Final
Series tied 1-1 (as of 7/26)
| Game 1: Monday, July 25 | ||
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| Kansas City | 3 | Final in 14 |
| Boston | 1 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, July 26 | ||
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| Kansas City | 9 | Final |
| Boston | 13 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, July 27 | ||
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| Kansas City | 5 | Final |
| Boston | 12 | |
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| Game 4: Thursday, July 28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 4 | Final |
| Boston | 3 | |
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7:10 PM ET, July 26, 2011
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Kansas City - Top of 1st | SCORE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Miller pitching for Boston | KC | BOS | |
| Alex Gordon | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, A Gordon fouled out to third | 0 | 0 |
| Melky Cabrera | Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), Ball, Foul, M Cabrera singled to left | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Butler | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, B Butler singled to left, M Cabrera to second | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Hosmer | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), E Hosmer doubled to deep center, M Cabrera scored, B Butler to third | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Francoeur | Ball, J Francoeur hit sacrifice fly to left, B Butler scored | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Moustakas | Ball, M Moustakas grounded out to second | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | ||
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | KC | BOS | |
| Darnell McDonald | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, D McDonald walked | 2 | 0 |
| Marco Scutaro | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, D McDonald stole second, Strike (foul), M Scutaro fouled out to catcher | 2 | 0 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), D McDonald to third on wild pitch by D Duffy, Foul, Foul, Foul, A Gonzalez hit sacrifice fly to left, D McDonald scored | 2 | 1 |
| Dustin Pedroia | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Foul, Ball, D Pedroia tripled to deep center | 2 | 1 |
| David Ortiz | Strike (looking), D Ortiz doubled to left, D Pedroia scored | 2 | 2 |
| Carl Crawford | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), C Crawford struck out swinging | 2 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Andrew Miller pitching for Boston | KC | BOS | |
| Mike Aviles | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), M Aviles singled to left | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Treanor | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, M Treanor walked, M Aviles to second | 2 | 2 |
| Alcides Escobar | A Escobar sacrificed to catcher, M Aviles to third, M Treanor to second, A Escobar safe at first on throwing error by pitcher A Miller. M Aviles to third on throwing error by pitcher A Miller | 2 | 2 |
| Alex Gordon | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Ball, A Gordon popped out to shortstop | 2 | 2 |
| Melky Cabrera | Ball, M Cabrera lined out to shortstop | 2 | 2 |
| Billy Butler | Strike (swinging), Ball, B Butler hit a ground rule double to deep right, M Aviles and M Treanor scored, A Escobar to third | 4 | 2 |
| Eric Hosmer | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), E Hosmer struck out swinging | 4 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | KC | BOS | |
| Jason Varitek | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Foul, Ball, Strike (swinging), J Varitek struck out swinging | 4 | 2 |
| Josh Reddick | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, J Reddick popped out to second | 4 | 2 |
| Yamaico Navarro | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Y Navarro walked | 4 | 2 |
| Darnell McDonald | Ball, D McDonald grounded into fielder's choice to third, Y Navarro out at second | 4 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Andrew Miller pitching for Boston | KC | BOS | |
| Jeff Francoeur | Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, J Francoeur walked | 4 | 2 |
| Mike Moustakas | M Moustakas lined out to shortstop, J Francoeur tagged out at second | 4 | 2 |
| Mike Aviles | Ball, Ball, M Aviles doubled to right center | 4 | 2 |
| Matt Treanor | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, M Treanor flied out to center | 4 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | KC | BOS | |
| Marco Scutaro | Strike (looking), M Scutaro doubled to left | 4 | 2 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Ball, A Gonzalez walked | 4 | 2 |
| Dustin Pedroia | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), D Pedroia doubled to left, M Scutaro scored, A Gonzalez to third | 4 | 3 |
| David Ortiz | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, D Ortiz doubled to deep center, A Gonzalez and D Pedroia scored | 4 | 5 |
| Carl Crawford | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), C Crawford struck out swinging | 4 | 5 |
| Jason Varitek | Ball, Ball, J Varitek hit by pitch | 4 | 5 |
| Josh Reddick | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), J Reddick struck out swinging | 4 | 5 |
| Yamaico Navarro | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Y Navarro flied out to right | 4 | 5 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Andrew Miller pitching for Boston | KC | BOS | |
| Alcides Escobar | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, A Escobar singled to center | 4 | 5 |
| Alex Gordon | Ball, A Gordon homered to center, A Escobar scored | 6 | 5 |
| Melky Cabrera | Ball, M Cabrera popped out to first | 6 | 5 |
| Billy Butler | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, B Butler homered to left center | 7 | 5 |
| Eric Hosmer | Ball, Ball, E Hosmer flied out to center, A Aceves relieved A Miller | 7 | 5 |
| Jeff Francoeur | Ball, J Francoeur doubled to left | 7 | 5 |
| Mike Moustakas | Ball, M Moustakas flied out to right | 7 | 5 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | KC | BOS | |
| Darnell McDonald | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Strike (swinging), D McDonald struck out swinging | 7 | 5 |
| Marco Scutaro | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), M Scutaro grounded out to shortstop | 7 | 5 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), A Gonzalez singled to center, N Adcock relieved D Duffy | 7 | 5 |
| Dustin Pedroia | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, D Pedroia singled to center, A Gonzalez to second | 7 | 5 |
| David Ortiz | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, D Ortiz walked, A Gonzalez to third, D Pedroia to second | 7 | 5 |
| Carl Crawford | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Ball, C Crawford walked, A Gonzalez scored, D Pedroia to third, D Ortiz to second | 7 | 6 |
