Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 4,
Kansas City 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, August 24, 2012
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Dan Bellino, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 37228
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Dan Bellino, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 37228
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Boston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 4 | 10 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .253 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .303 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .291 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .302 |
| Jarrod Dyson | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 |
| Jeff Francoeur | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .238 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .249 |
| Brayan Pena | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .239 |
| Johnny Giavotella | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Gordon (40) | |||||||||
| HR - Eric Hosmer (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Lorenzo Cain, Alex Gordon 3, Billy Butler, Brayan Pena, Eric Hosmer 4, Johnny Giavotella | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Gordon (50), Eric Hosmer (50), Johnny Giavotella (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alex Gordon (12) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alcides Escobar 2 (48), Billy Butler (48), Brayan Pena (16) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Lorenzo Cain (3), Billy Butler (15) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jarrod Dyson (24, 2nd off Padilla/Lavarnway) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Johnny Giavotella (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bruce Chen | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.41 |
| Kelvin Herrera (L 1-2; BS 1) | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.52 |
| Tim Collins | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.13 |
| Aaron Crow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.53 |
| IBB - Dustin Pedroia (by Collins) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Bruce Chen 98-65, Kelvin Herrera 7-7, Tim Collins 15-8, Aaron Crow 12-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bruce Chen 6-3, Kelvin Herrera 1-0, Tim Collins 0-0, Aaron Crow 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bruce Chen 25, Kelvin Herrera 3, Tim Collins 3, Aaron Crow 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Kelvin Herrera 1-1, Tim Collins 1-0 | ||||||||
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Pedro Ciriaco | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .349 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .262 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .282 |
| David Ortiz | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .318 |
| Cody Ross | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .271 |
| Ryan Lavarnway | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .146 |
| Mauro Gomez | 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .263 |
| Mike Aviles | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .253 |
| Scott Podsednik | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .378 |
| Totals | 31 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Pedro Ciriaco (9), Dustin Pedroia (28), David Ortiz (26) | |||||||||
| TB - Pedro Ciriaco 3, Jacoby Ellsbury 2, Dustin Pedroia 2, David Ortiz 3, Ryan Lavarnway, Mike Aviles, Scott Podsednik | |||||||||
| RBI - Pedro Ciriaco 2 (14), David Ortiz 2 (60) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Pedro Ciriaco (11), David Ortiz 2 (28), Cody Ross (35), Ryan Lavarnway (8) | |||||||||
| S - Scott Podsednik (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Cody Ross (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jacoby Ellsbury (1, 2nd by Chen/Pena) | |||||||||
| SB - Pedro Ciriaco (9, 3rd off Collins/Pena), Dustin Pedroia (12, 2nd off Collins/Pena) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Mike Aviles (13) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jon Lester (W 8-10) | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4.98 |
| Vicente Padilla (H 21) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.32 |
| Andrew Miller (H 13) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.76 |
| Andrew Bailey (SV 1) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jon Lester 96-61, Vicente Padilla 9-7, Andrew Miller 5-3, Andrew Bailey 15-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jon Lester 11-1, Vicente Padilla 0-0, Andrew Miller 0-0, Andrew Bailey 1-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jon Lester 30, Vicente Padilla 2, Andrew Miller 1, Andrew Bailey 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Andrew Miller 1-0, Andrew Bailey 1-0 | ||||||||