Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
September 21, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 2009 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 9, Kansas City Royals 12

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 5 1 1 2
Pedroia 2b 3 1 2 1
Martinez c 4 1 2 2
Youkilis 1b 5 0 1 0
Bay lf 5 2 2 3
Ortiz dh 4 1 1 0
Lowell 3b 3 0 0 0
Baldelli rf 4 2 2 0
  Kotchman ph 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 1 1 0
  Reddick ph 1 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Bard p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Bowden p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 12 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Bloomquist rf 3 1 0 0
Maier lf 3 1 0 0
Butler 1b 4 2 2 2
Jacobs dh 3 2 1 3
Callaspo 2b,3b 5 1 2 2
Olivo c 3 2 1 0
Gordon 3b 4 1 2 2
  Hernandez 2b 0 0 0 0
Betancourt ss 5 0 2 2
Anderson cf 3 2 1 0
DiNardo p 0 0 0 0
  Yabuta p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 12 11 11
Boston 006 021 0009121
Kansas City 001 136 10x12110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield   5.0 5 5 4 7 2
  Delcarmen   0.2 3 4 4 1 1
  Bard  L(2-2) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Wagner   1.0 1 1 1 2 3
  Bowden   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
12
11
11
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
DiNardo   5.0 10 8 8 6 0
  Yabuta  W(2-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Wright   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Soria  SV(27) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
7
2

  E–Martinez (7).  DP–Boston 1. Youkilis-A. Gonzalez-Youkilis.  PB–Martinez (4).  2B–Kansas City Anderson (6,off Delcarmen); Butler 2 (49,off Delcarmen,off Wagner); Callaspo (37,off Delcarmen); Gordon (5,off Bard).  HR–Boston Bay (36,3rd inning off DiNardo 2 on 1 out), Kansas City Jacobs (18,5th inning off Wakefield 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  SB–Anderson 2 (22,2nd base off Wakefield/Martinez,3rd base off Wakefield/Martinez); Bloomquist 2 (23,2nd base off Wakefield/Martinez 2); Olivo (5,2nd base off Wakefield/Martinez).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Andy Fletcher, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–3:21.  A–16,770.
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