirabelli to third. J Soria relieved J Peralta.
J Drew struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 9, BOSTON 3.</div>

 

Butler, Buck help Royals batter Red Sox

<h3>KANSAS CITY 9, BOSTON 3</h3>BOSTON (Ticker) -- One night after getting shut down by arookie they had never seen, the Kansas City Royals beat theoldest pitcher in the Boston Red Sox rotation.


Leo Nunez was called up from Class AAA Omaha to make his firstmajor league start and held the Red Sox to one run overfour-plus innings while Billy Butler and John Buck provided theoffense with a two-run double apiece as the Royals prevailed,9-3, at Fenway Park.


Jimmy Gobble (4-1) came out of the bullpen to help Nunez out ofa jam in the fifth and earned the win. Rookie Alex Gordonchipped in with three hits for Kansas City.


For the second straight night, a Boston starter faced theminimum through 2 2/3 innings. Tim Wakefield held the Royalshitless until Tony Pena's clean single to left field with twoouts in the third. Pena was immediately erased when he wascaught stealing to end the inning.


The visitors broke through in the fourth on Butler's RBI doublebefore the game slowed to a crawl.


A converted reliever, Nunez began the fifth and gave up aleadoff double to Julio Lugo and was immediately pulled after 74pitches.


Following a flyout that moved Lugo to third, the Red Sox finallybroke through when Dustin Pedroia's grounder was bobbled bysecond baseman Mark Grudzielanek, allowing Lugo to scamper home.

But the Royals padded their lead two innings later on Buck'shit, providing them all the cushion they would need to earntheir first win of the season in Boston.


One out later, Wakefield's night was done. The 40-year-oldknuckleballer allowed nine hits and six runs and saw hispersonal three-game winning streak come to an end.

Wakefield (10-9) has received a decision in each of his 19starts this season.


A five-run seventh gave Kansas City breathing room and the RedSox could not capitalize on numerous opportunities, leaving 22runners on base in the contest.


Mike Lowell and Lugo each had three hits for Boston. Lugo, withtwo doubles, continues to show signs of warming up after apathetic 7-for-89 performance in June. He scored once and drovein a run with a double in the eighth.

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KANSAS CITY (9) AT BOSTON (3) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kansas City Starting Lineups -- D DeJesus CF, M Grudzielanek 2B, M Teahen RF,
B Butler DH, R Gload 1B, R Sanders LF, A Gordon 3B, J Buck C, T Pena Jr SS,
L Nunez RHP.

Boston Starting Lineups -- J Drew RF, D Pedroia 2B, D Ortiz DH, M Ramirez LF,
K Youkilis 1B, M Lowell 3B, C Crisp CF, D Mirabelli C, J Lugo SS,
T Wakefield RHP.

Umpires -- Greg Gibson (HP), Larry Vanover (1B), Tony Randazzo (2B),
Charlie Reliford (3B).

Gametime Weather: 75 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to left at 11 mph.


KANSAS CITY 1ST: D DeJesus flied out to center. M Grudzielanek flied out
to center. M Teahen struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 0, BOSTON 0.

BOSTON 1ST: J Drew walked. D Pedroia grounded into double play, shortstop
to second to first, J Drew out at second. D Ortiz singled to right. M Ramirez
lined out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 0, BOSTON 0.

KANSAS CITY 2ND: B Butler grounded out to second. R Gload grounded out to
second. R Sanders popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 0, BOSTON 0.

BOSTON 2ND: K Youkilis lined out to right. M Lowell doubled to left
center. C Crisp flied out to right, M Lowell thrown out at third. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 0, BOSTON 0.

KANSAS CITY 3RD: A Gordon grounded out to second. J Buck grounded out to
second. T Pena Jr singled to left. T Pena Jr caught stealing second, catcher
to shortstop.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 0, BOSTON 0.

BOSTON 3RD: D Mirabelli struck out looking. J Lugo safe at first on error
by shortstop T Pena Jr. J Drew flied out to right. D Pedroia singled to
right, J Lugo to second. D Ortiz grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
1 Error) KANSAS CITY 0, BOSTON 0.

