Kansas City Royals vs. Boston Red Sox - Box Score - July 27, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 27, 2011

Final

Series: Game 3 of 4

Boston leads 2-1 (as of 7/27)

Game 1: Monday, July 25
Kansas City	3	Final in 14
Boston	1	Final in 14
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Game 2: Tuesday, July 26
Kansas City	9	Final
Boston	13	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, July 27
Kansas City	5	Final
Boston	12	Final
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Game 4: Thursday, July 28
Kansas City	4	Final
Boston	3	Final
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Royals 5

(43-61, 15-32 away)

Red Sox 12

(64-38, 33-18 home)

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7:10 PM ET, July 27, 2011

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	16	1
BOS	2	3	0	5	0	1	0	1	-	12	16	2

W: J. Lackey (9-8)

L: B. Chen (5-4)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Gordon LF	6	2	3	0	0	1	28	.300	.369	.483
M Cabrera CF	5	1	1	0	0	1	16	.297	.333	.453
B Butler DH	5	1	3	1	0	2	20	.295	.381	.438
E Hosmer 1B	5	1	2	4	0	1	17	.287	.336	.457
J Francoeur RF	5	0	2	0	0	0	17	.271	.320	.459
M Moustakas 3B	3	0	1	0	2	0	19	.199	.260	.250
B Pena C	5	0	2	0	0	0	13	.263	.306	.371
C Getz 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	19	.252	.312	.280
A Escobar SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	14	.244	.283	.321
M Aviles SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.261	.395
Totals	44	5	16	5	2	6	167
BATTING 2B: A Gordon 3 (30, J Lackey 2, R Williams); B Pena (9, J Lackey); J Francoeur 2 (28, R Williams, J Lackey); M Cabrera (26, J Lackey) HR: E Hosmer (10, 1st inning off J Lackey 2 on, 1 Out); B Butler (9, 5th inning off J Lackey 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: E Hosmer 4 (45), B Butler (46) 2-out RBI: E Hosmer Royals RISP: 5-19 (A Gordon 0-1, B Pena 1-2, A Escobar 0-1, C Getz 0-3, E Hosmer 2-4, M Cabrera 0-3, B Butler 2-4, J Francoeur 0-1) Team LOB: 14
FIELDING E: M Aviles (10, throw) DP: 1 (M Moustakas-C Getz). Outfield Assist: A Gordon (A Gonzalez at 2nd base, J Ellsbury at 3rd base).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Chen (L, 5-4)	4.0	10	10	10	3	3	3	114-67	4.29
N Adcock	4.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	53-37	5.36
Totals	8.0	16	12	12	3	5	3	167-104
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Chen 14/24; N Adcock 11/16 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Chen 18-7-24-18; N Adcock 10-5-8-14 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Chen 4-4; N Adcock 4-4 Game Scores: B Chen 2

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Ellsbury CF	4	3	3	2	1	0	19	.325	.383	.528
D Pedroia 2B	4	2	3	2	0	0	21	.308	.406	.486
D Sutton 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.438
A Gonzalez 1B	5	1	3	3	0	0	18	.351	.413	.560
K Youkilis 3B	3	1	1	0	1	0	20	.280	.396	.494
J Reddick RF	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.358	.400	.613
D Ortiz DH	4	1	1	4	0	1	21	.305	.391	.569
J Saltalamacchia C	4	0	1	0	0	2	23	.256	.321	.442
M Scutaro SS	3	1	0	0	1	0	17	.258	.332	.364
D McDonald RF-LF	4	2	2	0	0	0	16	.173	.256	.333
Y Navarro LF-3B	4	1	2	1	0	1	9	.219	.286	.344
Totals	36	12	16	12	3	5	167
BATTING 2B: D McDonald (4, B Chen); J Ellsbury (29, N Adcock) HR: J Ellsbury (17, 1st inning off B Chen 0 on, 0 Out); D Pedroia (14, 1st inning off B Chen 0 on, 0 Out); D Ortiz (20, 4th inning off B Chen 3 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Ellsbury 2 (60), D Pedroia 2 (53), A Gonzalez 3 (87), Y Navarro (3), D Ortiz 4 (68) SF: D Pedroia 2-out RBI: D Ortiz 4 Red Sox RISP: 7-12 (D Ortiz 1-1, D Pedroia 1-2, K Youkilis 1-3, J Saltalamacchia 0-1, A Gonzalez 2-3, Y Navarro 2-2) Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING SB: K Youkilis (2, 2nd base off B Chen/B Pena); J Ellsbury (29, 2nd base off B Chen/B Pena)
FIELDING E: K Youkilis (7, ground ball); Y Navarro (2, dropped foul ball)

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Lackey (W, 9-8)	5.2	11	4	3	1	3	2	113-78	6.20
R Williams	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	26-16	9.53
D Wheeler	1.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	28-20	4.67
Totals	9.0	16	5	4	2	6	2	167-114
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Lackey 20/30; R Williams 5/8; D Wheeler 6/8 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Lackey 18-7-28-25; R Williams 5-3-2-6; D Wheeler 5-5-5-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Lackey 5-9; R Williams 1-3; D Wheeler 0-3 Game Scores: J Lackey 35

Scoring Summary

			KC	BOS
	1st	E Hosmer homered to left (394 feet), A Gordon and M Cabrera scored.	3	0
	1st	J Ellsbury homered to right (334 feet).	3	1
	1st	D Pedroia homered to left (357 feet).	3	2
	2nd	J Ellsbury walked, M Scutaro scored, D McDonald to third, Y Navarro to second.	3	3
	2nd	D Pedroia hit sacrifice fly to right, D McDonald scored, Y Navarro to third.	3	4
	2nd	A Gonzalez grounded out to second, Y Navarro scored, J Ellsbury to third.	3	5
	4th	Y Navarro singled to left, D McDonald scored.	3	6
	4th	D Ortiz homered to right (411 feet), D Pedroia, A Gonzalez and K Youkilis scored.	3	10
	5th	B Butler homered to left (414 feet).	4	10
	6th	A Gonzalez singled to center, J Ellsbury scored, D Pedroia to second.	4	11
	8th	E Hosmer singled to right, A Gordon scored, E Hosmer to second advancing on throw.	5	11
	8th	A Gonzalez singled to left, J Ellsbury scored, A Gonzalez out stretching at second.	5	12
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Game Notes

JACOBY ELLSBURY AND DUSTIN PEDROIA OF THE RED SOX HIT BACK-TO-BACK HOME RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING.
RED SOX SECOND BASEMAN DUSTIN PEDROIA HOMERED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 24 GAMES.

Game Information

Stadium	Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Attendance	38,329 (103.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:08
Weather	79 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	4 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Lance Barksdale, First Base - Gary Cederstrom, Second Base - Adrian Johnson, Third Base - Chris Conroy