Kansas City 8, Boston 4

Preview - Box Score - Recap

	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kansas City 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 8 9 0 Boston 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 9 1 WP: D. May (1-4) LP: D. Lowe (3-3)

Scoring Summary

Bot 2nd: Boston

-B. Mueller homered to deep left, K. Millar scored

Top 3rd: Kansas City

-M. Sweeney doubled to left, D. Relaford and D. DeJesus scored

Top 6th: Kansas City

-A. Berroa singled to third, J. Randa scored, D. Relaford to third, D. DeJesus to second

-C. Beltran doubled to left, D. Relaford, D. DeJesus and A. Berroa scored

Top 8th: Kansas City

-C. Beltran ground rule double to left, D. Relaford scored

Bot 8th: Boston

-M. Ramirez homered to deep left

Top 9th: Kansas City

-K. Stinnett homered to deep left

Bot 9th: Boston

-J. Damon singled to center, P. Reese scored

Kansas City
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
A. Berroa ss	5	1	1	1	0	1	3	.229
C. Beltran cf	5	0	3	4	0	0	0	.310
M. Sweeney 1b	2	0	2	2	3	0	0	.283
M. Stairs dh	5	0	0	0	0	2	8	.268
J. Randa 3b	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	.275
A. Guiel lf	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.181
B. Santiago c	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.244
K. Stinnett c	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.381
D. Relaford 2b	3	3	1	0	2	0	1	.243
D. DeJesus rf	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	.043
Totals	35	8	9	8	7	8	13

Batting 2B - M Sweeney (5, D Lowe); C Beltran 2 (9, L Dinardo, M Malaska). HR - K Stinnett (2, 9th inning off M Timlin 0 on, 2 Out). S - A Guiel , D DeJesus. RBI - M Sweeney 2 (22), A Berroa (5), C Beltran 4 (25), K Stinnett (3). 2-out RBI - M Sweeney 2, A Berroa, C Beltran 4, K Stinnett. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Relaford 1, M Stairs 4. Team LOB - 9.

Base Running SB - M Sweeney (2, 3rd base off D Lowe/J Varitek), C Beltran (9, 2nd base off D Lowe/J Varitek).

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Damon cf	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	.267
M. Bellhorn 2b	5	0	0	0	0	3	3	.228
D. Ortiz dh	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.256
M. Ramirez lf	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	.369
J. Varitek c	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.316
K. Millar rf	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.296
B. Mueller 3b	4	1	1	2	0	0	3	.242
D. McCarty 1b	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.205
P. Reese ss	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	.267
Totals	35	4	9	4	3	8	11

Batting 2B - D McCarty (3, D May); D Ortiz (12, D May). HR - B Mueller (5, 2nd inning off D May 1 on, 2 Out), M Ramirez (8, 8th inning off J Cerda 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - B Mueller 2 (19), M Ramirez (21), J Damon (18). 2-out RBI - B Mueller 2, J Damon. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Mueller 2, J Damon 1, M Bellhorn 2. Team LOB - 7.

Base Running CS - P Reese (1, 2nd base by D May).    Fielding E - P Reese (5, catch).

Kansas City
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
D. May (W, 1-4)	5.2	7	2	2	1	5	1	6.40
J. Cerda	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	4.50
S. Sullivan	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.97
D. Reyes	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.78
Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
D. Lowe (L, 3-3)	5.2	5	6	4	5	3	0	5.01
M. Malaska	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	3.00
B. Arroyo	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.55
L. DiNardo	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.12
M. Timlin	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	4.72

WP - J Cerda.

IBB - M Sweeney 3 (by D Lowe, M Malaska, L Dinardo).

Pitches-strikes - D May 102-69; J Cerda 40-26; S Sullivan 20-11; D Reyes 5-3; D Lowe 103-57; M Malaska 15-8; B Arroyo 16-11; L Dinardo 23-12; M Timlin 25-16.

Ground balls-fly balls - D May 7-4; J Cerda 4-1; S Sullivan 1-1; D Reyes 0-0; D Lowe 11-4; M Malaska 0-0; B Arroyo 0-1; L Dinardo 1-2; M Timlin 1-0.

Batters faced - D May 24; J Cerda 8; S Sullivan 5; D Reyes 1; D Lowe 28; M Malaska 3; B Arroyo 3; L Dinardo 6; M Timlin 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Mike Dimuro. 1B--Paul Emmel. 2B--Joe West. 3B--Terry Craft. Ejections: KANSAS CITY's Santiago by Dimuro (7th). Time: 3:20. Attendance: 34,589. Weather: 48 degrees, overcast. Wind: 3 mph, in from left.

Game Notes

THE START OF THE GAME IS BEING DELAYED DUE TO RAIN.

KANSAS CITY'S BENITO SANTIAGO WAS EJECTED AFTER THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE MIKE DIMURO FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

Updated on Monday, May 10, 2004 6:00 am ET