August 4, 2008 Royals 7, Red Sox 4

A very sloppy Clay Buchholz puts the Sox in a 4-0 hole after just one inning, a hole the team can't climb out of. All kinds of craziness for Clay today, including two wild pitches (one letting a run score), a balk (only the second Sox balk of the season), a strikeout where the batter reached base when Varitek dropped the third strike for a passed ball, and 6 runs allowed before being yanked in the 3rd inning. Even Royals pitcher Gil Meche got into the craziness, committing two errors. One the normal way via fielding, and one throwing the ball past first on a pickoff attempt. First time ever in SOM that I can recall that a pitcher threw past first on a pickoff attempt. Sean Casey and Jason Bay do their part, each with a two-run double, but it isn't enough.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Kansas City Royals             8/4/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Drew RF           5  0  1  0 .278     M.Aviles SS         5  1  1  0 .281  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  0  0 .295     E.German 2B         5  0  1  0 .301  
  D.Ortiz DH          3  1  0  0 .226     M.Teahen RF         4  2  2  0 .216  
  K.Youkilis 3B       3  2  1  0 .320     J.Guillen DH        3  2  1  1 .238  
  J.Bay LF            3  1  1  2 .281     B.Butler 1B         4  1  3  2 .312  
  S.Casey 1B          4  0  2  2 .356     A.Gordon 3B         4  0  2  2 .287  
  J.Lowrie SS         2  0  0  0 .215     J.Buck C            3  1  0  0 .245  
A-M.Lowell PH         1  0  0  0 .249     R.Gload LF          4  0  1  0 .298  
  J.Varitek C         4  0  0  0 .220     M.Maier CF          4  0  2  1 .310  
  C.Crisp CF          3  0  1  0 .271                                          
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         Totals      32  4  6  4                 Totals      36  7 13  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lowrie In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 2 0  -  4  6  0
Royals.......... 4 0 1  1 0 0  1 0    -  7 13  2
 
Red Sox (66-47)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Buchholz LOSS(5-5)      3 2/3   9   6   6   2   4   0  86   5.48  A1 C5
J.Masterson               3 1/3   2   1   1   0   2   0  42   2.87  C6 D8
M.Delcarmen               1       2   0   0   0   1   0  18   2.67  D9
Totals                    8      13   7   7   2   7   0
 
Royals (55-58)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
G.Meche WIN(9-7)          7 2/3   5   4   3   5   9   0 120   4.03  A1 D5
J.Soria SAVE(25th)        1 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   8   2.14  D6
Totals                    9       6   4   3   5   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 19,803 DATE- Monday, August 4th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Derryl Cousins, Angel Hernandez, Eric Cooper, Marty Foster
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6  Royals: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2  Royals: 2
ERRORS- G.Meche-2
DOUBLES- J.Bay(21st), S.Casey(14th), E.German(8th), M.Teahen(19th)
WALKS- D.Ortiz, K.Youkilis, J.Bay, J.Lowrie, C.Crisp, M.Teahen, J.Buck
HIT BY PITCH- J.Guillen
STRIKE OUTS- J.Drew, D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz-3, J.Lowrie-2, J.Varitek-2, M.Aviles,
             E.German-2, M.Teahen, A.Gordon, J.Buck-2
GIDP- J.Drew, J.Bay, M.Aviles, J.Buck
BALKS- C.Buchholz
WILD PITCHES- C.Buchholz-2
PASSED BALLS- J.Varitek
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Joakim Soria robbed Mike Lowell of a base hit.
 
Billy Butler had 3 base hits and 2 RBI at Kauffman Stadium where the Kansas
City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 7 to 4.
 
Gil Meche(9-7) had a solid outing for Kansas City.  He allowed 5 hits and 5
walks in 7 and 2/3 innings.  Meche chalked up 9 strikeouts.  Kansas City
finished with 13 hits while Boston ended up with 6.  
 
Meche got help from Joakim Soria who earned his 25th save.  The losing pitcher
was Clay Buchholz(5-5).  He was knocked around by Kansas City, allowing 9
hits and 2 walks in 3 and 2/3 innings.  
 

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