KANSAS CITY 4TH: D DeJesus flied out to left. M Grudzielanek reached on
infield single to shortstop. M Teahen singled to right, M Grudzielanek to
third. B Butler doubled to left, M Grudzielanek and M Teahen scored. R Gload
grounded out to first, B Butler to third. R Sanders grounded out to pitcher.
(2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2, BOSTON 0.

BOSTON 4TH: M Ramirez singled to right. K Youkilis singled to left,
M Ramirez to second. M Lowell lined out to left. C Crisp struck out swinging.
D Mirabelli struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 2,
BOSTON 0.

KANSAS CITY 5TH: A Gordon singled to right. A Gordon stole second.
A Gordon to third on wild pitch by T Wakefield. J Buck grounded out to shortstop.
T Pena Jr doubled to left, A Gordon scored. D DeJesus flied out to left.
M Grudzielanek popped out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3,
BOSTON 0.

BOSTON 5TH: J Lugo doubled to left center. J Gobble relieved L Nunez.
J Drew flied out to right, J Lugo to third. D Pedroia safe at first on error by
second baseman M Grudzielanek, J Lugo scored. D Ortiz struck out swinging.
Z Greinke relieved J Gobble. M Ramirez walked, D Pedroia to second. K Youkilis
flied out to center. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) KANSAS CITY 3, BOSTON 1.

KANSAS CITY 6TH: M Teahen flied out to center. B Butler fouled out to
catcher. R Gload lined out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
KANSAS CITY 3, BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 6TH: M Lowell singled to right. C Crisp grounded into double play,
second to shortstop to first, M Lowell out at second. D Mirabelli flied out to
left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 3, BOSTON 1.

KANSAS CITY 7TH: R Sanders doubled to left. A Gordon singled to right,
R Sanders to third. J Buck doubled to left, R Sanders and A Gordon scored.
T Pena Jr grounded out to first, J Buck to third. J Lopez relieved T Wakefield.
D DeJesus walked. J Buck scored, D DeJesus to second on passed ball by
D Mirabelli. M Grudzielanek singled to right center, D DeJesus scored,
M Grudzielanek to second advancing on throw. M Teahen popped out to third.
B Butler intentionally walked. R Gload singled to left, M Grudzielanek scored,
B Butler thrown out at third. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 8,
BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 7TH: E Brown in left field. J Lugo singled to center. J Drew lined
out to center. D Pedroia walked, J Lugo to second. J Peralta relieved
Z Greinke. D Ortiz flied into double play, left to shortstop to first, D Pedroia
doubled off first.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 8, BOSTON 1.

KANSAS CITY 8TH: W Pena in left field. J Pineiro relieved J Lopez. E Brown
grounded out to shortstop. A Gordon doubled to left center. J Buck struck out
swinging. T Pena Jr doubled to left, A Gordon scored. D DeJesus grounded out
to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 9, BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 8TH: J Smith at shortstop. W Pena struck out swinging. K Youkilis
flied out to center. M Lowell singled to left. C Crisp tripled to deep
center, M Lowell scored. D Mirabelli singled to center, C Crisp scored.
J Lugo doubled to left, D Mirabelli to third. J Soria relieved J Peralta.
J Drew struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 9, BOSTON 3.

KANSAS CITY 9TH: E Hinske in left field. W Pena in right field. K Snyder
relieved J Pineiro. M Grudzielanek grounded out to shortstop. M Teahen
grounded out to third. B Butler grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 9, BOSTON 3.

