| Interesting matchup of starters today. Despite nearly identical won-loss records with the Royals' Brian Bannister at 5-8 and the Sox's Josh Beckett at 5-9, the ERAs tell the story. Beckett has just been a victim of bad luck with his 3.88 ERA and virtually no run support (his 3.95 RS is worst on the team), while Bannister has just sucked with a sky-high ERA of 7.02.. Beckett goes 7 2/3 innings of shutout ball, but Paps allows an unearned run in the 9th to lose the shutout and records his 21st save. Mike Lowell carries the Sox offense with a 2-run homerun and an RBI single to account for all 3 RBI. JD Drew gets 3 hits falling a homerun shy of hitting a natural cycle, as he had a single in the 3rd, double in the 5th and triple in the 8th. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Kansas City Royals 8/5/2008
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Royals AB R H RBI AVG
J.Drew RF 5 0 3 0 .282 M.Aviles SS 4 0 0 0 .276
D.Pedroia 2B 4 1 0 0 .293 E.German 2B 3 1 1 0 .302
D.Ortiz DH 4 1 1 0 .227 M.Teahen RF 4 0 0 1 .214
K.Youkilis 1B 3 0 1 0 .320 J.Guillen DH 4 0 0 0 .236
M.Lowell 3B 4 1 2 3 .252 B.Butler 1B 4 0 1 0 .311
J.Bay LF 3 0 0 0 .279 A.Gordon 3B 3 0 0 0 .285
J.Lowrie SS 4 0 1 0 .217 J.Buck C 2 0 1 0 .247
C-K.Cash C 0 0 0 0 .170 R.Gload LF 2 0 0 0 .296
J.Varitek C 4 0 1 0 .221 A-D.Dejesus PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .279
B-A.Cora PR,SS 0 0 0 0 .254 M.Maier CF 3 0 3 0 .375
J.Ellsbury CF 4 0 0 0 .309
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Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 30 1 6 1
A-Pinch Hit For Gload In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Varitek In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Lowrie In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 1
Royals.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 0
Red Sox (67-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Beckett WIN(6-9) 7 2/3 5 0 0 2 7 0 95 3.65 A1 C9
J.Papelbon SAVE(21st) 1 1/3 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 1.03 D1
Totals 9 6 1 0 2 7 0
Royals (55-59) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Bannister LOSS(5-9) 6 1/3 6 2 2 0 7 1 90 6.81 A1 C7
L.Nunez 0 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 3.74 C8 D1
R.Ramirez 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 38 3.45 D2
Totals 9 9 3 3 2 8 1
ATTENDANCE- 25,903 DATE- Tuesday, August 5th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Angel Hernandez, Eric Cooper, Marty Foster, Derryl Cousins
T- 2:53
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7 Royals: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 3 Royals: 1
ERRORS- J.Papelbon
DOUBLES- J.Drew(24th), D.Ortiz(11th), J.Lowrie(8th), B.Butler(17th),
M.Maier(2nd)
TRIPLES- J.Drew(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Lowell(19th)
STOLEN BASES- K.Youkilis(5th)
WALKS- K.Youkilis, J.Bay, E.German, J.Buck
STRIKE OUTS- J.Drew, D.Ortiz, K.Youkilis, M.Lowell, J.Lowrie, J.Varitek-2,
J.Ellsbury, E.German, M.Teahen, J.Guillen-3, A.Gordon, J.Buck
GIDP- J.Ellsbury, M.Aviles, R.Gload-2
WILD PITCHES- R.Ramirez
PASSED BALLS- K.Cash
Josh Beckett(6-9) and Brian Bannister(5-9) locked horns in a pitcher's duel
with Beckett and the Boston Red Sox coming out on top of the Kansas City
Royals 3 to 1.
Beckett was very good in the win. He didn't give up much, just 5 hits and 2
walks in 7 and 2/3 innings improving his ERA from 3.88 to 3.65. Boston had 9
hits for the night while Kansas City had 6.
Beckett got help from Jonathan Papelbon who earned his 21st save.
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