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Red Sox
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 6, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 6, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 6, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 6, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tim Wakefield |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Luke Hochevar |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 24,294 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dana DeMuth 1B: Lance Barksdale 2B: Doug Eddings 3B: Ted Barrett |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| J.D. Drew | Right Fielder |
| Jed Lowrie | Shortstop |
| David Ortiz | DH |
| Kevin Youkilis | First Baseman |
| Mike Lowell | Third Baseman |
| Jason Bay | Left Fielder |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | Center Fielder |
| Kevin Cash | Catcher |
| Alex Cora | Second Baseman |
| Terry Francona | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Aviles | Shortstop |
| Esteban German | Second Baseman |
| Mark Teahen | Right Fielder |
| Jose Guillen | DH |
| Billy Butler | First Baseman |
| Alex Gordon | Third Baseman |
| John Buck | Catcher |
| Ross Gload | Left Fielder |
| Mitch Maier | Center Fielder |
| Trey Hillman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 6, 2008
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Hochevar
Drew hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lowrie vs. Hochevar
Lowrie takes first base on ball four. Drew moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Ortiz vs. Hochevar
Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field. Gload settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Drew moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Youkilis vs. Hochevar
Youkilis is hit by the pitch. Lowrie moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Lowell vs. Hochevar
Lowell hits a line drive towards the mound. Hochevar catches it and throws to first to double up Youkilis. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Wakefield
Sean Casey now playing first base.
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
German vs. Wakefield
German strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Wakefield
Teahen hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Wakefield
Guillen strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bay vs. Hochevar
Bay hits a fly ball into center field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ellsbury vs. Hochevar
Ellsbury hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Hochevar
Cash hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. German settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Cora vs. Hochevar
Cora hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Wakefield
Butler strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Wakefield
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Wakefield
Buck hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Hochevar
Drew hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Drew for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. Hochevar
Lowrie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hochevar fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Hochevar
Ortiz hits a fly ball into center field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gload vs. Wakefield
Gload hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maier vs. Wakefield
Maier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cora scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Wakefield
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Casey vs. Hochevar
Casey hits a fly ball into left field. Gload settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Lowell vs. Hochevar
Lowell hits a fly ball into center field. Maier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bay vs. Hochevar
Bay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
German vs. Wakefield
German hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lowrie scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Wakefield
Teahen strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Wakefield
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lowrie scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ellsbury vs. Hochevar
Ellsbury hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ellsbury for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Hochevar
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cora vs. Hochevar
Cora hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Drew vs. Hochevar
Drew takes first base on ball four. Cora moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Lowrie vs. Hochevar
Lowrie hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Maier. Lowrie reaches second base with a double. Cora scores. Drew goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ortiz vs. Hochevar
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lowrie scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Casey vs. Hochevar
Casey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Wakefield
Butler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Wakefield
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cora fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Butler moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Buck vs. Wakefield
The ball gets by Cash for a passed ball. Butler moves to third. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Buck vs. Wakefield
Buck strikes out. Cash drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Buck out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Gload vs. Wakefield
Gload hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Butler scores. Gordon scores. Gload moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Maier vs. Wakefield
Maier hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Aviles vs. Wakefield
Aviles hits a fly ball into left field. Bay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lowell vs. Hochevar
Lowell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bay vs. Hochevar
Bay hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellsbury vs. Hochevar
Ellsbury hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bay moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Cash vs. Hochevar
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Cora vs. Hochevar
Cora takes first base on ball four. Bay moves to third. Ellsbury moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 123
Drew vs. Mahay
Ron Mahay now pitching.
Drew hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bay scores. Ellsbury scores. Cora moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Lowrie vs. Mahay
Lowrie hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
German vs. Wakefield
German hits a fly ball into center field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Wakefield
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Wakefield
Guillen strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Mahay
Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field. Gload settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Casey vs. Mahay
Casey is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lowell vs. Mahay
Lowell strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bay vs. Mahay
Bay hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Casey moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Ellsbury vs. Mahay
Ellsbury hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Mahay
Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Cora vs. Ramirez
Ramon Ramirez now pitching.
Cora hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cora for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Delcarmen
Manny Delcarmen now pitching.
Butler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Delcarmen
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Buck vs. Delcarmen
Buck hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cora settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gload vs. Delcarmen
Gload hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Butler moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Maier vs. Delcarmen
Maier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cora fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Peralta
Joel Peralta now pitching.
Drew strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. Peralta
Lowrie strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Peralta
Ortiz strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Masterson
Justin Masterson now pitching.
Aviles strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
German vs. Masterson
German hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lowrie scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Masterson
Teahen strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Casey vs. Peralta
Casey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowell vs. Peralta
Lowell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bay vs. Peralta
Bay strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Papelbon
Jonathan Papelbon now pitching.
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Papelbon
Butler hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Papelbon
Gordon hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Butler moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Buck vs. Papelbon
Buck strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 8 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Gload vs. Papelbon
Gload hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cora scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/6/2008 -- Boston at Kansas City (N)
Boston AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Drew J, rf 4 1 2 2 Aviles M, ss 4 0 0 0
Lowrie J, ss 4 1 1 2 German E, 2b 4 0 0 0
Ortiz D, dh 5 0 1 1 Teahen M, rf 4 0 1 0
Youkilis K, 1b 0 0 0 0 Guillen J, dh 4 0 0 0
Casey S, 1b 3 1 1 0 Butler B, 1b 4 1 3 0
Lowell M, 3b 5 0 0 0 Gordon A, 3b 4 1 2 0
Bay J, lf 5 2 2 0 Buck J, c 4 0 0 0
Ellsbury J, cf 4 2 3 3 Gload R, lf 4 0 2 2
Cash K, c 4 0 1 0 Maier M, cf 3 0 0 0
Cora A, 2b 3 1 1 0
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37 8 12 8 35 2 8 2
Boston 000 032 300 -- 8
Kansas City 000 020 000 -- 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield T (W) 6.0 4 2 1 0 6
Delcarmen M 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Masterson J 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Papelbon J 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Hochevar L (L) 5.2 7 5 5 3 2
Mahay R 1.0 4 3 3 0 1
Ramirez R 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Peralta J 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
DP -- Kansas City 2
LOB -- Boston 7, Kansas City 6
2B -- Lowrie J
HR -- Ellsbury J
HBP -- by Hochevar L (Youkilis K), by Mahay R (Casey S)
PB -- Cash K
T -- 2:47
A -- 24294
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