BOSTON 9TH: D Pedroia struck out looking. D Ortiz flied out to left.
W Pena struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) KANSAS CITY 9,
BOSTON 3.</div>

 

AL: KANSAS CITY at BOSTON

<div class="pre">KANSAS CITY (9) VS BOSTON (3) - FINAL

KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D DeJesus cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .272
M Grudzielanek 2b 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 .277
M Teahen rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 .284
B Butler dh 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 .301
R Gload 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .262
R Sanders lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .377
E Brown lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
A Gordon 3b 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 .236
J Buck c 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .245
T Pena Jr ss 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 .278
J Smith ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214

Totals 38 9 13 8 2 2 7

BATTING: 2B - B Butler (8, T Wakefield); T Pena Jr 2 (17, T Wakefield, J
Pineiro); R Sanders (7, T Wakefield); J Buck (14, T Wakefield); A Gordon (16, J
Pineiro). RBI - B Butler 2 (19), T Pena Jr 2 (30), J Buck 2 (31), M
Grudzielanek (29), R Gload (25). 2-out RBI - R Gload, T Pena Jr. Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - R Sanders 1, M Grudzielanek 1, D DeJesus 1. Team
LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: SB - A Gordon (10, 2nd base off T Wakefield/D Mirabelli). CS - T
Pena Jr (3, 2nd base by T Wakefield/D Mirabelli).

FIELDING: E - T Pena Jr (16, ground ball); M Grudzielanek (4, ground ball).
Outfield assists - M Teahen (M Lowell at 3rd base), E Brown (D Pedroia at 1st
base). DP: 4 (T Pena Jr-M Grudzielanek-R Gload, M Teahen-A Gordon, M
Grudzielanek-T Pena Jr-R Gload, E Brown-T Pena Jr-R Gload).


BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Drew rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 .256
E Hinske lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196
D Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 .311
D Ortiz dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 .320
M Ramirez lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .289
W Pena lf-rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .210
K Youkilis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .316
M Lowell 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 .307
C Crisp cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 .265
D Mirabelli c 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 .188
J Lugo ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .217

Totals 37 3 12 3 3 8 21

BATTING: 2B - M Lowell (23, L Nunez); J Lugo 2 (15, L Nunez, J Peralta). 3B - C
Crisp (5, J Peralta). RBI - D Pedroia (28), C Crisp (30), D Mirabelli (10).
2-out RBI - C Crisp, D Mirabelli. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D
Mirabelli 1, D Ortiz 1, J Drew 2, K Youkilis 1. GIDP - D Pedroia, C Crisp. Team
LOB - 10.

FIELDING: Outfield assists - M Ramirez (B Butler at 3rd base). PB - D
Mirabelli.


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KANSAS CITY - 000 210 510 -- 9
BOSTON - 000 010 020 -- 3
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KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era
L Nunez 4 6 1 1 1 3 0 2.25
J Gobble (W, 4-1) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.73
Z Greinke (H, 7) 1 2/3 2 0 0 2 0 0 4.54
J Peralta 1 1/3 4 2 2 0 1 0 3.77
J Soria 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.04

BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
T Wakefield (L, 10-9) 6 1/3 9 6 6 0 1 0 4.69
J Lopez 2/3 2 2 2 2 0 0 3.60
J Pineiro 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5.06
K Snyder 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.12

L Nunez pitched to 1 batter in the 5th.

WP - T Wakefield. IBB - B Butler (by J Lopez). Pitches-strikes: L Nunez
74-45; J Gobble 15-8; Z Greinke 33-20; J Peralta 21-15; J Soria 17-12; T
Wakefield 78-54; J Lopez 25-12; J Pineiro 16-11; K Snyder 16-11. Ground
balls-fly balls: L Nunez 3-5; J Gobble 0-1; Z Greinke 2-3; J Peralta 0-2; J
Soria 0-1; T Wakefield 8-9; J Lopez 0-1; J Pineiro 2-0; K Snyder 3-0. Batters
faced: L Nunez 18; J Gobble 3; Z Greinke 8; J Peralta 7; J Soria 4; T Wakefield
27; J Lopez 5; J Pineiro 5; K Snyder 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Greg Gibson. 1B--Larry Vanover. 2B--Tony Randazzo. 3B--Charlie
Reliford.

