BATTING - 2B: Swihart (7,off Volquez); Holt (13,off Volquez).
3B: de Aza (3,off Volquez).
HR: Betts (7,1st inning off Volquez 0 on 0 out).
SH: Betts (3,off Volquez).
Team LOB: 9.
Kansas City Royals AB R H RBI BB SO PO AEscobar ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 4
Moustakas 3b 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
Cain cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 0
Hosmer 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 15 1
K. Morales dh 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Gordon lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Perez c 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 2
Rios rf 3 2 2 0 0 0 3 0
Infante 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Volquez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
F. Morales p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Madson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herrera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 11 6 3 3 27 14
BATTING - 2B: Moustakas (14,off Porcello).
HR: Perez (11,2nd inning off Porcello 0 on 2 out); K. Morales (8,5th inning
off Porcello 1 on 2 out).
SF: Moustakas (2,off Porcello).
HBP: Escobar (5,by Porcello); Rios (2,by Porcello).
GDP: Moustakas (6,off Porcello).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING - SB: Cain 3 (14,2nd base off Porcello/Swihart 2,3rd base off Porcello/Swihart);
Rios (3,2nd base off Wright/Leon).
CS: Cain (3,Home by Porcello/Swihart).
PITCHING
Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPPorcello L(4-8) 5 8 6 6 2 2 2 25
Wright 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
Layne 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Breslow 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6
Totals 8 11 7 7 3 3 2 37
Ejections: David Ortiz by Bruce Dreckman [Balls and strikes]
Time of Game: 3:09 Attendance: 39115
Starting Lineups:
Boston Red Sox Kansas City Royals
1. Betts cf Escobar ss
2. Holt ss Moustakas 3b
3. Pedroia 2b Cain cf
4. Ortiz dh Hosmer 1b
5. H. Ramirez lf K. Morales dh
6. Sandoval 3b Gordon lf
7. Napoli 1b Perez c
8. de Aza rf Rios rf
9. Swihart c Infante 2b
Porcello p Volquez p
RED SOX 1ST: Betts homered to left-center; Holt popped to
shortstop; Pedroia flied to right; Ortiz grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Escobar was hit by a pitch; Moustakas grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Escobar out at
second]; Cain singled to left; Cain stole second; Cain stole
third; Hosmer walked; Cain was caught stealing home (catcher to
second to catcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 0.
RED SOX 2ND: H. Ramirez grounded out (second to first); Sandoval
grounded out (second to first); Napoli walked; de Aza grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals
0.
ROYALS 2ND: K. Morales grounded out (second to first); Gordon
was called out on strikes; Perez homered to left-center; Rios
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red
Sox 1, Royals 1.
RED SOX 3RD: Swihart doubled to center; Betts out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Swihart to third]; Holt doubled to left
[Swihart scored]; Pedroia grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Holt to third]; Ortiz grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Infante grounded out (shortstop to first); Escobar
singled to center; Moustakas doubled to right [Escobar to
third]; Cain reached on a fielder's choice [Escobar out at home
(shortstop to catcher to third to pitcher), Moustakas to third];
Cain stole second; Hosmer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Royals 1.
RED SOX 4TH: H. Ramirez singled to left; Sandoval flied to
right; Napoli lined to shortstop; de Aza flied to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: K. Morales flied to center; Gordon flied to left;
Perez popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Royals
1.
RED SOX 5TH: Swihart singled to first; Betts singled to center
[Swihart to second]; Holt forced Swihart (first to third) [Betts
to second]; Pedroia grounded out (catcher to first) [Betts
scored, Holt to second]; Ortiz walked; H. Ramirez singled to
center [Holt scored, Ortiz to second]; Sandoval grounded out
(first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Rios was hit by a pitch; Infante singled to center
[Rios to third]; Escobar singled to center [Rios scored, Infante
to second]; Porcello balked [Infante to third, Escobar to
second]; Moustakas out on a sacrifice fly to center [Infante
scored, Escobar to third]; Cain singled to third [Escobar scored
(error by Sandoval) (no RBI), Cain to second]; SHAW REPLACED
SANDOVAL (PLAYING 3B); Hosmer grounded out (second to first)
[Cain to third]; Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval left
the game due to an injured ankle; K. Morales homered to
right [Cain scored]; Gordon walked; Perez grounded out (second
to first); 5 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 6.
RED SOX 6TH: Napoli flied to right; de Aza tripled to left; F.
MORALES REPLACED VOLQUEZ (PITCHING); LEON BATTED FOR SWIHART;
Leon struck out; Red Sox catcher Blake Swihart left the game
due to an injured foot; MADSON REPLACED F. MORALES
(PITCHING); Betts struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 6.
ROYALS 6TH: LEON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); WRIGHT REPLACED
PORCELLO (PITCHING); Rios singled to left; Rios stole second;
Infante flied to center [Rios to third]; Escobar flied to right;
LAYNE REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Moustakas singled to center
[Rios scored]; Cain walked [Moustakas to second]; Hosmer flied
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 7.
RED SOX 7TH: HERRERA REPLACED MADSON (PITCHING); Holt struck
out; Pedroia grounded out (second to first); Ortiz singled to
center; David Ortiz objected to the strikes zone; when he hit
the ball, he flipped the bat into fair territory in front of HP;
when he reached 1B, Ortiz and HP umpire Bruce Dreckman continued
their conversation and Ortiz was ejected by Dreckman;
CASTILLO RAN FOR ORTIZ; H. Ramirez grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Royals 7.
ROYALS 7TH: CASTILLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BRESLOW
REPLACED LAYNE (PITCHING); K. Morales flied to center; Gordon
struck out; Perez flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox
4, Royals 7.
RED SOX 8TH: DAVIS REPLACED HERRERA (PITCHING); Shaw grounded
out (second to first); Napoli struck out; de Aza singled to
right; Leon flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4,
Royals 7.
ROYALS 8TH: Rios singled to center; Infante hit into a double
play to second [Rios out at first (second to first)]; Escobar
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox
4, Royals 7.
RED SOX 9TH: HOLLAND REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Betts grounded
out (second to first); Holt walked; Pedroia struck out; Castillo
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red
Sox 4, Royals 7.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Red Sox 4 10 1 9
Royals 7 11 0 6
