Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 5,
Kansas City 1
When: 1:35 PM ET, Monday, August 27, 2012
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Dan Bellino, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Jerry Layne, 3B - David Rackley
Attendance: 37506
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Dan Bellino, 1B - Mike Estabrook, 2B - Jerry Layne, 3B - David Rackley
Attendance: 37506
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Boston | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 8 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .269 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .301 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .304 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .294 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .246 |
| Lorenzo Cain | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .244 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .241 |
| Johnny Giavotella | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Gordon (42), Johnny Giavotella (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Gordon 3, Billy Butler, Salvador Perez, Eric Hosmer, Johnny Giavotella 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Gordon (55) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jarrod Dyson (14), Alcides Escobar (49), Mike Moustakas (46), Johnny Giavotella (8) | |||||||||
| SF - Alex Gordon (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Salvador Perez (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jarrod Dyson (25, 2nd off Matsuzaka/Saltalamacchia) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Alex Gordon (Ross at 2nd) | |||||||||
| PB - Salvador Perez (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Luke Hochevar (L 7-12) | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4.93 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Luke Hochevar 114-78 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Luke Hochevar 9-4 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Luke Hochevar 32 | ||||||||
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Scott Podsednik | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .282 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .274 |
| Cody Ross | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .281 |
| James Loney | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .228 |
| Mauro Gomez | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .292 |
| Mike Aviles | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .254 |
| Pedro Ciriaco | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .353 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jacoby Ellsbury (17), Cody Ross (27) | |||||||||
| HR - Jacoby Ellsbury (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Scott Podsednik 2, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury 6, Cody Ross 3, James Loney | |||||||||
| RBI - Jacoby Ellsbury (16), Cody Ross 3 (67), James Loney (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jacoby Ellsbury (8), Cody Ross 2 (27) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Dustin Pedroia (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Daisuke Matsuzaka (W 1-3) | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5.10 |
| Clayton Mortensen | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Vicente Padilla (H 22) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 |
| Andrew Bailey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 |
| WP - Daisuke Matsuzaka | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Daisuke Matsuzaka 101-71, Clayton Mortensen 7-6, Vicente Padilla 3-3, Andrew Bailey 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Daisuke Matsuzaka 5-5, Clayton Mortensen 0-0, Vicente Padilla 1-0, Andrew Bailey 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Daisuke Matsuzaka 28, Clayton Mortensen 3, Vicente Padilla 1, Andrew Bailey 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Vicente Padilla 2-0 | ||||||||