Boston 7, Kansas City 1
Preview - Box Score - Recap

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  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 7 8 3
Kansas City 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
WP: J. Beckett (1-0)
LP: O. Perez (0-1)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Boston
- M. Lowell doubled to deep left, M. Ramirez and J.D. Drew scored
Bot 4th: Kansas City
- J. LaRue hit sacrifice fly to left, E. Brown scored
Top 6th: Boston
- J. Varitek hit sacrifice fly to right, M. Ramirez scored, J.D. Drew to third
Top 7th: Boston
- K. Youkilis homered to deep left center, D. Pedroia scored
Top 8th: Boston
- J. Lugo singled to right, C. Crisp scored, D. Pedroia to second
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Lugo ss 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .286
K. Youkilis 1b 5 1 1 2 0 1 3 .333
D. Ortiz dh 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 .167
M. Ramirez lf 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 .167
    W. Pena ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J.D. Drew rf 5 1 2 1 0 2 1 .429
M. Lowell 3b 4 0 1 2 1 0 2 .250
J. Varitek c 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .143
C. Crisp cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 .000
D. Pedroia 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .500
 Totals 32 7 8 7 8 6 13  
 Batting
2B - J Drew (1, O Perez); M Lowell (2, O Perez).
HR - K Youkilis (1, 7th inning off T Wellemeyer 1 on, 1 Out).
S - J Lugo.
SF - J Varitek.
RBI - J Drew (1), M Lowell 2 (2), J Varitek (1), K Youkilis 2 (2), J Lugo (1).
2-out RBI - J Drew, M Lowell 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 1, J Varitek 1, D Ortiz 1, M Lowell 1.
GIDP - K Youkilis.
Team LOB - 8.
 Fielding
E - M Lowell 3 (3, ground ball 2, throw).
DP - 1 (M Lowell-D Pedroia-K Youkilis).
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. DeJesus cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
M. Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333
    E. German 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M. Teahen rf 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 .429
M. Sweeney dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250
A. Gordon 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
E. Brown lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000
R. Gload 1b 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 .429
J. LaRue c 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .000
T. Pena Jr. ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286
 Totals 31 1 3 1 4 8 12  
 Batting
2B - M Teahen (1, J Beckett); R Gload (1, J Beckett).
SF - J LaRue.
RBI - J LaRue (1).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Sweeney 2, T Pena Jr 2.
GIDP - M Grudzielanek.
Team LOB - 8.
 Fielding
DP - 1 (T Pena Jr-M Grudzielanek-R Gload).
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Beckett (W, 1-0) 5.0 2 1 1 4 5 0 1.80
J. Lopez (H, 1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
K. Snyder (H, 1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
J.C. Romero 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
J. Pineiro 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.75
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
O. Perez (L, 0-1) 5.1 5 4 4 3 3 0 6.75
J. Soria 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
T. Wellemeyer 1.0 1 2 2 3 0 1 18.00
R. Braun 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 9.00
J. Gobble 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Pitches-strikes - J Beckett 94-46; J Lopez 9-5; K Snyder 18-10; J Romero 11-6; J Pineiro 18-13; O Perez 90-52; J Soria 19-11; T Wellemeyer 35-19; R Braun 24-13; J Gobble 11-6.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Beckett 3-7; J Lopez 2-0; K Snyder 2-2; J Romero 2-0; J Pineiro 1-0; O Perez 7-6; J Soria 0-2; T Wellemeyer 1-2; R Braun 0-1; J Gobble 1-1.
Batters faced - J Beckett 22; J Lopez 3; K Snyder 4; J Romero 3; J Pineiro 4; O Perez 23; J Soria 3; T Wellemeyer 7; R Braun 6; J Gobble 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Jim Joyce. 1B--Jeff Nelson. 2B--Jim Wolf. 3B--Tim Tschida.
Time: 3:19.
Attendance: 22,348.
Weather: 42 degrees, clear.
Wind: 10 mph, left to right.

Updated on Wednesday, Apr 4, 2007 11:33 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Boston
K. Youkilis K. Youkilis
1-5, 1 HR
2 RBI
 Kansas City
R. Gload R. Gload
2-3
0 RBI