Kansas City 6, Boston 4

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(65-46)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 1 Kansas City 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 X 6 9 0 WP: L. Hudson (5-3) S: A. Burgos (17) LP: J. Lester (5-2)	(39-73)

Scoring Summary

Bot 2nd: Kansas City

- A. Berroa singled to left, R. Shealy scored, J. Buck to third

- D. DeJesus hit sacrifice fly to deep center, J. Buck scored, A. Berroa to second

Top 4th: Boston

- K. Youkilis doubled to left center, M. Ramirez scored

- W. Pena homered to deep left, M. Lowell scored

Bot 5th: Kansas City

- E. Brown singled to center, M. Sweeney and M. Grudzielanek scored, M. Teahen to third

Bot 6th: Kansas City

- M. Grudzielanek hit sacrifice fly to center, J. Buck scored

Top 7th: Boston

- D. Ortiz homered to deep center

Bot 7th: Kansas City

- E. Brown homered to deep left

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
C. Crisp cf	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	.275
M. Loretta 2b	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306
A. Cora 2b	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.291
D. Ortiz dh	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	.291
M. Ramirez lf	4	1	2	0	1	1	2	.319
K. Youkilis 1b	5	0	1	1	0	0	5	.295
M. Lowell 3b	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	.287
W. Pena rf	4	1	1	2	0	1	2	.307
J. Lopez c	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.259
A. Gonzalez ss	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	.284
Totals	35	4	10	4	5	4	18

Batting 2B - M Ramirez (24, L Hudson); K Youkilis (27, L Hudson); A Gonzalez (19, L Hudson); J Lopez (16, J Nelson). HR - W Pena (7, 4th inning off L Hudson 1 on, 2 Out), D Ortiz (41, 7th inning off J Gobble 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - K Youkilis (54), W Pena 2 (27), D Ortiz (110). 2-out RBI - W Pena 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 2, M Lowell 1, A Gonzalez 1, K Youkilis 2. GIDP - W Pena 2. Team LOB - 10.

Base Running SB - C Crisp (16, 2nd base off A Burgos/J Buck).    Fielding E - C Hansen (1, throw).

Kansas City
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. DeJesus cf-lf	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.294
M. Grudzielanek 2b	4	1	3	1	0	1	3	.291
M. Sweeney dh	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	.183
R. Sanders rf	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	.238
M. Teahen 3b	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.273
E. Brown lf	4	1	2	3	0	0	1	.287
J. Gathright cf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208
R. Shealy 1b	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	.273
J. Buck c	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	.247
A. Berroa ss	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.240
Totals	31	6	9	6	5	5	16

Batting 2B - J Buck (16, J Lester). HR - E Brown (9, 7th inning off R Seanez 0 on, 1 Out). S - A Berroa. SF - M Grudzielanek , D DeJesus. RBI - A Berroa (44), D DeJesus (36), E Brown 3 (60), M Grudzielanek (33). 2-out RBI - E Brown 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Sanders 3, M Grudzielanek 1, R Shealy 1, M Teahen 1. Team LOB - 10.

Fielding DP - 2 (L Hudson-A Berroa-M Grudzielanek-R Shealy, M Teahen-M Grudzielanek-R Shealy).

Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Lester (L, 5-2)	5.0	6	4	4	3	5	0	3.86
C. Hansen	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.26
R. Seanez	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	1	3.89
J. Tavarez	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.03
Kansas City
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
L. Hudson (W, 5-3)	6.0	8	3	3	2	1	1	4.65
J. Gobble (H, 6)	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	4.72
J. Peralta (H, 10)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.38
J. Nelson (H, 5)	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.73
A. Burgos (S, 17)	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5.43

WP - L Hudson, J Lester.

HBP - M Loretta (by L Hudson); M Teahen (by J Lester).

Pitches-strikes - J Lester 105-52; C Hansen 21-13; R Seanez 27-15; J Tavarez 4-2; L Hudson 102-68; J Gobble 11-7; J Peralta 5-5; J Nelson 13-7; A Burgos 26-14.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Lester 3-7; C Hansen 2-2; R Seanez 1-4; J Tavarez 0-1; L Hudson 10-7; J Gobble 0-0; J Peralta 0-2; J Nelson 2-0; A Burgos 2-0.

Batters faced - J Lester 25; C Hansen 6; R Seanez 8; J Tavarez 1; L Hudson 28; J Gobble 2; J Peralta 2; J Nelson 4; A Burgos 5.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Derryl Cousins. 1B--Jeff Nelson. 2B--Tim Timmons. 3B--Rob Drake. Time: 3:29. Attendance: 26,687. Weather: 90 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, in from right.

Game Notes

BOSTON LEFT FIELDER MANNY RAMIREZ EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 23 GAMES WITH A DOUBLE IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING.

BOSTON SECOND BASEMAN MARK LORETTA HAS LEFT THE GAME IN THE FIFTH INNING AFTER BEING HIT BY A PITCH ON HIS LEFT ELBOW.

THE HOME RUN BY BOSTON'S DESIGNATED HITTER DAVID ORTIZ IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING WAS THE 1,000TH HIT OF HIS MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER.

Updated on Wednesday, Aug 9, 2006 1:41 am ET