Boston 4, 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 11 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 2
WP: D. Matsuzaka (1-0) S: J. Papelbon (1)
LP: Z. Greinke (0-1)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Boston
- M. Ramirez doubled to deep right, K. Youkilis scored
Top 5th: Boston
- J. Lugo stole third, J. Lugo scored on J. Buck's throwing error
Bot 6th: Kansas City
- D. DeJesus homered to deep right
Top 8th: Boston
- D. Ortiz scored, J.D. Drew to second on wild pitch
- C. Crisp singled to center, J.D. Drew scored, M. Lowell to second
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Lugo ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 4 .333
K. Youkilis 1b 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 .231
D. Ortiz dh 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 .182
M. Ramirez lf 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 .273
J.D. Drew rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 .400
M. Lowell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333
J. Varitek c 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .091
C. Crisp cf 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 .100
D. Pedroia 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .500
 Totals 38 4 11 2 2 10 20  
 Batting
2B - M Ramirez (1, Z Greinke); M Lowell (3, Z Greinke); J Lugo (1, Z Greinke); J Drew (2, Z Greinke); D Ortiz (2, J Peralta).
RBI - M Ramirez (1), C Crisp (1).
2-out RBI - M Ramirez, C Crisp.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 1, J Drew 2, J Lugo 2, D Pedroia 1.
GIDP - J Lugo.
Team LOB - 9.
 Base Running
SB - J Lugo (1, 3rd base off Z Greinke/J Buck).
 
 Fielding
DP - 2 (D Matsuzaka-J Lugo-K Youkilis, J Varitek-J Lugo).
 Kansas City
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. DeJesus cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .167
E. German 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500
M. Teahen rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .300
E. Brown dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .143
A. