Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
April 21, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 2002 at Kauffman Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 1 0 0
Damon cf 5 2 4 4
Hillenbrand 3b 5 1 2 0
Ramirez dh 2 1 1 0
Clark 1b 5 0 1 1
Baerga 2b 4 1 0 0
Nixon rf 5 0 0 0
Varitek c 5 1 4 3
Sanchez ss 5 1 2 0
Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Fossum p 0 0 0 0
  Kim p 0 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 14 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Sadler lf 5 1 1 0
Tucker rf 5 3 2 1
Beltran cf 3 2 2 2
Sweeney 1b 4 1 2 1
Ibanez dh 2 0 0 0
  Randa ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 2 2
Alicea 3b 4 0 1 1
Hinch c 3 0 0 0
  Mayne ph,c 1 0 0 0
Febles 2b 2 0 0 0
Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
  Field p 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 7
Boston 004 040 0008141
Kansas City 200 003 1017100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lowe  W (3-1) 5.1 4 5 5 3 4
  Fossum   1.1 3 1 1 1 3
  Kim   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Urbina  SV (7) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
5
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rekar  L (0-1) 4.0 7 7 7 3 2
  Affeldt   3.0 4 1 1 2 3
  Field   1.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Grimsley   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
5
5

  E–Henderson (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Boston Varitek 2 (2,off Affeldt 2).  3B–Kansas City Tucker (2,off Lowe).  HR–Boston Damon (3,3rd inning off Rekar 3 on, 1 out), Kansas City Beltran (2,9th inning off Urbina 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Henderson (1,by Affeldt).  IBB–Ramirez (5,by Affeldt).  SF–Beltran (3,off Lowe).  SB–Hillenbrand (2,2nd base off Rekar/Hinch).  CS–Febles (3,2nd base by Lowe/Varitek).  WP–Kim (2).  HBP–Affeldt (1,Henderson).  IBB–Affeldt (1,Ramirez).  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Darren Spagnardi, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–3:13.  A–17,289.
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