T--3:16. Att--37,001.
Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 11 mph, out
to left.</div>

 

Butler, Buck help Royals batter Red Sox

<h3>KANSAS CITY 9, BOSTON 3</h3>BOSTON (Ticker) -- One night after getting shut down by arookie they had never seen, the Kansas City Royals beat theoldest pitcher in the Boston Red Sox rotation.


Leo Nunez held the Red Sox to one run over four-plus innings inhis first major league start while rookies Tony Pena and AlexGordon provided the offense with three hits apiece as the Royalsprevailed, 9-3, at Fenway Park.


Jimmy Gobble (4-1) came out of the bullpen to help Nunez out ofa jam in the fifth and earned the win. John Buck and BillyButler each chipped in with two-run doubles for the Royals, whoimproved to 2-3 on their current nine-game road trip.

Four Kansas City relievers helped protect the lead.

"Jimmy (Gobble) came in and got a couple of outs for us," Royalsmanager Buddy Bell said. "Zack (Greinke) did a nice job. Ifwe can get to our bullpen and we can line them up the way theyneed to be lined up then we're pretty good.


"You don't expect to use five in a 9-3 game, but we pretty muchunderstood we needed to do that before the game anyway."

For the second straight night, a Boston starter faced theminimum through three innings. Tim Wakefield held the Royalshitless until Pena's clean single to left field with two outs inthe third. Pena was immediately erased when he was caughtstealing to end the inning.


"He was dealing," said Kansas City's Reggie Sanders, who had twohits against Wakefield. "He had his knuckleball moving a lotand he threw a lot of strikes. We were able to get throughthose first couple of innings and settle down and took what hewas giving us."


The Royals broke through in the fourth on Butler's RBI doublebefore the game slowed to a crawl.


"(Wakefield) had a lot of first-pitch hits," Red Sox managerTerry Francona said. "In the fifth, three first-pitch hits onknuckleballs. They strung some hits together. I think the hitswere almost even by the end of the night but we weren't able tostring them together or get two-out hits."


A converted reliever who was called up from Class AAA Omaha,Nunez began the fifth and gave up a leadoff double to Julio Lugoand was immediately pulled after 74 pitches.


"He did a nice job," Bell said of his starter. "His pitch countisn't up to where a starter's normally is, but I thought he dida nice job against a good lineup."


It was a much better night for Nunez than his first and onlyother Fenway Park appearance two years earlier. As a relieveron Aug. 4, 2005, Nunez gave up Jason Varitek's first careergrand slam.


"I remember, Varitek with the bases loaded," Nunez recalledthrough teammate Octavio Dotel. "That time it wasn't good buttoday, it was great. I just feel really comfortable and Iwanted to do a great job for the team because I felt reallycomfortable today."


Following a flyout that moved Lugo to third, the Red Sox finallybroke through when Dustin Pedroia's grounder was bobbled bysecond baseman Mark Grudzielanek, allowing Lugo to scamper home.

But the Royals padded their lead two innings later on Buck'shit, providing them all the cushion they would need to earntheir first win of the season in Boston.


"Wake was good at first but you know how it is with theknuckleball sometimes, he'll get in a stretch where it's notdancing like it was in the first two innings," Buck said. "Wehad a couple of good at-bats and jumped on it early when he leftit up and got some runs for (Nunez)."


One out later, Wakefield's night was done. The 40-year-oldknuckleballer allowed nine hits and six runs and saw hispersonal three-game winning streak come to an end.

"They are an aggressive team," Wakefield said. pitched wellfor the first three innings and then it was 3-1 going into theseventh and I just kind of lost a feel for the ball, just seemedto not go down at the end, and I don't know the reason why."

Wakefield (10-9) has received a decision in each of his 19starts this season.


A five-run seventh gave Kansas City breathing room and the RedSox could not capitalize on numerous opportunities, leaving 22runners on base in the contest.


Mike Lowell and Lugo each had three hits for Boston. Lugo, withtwo doubles, continues to show signs of warming up after apathetic 7-for-89 performance in June. He scored once and drovein a run with a double in the eighth.