Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
August 5, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 2008 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Drew rf 3 0 1 0
Pedroia 2b 5 1 1 1
Ortiz dh 5 0 1 1
Youkilis 1b 5 1 2 0
Lowell 3b 4 2 0 0
Bay lf 5 2 4 2
Lowrie ss 5 0 1 2
Varitek c 4 1 1 0
  Cash c 0 0 0 0
Ellsbury cf 4 1 2 1
Beckett p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 13 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Aviles ss 4 1 1 0
German 2b,lf 4 0 0 0
Teahen rf 4 0 1 1
Guillen dh 4 0 0 0
Butler 1b 3 0 0 0
  Smith 2b 1 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 3 1 2 0
Buck c 4 0 0 0
Gload lf,1b 2 0 0 0
Maier cf 3 0 1 1
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
  Tejeda p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Boston 100 112 3008130
Kansas City 100 000 100252
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett  W(10-8) 6.2 4 2 2 2 7
  Timlin   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L(7-10) 4.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Ramirez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo   1.1 6 5 3 0 0
  Tejeda   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Peralta   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–Gordon 2 (11).  DP–Kansas City 1. Aviles-German.  2B–Boston Drew (22,off Bannister); Bay 2 (2,off Bannister,off Nunez); Youkilis (29,off Nunez), Kansas City Teahen (16,off Beckett); Gordon (27,off Beckett).  3B–Boston Lowrie (2,off Nunez).  HBP–Lowell (4,by Bannister).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Lance Barksdale, 3B–Doug Eddings.  T–3:01.  A–22,069.
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