Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
April 4, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 2007 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 7, Kansas City Royals 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 3 0 1 1
Youkilis 1b 5 1 1 2
Ortiz dh 3 1 0 0
Ramirez lf 2 2 1 0
  Pena ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Drew rf 5 1 2 1
Lowell 3b 4 0 1 2
Varitek c 3 0 1 1
Crisp cf 3 1 0 0
Pedroia 2b 3 1 1 0
Beckett p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Snyder p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Pineiro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 8 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 3 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 0 0
  German 2b 0 0 0 0
Teahen rf 3 0 1 0
Sweeney dh 4 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 4 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 1 0 0
Gload 1b 3 0 2 0
LaRue c 3 0 0 1
Pena ss 4 0 0 0
Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
  Wellemeyer p 0 0 0 0
  Braun p 0 0 0 0
  Gobble p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 3 1
Boston 300 001 210783
Kansas City 000 100 000130
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett  W (1-0) 5.0 2 1 1 4 5
  Lopez   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Snyder   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Romero   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Pineiro   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
4
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  L (0-1) 5.1 5 4 4 3 3
  Soria   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Wellemeyer   1.0 1 2 2 3 0
  Braun   1.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Gobble   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
8
6

  E–Lowell 3 (3).  DP–Boston 1. Lowell-Pedroia-Youkilis, Kansas City 1. Pena-Grudzielanek-Gload.  2B–Boston Drew (1,off Perez); Lowell (2,off Perez), Kansas City Teahen (1,off Beckett); Gload (1,off Beckett).  HR–Boston Youkilis (1,7th inning off Wellemeyer 1 on 1 out).  SH–Lugo (1,off Wellemeyer).  SF–Varitek (1,off Soria); LaRue (1,off Beckett).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Jim Wolf, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:19.  A–22,348.
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