Kansas City Royals vs. Boston Red Sox - Box Score - August 26, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 26, 2012

Final

Series: Game 3 of 4

Boston leads 2-1 (as of 8/26)

Game 1: Friday, August 24
Kansas City	3	Final
Boston	4	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 25
Kansas City	10	Final in 12
Boston	9	Final in 12
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Game 3: Sunday, August 26
Kansas City	6	Final
Boston	8	Final
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Game 4: Monday, August 27
Kansas City	1	Final
Boston	5	Final
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Royals 6

(56-70, 30-37 away)

Red Sox 8

(61-67, 31-38 home)

Alerts

Coverage: NESN

1:35 PM ET, August 26, 2012

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	11	2
BOS	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	-	8	14	2

W: P. Beato (1-0)

L: W. Smith (4-6)

S: M. Melancon (1)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
L Cain CF	4	1	1	3	1	1	26	.248	.294	.385
A Escobar SS	4	0	1	0	1	1	23	.304	.345	.408
A Gordon LF	5	0	2	0	0	1	23	.293	.367	.439
B Butler DH	5	1	1	0	0	4	29	.304	.370	.506
S Perez C	5	1	2	0	0	0	15	.295	.319	.494
J Francoeur RF	3	0	0	0	1	2	20	.235	.285	.363
J Giavotella 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	18	.211	.242	.242
E Hosmer 1B	3	1	1	1	0	1	13	.241	.311	.374
T Abreu 3B	4	1	2	2	0	1	14	.333	.333	.417
Totals	37	6	11	6	3	12	181
BATTING HR: L Cain (5, 4th inning off F Doubront 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: T Abreu 2 (4), L Cain 3 (24), E Hosmer (51) SF: E Hosmer 2-out RBI: T Abreu 2, L Cain 3 Royals RISP: 3-10 (A Gordon 0-2, S Perez 0-1, T Abreu 2-2, J Giavotella 0-1, L Cain 1-2, B Butler 0-2) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: A Gordon (8, 2nd base off F Doubront/R Lavarnway); A Escobar (26, 2nd base off F Doubront/R Lavarnway) CS: A Gordon (5, 2nd base by P Beato/R Lavarnway)
FIELDING E: A Escobar 2 (17, ground ball 2) DP: 1 (A Escobar-J Giavotella-E Hosmer).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W Smith (L, 4-6)	5.0	9	5	4	2	1	1	90-58	5.55
T Collins	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	8-7	3.06
A Crow	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	3.44
J Jeffress	0.2	3	2	0	1	1	0	28-16	0.00
F Bueno	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	2.16
L Coleman	1.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	16-10	3.95
Totals	8.0	14	8	5	3	6	2	147-95
PITCHING W Smith pitched to 2 batters in the 6th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: W Smith 17/26; T Collins 2/3; A Crow 1/1; J Jeffress 2/7; F Bueno 1/1; L Coleman 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: W Smith 18-1-16-23; T Collins 1-2-2-2; A Crow 2-0-0-1; J Jeffress 1-5-5-5; F Bueno 0-0-0-1; L Coleman 4-5-0-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Smith 7-7; T Collins 0-1; A Crow 1-0; J Jeffress 1-0; F Bueno 0-1; L Coleman 0-0 Game Scores: W Smith 30

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
P Ciriaco 3B	5	2	3	2	0	1	19	.360	.374	.500
J Ellsbury CF	5	1	2	1	0	0	14	.269	.316	.365
D Pedroia 2B	5	1	2	1	0	0	19	.282	.338	.442
C Ross RF	4	1	2	1	1	2	26	.278	.342	.520
J Loney 1B	5	0	1	1	0	1	17	.200	.200	.200
R Lavarnway C	5	1	1	0	0	1	15	.180	.241	.220
M Gomez DH	2	2	0	0	2	0	14	.304	.360	.457
M Aviles SS	4	0	2	1	0	1	14	.256	.287	.404
S Podsednik LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	9	.370	.395	.444
Totals	39	8	14	7	3	6	147
BATTING 2B: D Pedroia (30, W Smith); M Aviles (27, W Smith) HR: P Ciriaco (2, 5th inning off W Smith 0 on, 1 Out); D Pedroia (12, 8th inning off L Coleman 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: C Ross (64), M Aviles (58), P Ciriaco 2 (16), J Loney (1), J Ellsbury (15), D Pedroia (53) 2-out RBI: J Loney, J Ellsbury, P Ciriaco GIDP: J Loney Red Sox RISP: 6-16 (M Aviles 0-1, S Podsednik 1-3, C Ross 1-1, D Pedroia 0-1, P Ciriaco 1-3, J Loney 1-2, R Lavarnway 1-2, J Ellsbury 1-3) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: J Ellsbury (9, 3rd base off W Smith/S Perez)
FIELDING E: P Ciriaco (3, throw); R Lavarnway (1, throw)

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F Doubront	5.0	6	4	4	2	7	1	98-67	4.79
P Beato (W, 1-0)	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	41-27	9.00
C Breslow (H, 2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	24-15	1.69
M Melancon (S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18-13	6.82
Totals	9.0	11	6	6	3	12	1	181-122
PITCHING P Beato pitched to 3 batters in the 8th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: F Doubront 17/24; P Beato 7/9; C Breslow 2/4; M Melancon 4/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: F Doubront 22-13-18-14; P Beato 7-4-10-6; C Breslow 3-5-5-2; M Melancon 4-1-5-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: F Doubront 4-4; P Beato 2-1; C Breslow 0-1; M Melancon 1-1 Game Scores: F Doubront 44

Scoring Summary

			KC	BOS
	1st	C Ross singled to left, P Ciriaco scored, D Pedroia to third.	0	1
	2nd	M Aviles doubled to left, M Gomez scored.	0	2
	4th	T Abreu singled to left, J Giavotella scored, E Hosmer to third, T Abreu to second advancing on throw.	1	2
	4th	L Cain homered to left (377 feet), E Hosmer and T Abreu scored.	4	2
	5th	P Ciriaco homered to left (364 feet).	4	3
	5th	J Loney singled to center, J Ellsbury scored, C Ross to second.	4	4
	6th	J Ellsbury reached on infield single to second, M Gomez scored, M Aviles to third.	4	5
	7th	S Podsednik safe at first on error by shortstop A Escobar, C Ross scored, R Lavarnway to third, M Gomez to second.	4	6
	7th	P Ciriaco reached on infield single to third, R Lavarnway scored, M Gomez to third, S Podsednik to second.	4	7
	8th	E Hosmer hit sacrifice fly to right, B Butler scored.	5	7
	8th	T Abreu singled to center, S Perez scored, J Francoeur to third.	6	7
	8th	D Pedroia homered to left (399 feet).	6	8
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Game Notes

RED SOX MANAGER BOBBY VALENTINE EJECTED BY FIRST BASE UMPIRE DAN BELLINO IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 5TH INNING FOR ARGUING A CALL AT FIRST BASE

Game Information

Stadium	Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Attendance	37,188 (100.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:36
Weather	76 degrees, sunny
Wind	9 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Cory Blaser, First Base - Dan Bellino, Second Base - Mike Estabrook, Third Base - Jerry Layne