| Jason Varitek | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), J Varitek flied out to center | 7 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Alfredo Aceves pitching for Boston | KC | BOS | |
| Mike Aviles | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), M Aviles popped out to second | 7 | 6 |
| Matt Treanor | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, M Treanor flied out to right | 7 | 6 |
| Alcides Escobar | Strike (bunted foul), A Escobar flied out to center | 7 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Nate Adcock pitching for Kansas City | KC | BOS | |
| Josh Reddick | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), J Reddick singled to center, J Ellsbury hit for Y Navarro | 7 | 6 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | Ball, Strike (foul), J Ellsbury singled to left, J Reddick to second, D Sutton hit for D McDonald | 7 | 6 |
| Drew Sutton | D Sutton sacrificed to catcher, J Reddick to third, J Ellsbury to second, D Sutton safe at third on error by second baseman M Aviles. J Reddick and J Ellsbury scored, D Sutton to third advancing on throw | 7 | 8 |
| Marco Scutaro | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, M Scutaro walked, B Wood relieved N Adcock | 7 | 8 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, A Gonzalez singled to left, D Sutton scored, M Scutaro to second | 7 | 9 |
| Dustin Pedroia | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), D Pedroia singled to left, M Scutaro to third, A Gonzalez to second | 7 | 9 |
| David Ortiz | D Ortiz singled to center, M Scutaro and A Gonzalez scored, D Pedroia to third | 7 | 11 |
| Carl Crawford | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), C Crawford reached on infield single to pitcher, D Ortiz to second | 7 | 11 |
| Jason Varitek | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), J Varitek struck out swinging | 7 | 11 |
| Josh Reddick | Strike (swinging), Ball, J Reddick hit sacrifice fly to center, D Pedroia scored | 7 | 12 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Foul, J Ellsbury flied out to center | 7 | 12 |
| 6 Runs, 6 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Alfredo Aceves pitching for Boston | KC | BOS | |
| D Sutton at third base. | 7 | 12 | |
| J Ellsbury in center field. | 7 | 12 | |
| Alex Gordon | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Foul, A Gordon doubled to left center | 7 | 12 |
| Melky Cabrera | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), M Cabrera struck out swinging | 7 | 12 |
| Billy Butler | B Butler hit by pitch | 7 | 12 |
| Eric Hosmer | Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, E Hosmer grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, B Butler out at second, A Gordon to third | 7 | 12 |
| Jeff Francoeur | J Francoeur flied out to center | 7 | 12 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Blake Wood pitching for Kansas City | KC | BOS | |
| Drew Sutton | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), D Sutton struck out swinging | 7 | 12 |
| Marco Scutaro | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, M Scutaro walked | 7 | 12 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | A Gonzalez hit by pitch, M Scutaro to second | 7 | 12 |
| Dustin Pedroia | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, D Pedroia walked, M Scutaro to third, A Gonzalez to second | 7 | 12 |
| David Ortiz | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), D Ortiz struck out swinging | 7 | 12 |
| Carl Crawford | C Crawford fouled out to third | 7 | 12 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Alfredo Aceves pitching for Boston | KC | BOS | |
| Mike Moustakas | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), M Moustakas struck out swinging | 7 | 12 |
| Mike Aviles | Ball, M Aviles singled to left | 7 | 12 |
| Matt Treanor | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), M Treanor struck out swinging | 7 | 12 |
| Alcides Escobar | Strike (looking), A Escobar grounded out to shortstop | 7 | 12 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Tim Collins pitching for Kansas City | KC | BOS | |
| T Collins relieved B Wood. | 7 | 12 | |
| Jason Varitek | J Varitek homered to left | 7 | 13 |
| Josh Reddick | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike (swinging), J Reddick struck out swinging | 7 | 13 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), J Ellsbury doubled to left center, J Ellsbury to third on throwing error by center fielder M Cabrera | 7 | 13 |
| Drew Sutton | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, D Sutton walked | 7 | 13 |
| Marco Scutaro | Ball, Ball, M Scutaro grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Ellsbury out at home, D Sutton to second, D Sutton to third advancing on throw | 7 | 13 |
| Adrian Gonzalez | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), A Gonzalez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Scutaro out at second | 7 | 13 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Matt Albers pitching for Boston | KC | BOS | |
| M Albers relieved A Aceves. | 7 | 13 | |
| Alex Gordon | Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, A Gordon walked | 7 | 13 |
| Melky Cabrera | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), M Cabrera grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, A Gordon out at second | 7 | 13 |
| Billy Butler | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), B Butler struck out swinging | 7 | 13 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Boston - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Mitch Maier pitching for Kansas City | KC | BOS | |
| M Maier relieved T Collins. | 7 | 13 | |
| Dustin Pedroia | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, D Pedroia flied out to left | 7 | 13 |
| David Ortiz | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, D Ortiz doubled to deep center | 7 | 13 |
| Carl Crawford | Strike (looking), C Crawford grounded out to second, D Ortiz to third | 7 | 13 |
| Jason Varitek | Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), J Varitek lined out to pitcher | 7 | 13 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Franklin Morales pitching for Boston | KC | BOS | |
| F Morales relieved M Albers. | 7 | 13 | |
| Eric Hosmer | E Hosmer singled to right | 7 | 13 |
| Jeff Francoeur | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Ball, J Francoeur walked, E Hosmer to second | 7 | 13 |
| Mike Moustakas | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), M Moustakas singled to center, E Hosmer scored, J Francoeur to second | 8 | 13 |
| Mike Aviles | Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Ball, M Aviles grounded into double play, third to second to first, M Moustakas out at second, J Francoeur to third | 8 | 13 |
| Matt Treanor | Ball, M Treanor singled to center, J Francoeur scored | 9 | 13 |
| Alcides Escobar | Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), A Escobar struck out swinging | 9 | 13 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||