A 4-4 tie through 7 innings turns into a laugher when the Royals tee off against Hideki Okajima and Mike Timlin, scoring 3 runs off each and 7 runs over the final two innings. One highlight for the Sox is Kevin Youkilis who continues his early season prowress at the plate. Youk rips a 2-run homerun for his major-league 18th homerun for the season, as well as a .348 batting average good for 6th in the league. Not even the best average on the Sox however, as two teammates are above Youk in the batting race. Julio Lugo is 3rd at .354, and Jacoby Ellsbury leads the AL in batting with a nice .380 average.
Brian Bannister gets the complete game for the Royals with a gargantuan 141 pitch effort. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Kansas City Royals At 2008 Boston Red Sox 5/22/2008
Royals AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
D.Dejesus LF 6 1 1 2 .301 J.Ellsbury CF 4 1 1 0 .380
M.Grudzielanek 2B 5 1 2 1 .303 D.Pedroia 2B 4 1 2 2 .273
A.Gordon 3B 5 0 1 0 .271 D.Ortiz DH 2 0 0 0 .250
J.Guillen DH 4 3 2 0 .236 D-C.Crisp PR,DH 0 0 0 0 .312
M.Teahen RF 4 1 1 0 .197 M.Ramirez LF 3 0 0 0 .298
M.Olivo C 5 2 3 1 .278 M.Lowell 3B 3 1 0 0 .231
R.Gload 1B 3 1 1 0 .274 K.Youkilis 1B 4 1 1 2 .348
C-B.Butler PH,1B 2 0 0 0 .306 J.Drew RF 4 0 1 0 .268
A.Callaspo SS 4 1 1 2 .306 K.Cash C 2 0 0 0 .171
J.Gathright CF 4 1 3 2 .292 A-S.Casey PH 1 0 0 0 .418
B-J.Varitek C 1 0 0 0 .201
J.Lugo SS 3 0 2 0 .354
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 42 11 15 8 Totals 31 4 7 4
A-Pinch Hit For Cash In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Casey In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Gload In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Ortiz In 8th Inning
Royals.......... 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 - 11 15 0
Red Sox......... 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 1
Royals (23-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Bannister WIN(5-1) 9 7 4 4 4 5 2 141 5.17
Totals 9 7 4 4 4 5 2
Red Sox (28-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Matsuzaka 5 2/3 5 4 3 2 3 0 100 3.90
J.Lopez BS(2nd) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.33
C.Hansen LOSS(0-1) 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 2 0 15 6.43
H.Okajima 0 1/3 3 3 3 1 1 0 21 5.29
M.Timlin 0 2/3 3 3 3 0 0 0 18 2.05
D.Aardsma 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.66
Totals 9 15 11 10 3 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 37,366 DATE- Thursday, May 22nd 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Fieldin Culbreth, Jim Reynolds, Tim Timmons, Gary Cederstrom
T- 2:58
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 8 Red Sox: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 2 Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- J.Lugo
DOUBLES- M.Grudzielanek(9th), J.Guillen(11th), R.Gload(8th), J.Ellsbury(11th)
HOME RUNS- D.Pedroia(6th), K.Youkilis(18th)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Pedroia
WALKS- J.Guillen, M.Teahen, A.Callaspo, D.Ortiz-2, M.Ramirez, M.Lowell
HIT BY PITCH- J.Gathright
STRIKE OUTS- M.Grudzielanek, A.Gordon, M.Teahen, R.Gload, B.Butler, J.Gathright,
J.Ellsbury, J.Drew-2, K.Cash-2
GIDP- J.Guillen, M.Ramirez, M.Lowell
WILD PITCHES- D.Matsuzaka, D.Aardsma
Brian Bannister completed the game without help from the bullpen and Joey
Gathright had 3 base hits and 2 RBI as the Kansas City Royals topped the
Boston Red Sox by a score of 11 to 4 at Fenway Park.
Kansas City erupted with the game winning runs in the 8th inning as they
scored 4 runs on 4 base hits. The crucial at-bat was provided by David
Dejesus who silenced the stadium when he slapped a base-hit bringing in two
baserunners. Kansas City had a total of 15 hits for the game.
Bannister(5-1) got the victory, allowing 4 runs for the game. Craig
Hansen(0-1) was tagged with the loss in relief. With this win, Kansas City
has a 23-24 record. They have been 3-7 lately. With the loss Boston now has
a record of 28-22.
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