Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 4,
Boston 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, May 27, 2010
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Joe West, 1B - Angel Hernandez, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 37940
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Joe West, 1B - Angel Hernandez, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 37940
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Scott Podsednik | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .287 |
| Mike Aviles | SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .341 |
| David DeJesus | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .277 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .348 |
| Jose Guillen | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .263 |
| Alberto Jose Callaspo | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .298 |
| Mitch Maier | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .263 |
| Jason Kendall | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .280 |
| Chris Getz | 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
| Totals | 31 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - David DeJesus (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Mike Aviles, David DeJesus 3, Billy Butler | |||||||||
| RBI - David DeJesus 2 (17), Jose Guillen (33) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - David DeJesus (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Billy Butler (15), Jose Guillen (26), Jason Kendall 4 (17) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Scott Podsednik (15, 2nd off Matsuzaka/Varitek), Chris Getz (6, 2nd off Matsuzaka/Varitek) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brian Bannister (W 4-3) | 6.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.70 |
| Robinson Tejeda (H 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.88 |
| Blake Wood (H 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 |
| Joakim Soria (SV 12) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Brian Bannister 104-65, Robinson Tejeda 12-8, Blake Wood 18-13, Joakim Soria 8-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Bannister 4-8, Robinson Tejeda 1-2, Blake Wood 1-2, Joakim Soria 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brian Bannister 27, Robinson Tejeda 3, Blake Wood 3, Joakim Soria 3 | ||||||||
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Marco Scutaro | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| David Ortiz | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 |
| Kevin Youkilis | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .309 |
| J.D. Drew | RF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .339 |
| Jeremy Hermida | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .222 |
| Jason Varitek | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .271 |
| Bill Hall | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .194 |
| Victor Martinez | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jason Varitek (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Bill Hall (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Marco Scutaro, David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, J.D. Drew 3, Adrian Beltre, Jason Varitek 2, Bill Hall 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Adrian Beltre (34), Jason Varitek (11), Bill Hall (9) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jason Varitek (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Varitek (5), Bill Hall (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Jason Varitek (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Daisuke Matsuzaka (L 3-2) | 4.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5.77 |
| Joe Nelson | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 |
| Manny Delcarmen | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.88 |
| Ramon Ramirez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 |
| WP - Daisuke Matsuzaka | ||||||||
| HBP - Jose Guillen (by Matsuzaka) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Daisuke Matsuzaka 112-60, Joe Nelson 28-20, Manny Delcarmen 21-16, Ramon Ramirez 6-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Daisuke Matsuzaka 2-8, Joe Nelson 1-3, Manny Delcarmen 2-1, Ramon Ramirez 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Daisuke Matsuzaka 25, Joe Nelson 6, Manny Delcarmen 6, Ramon Ramirez 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Joe Nelson 3-0 | ||||||||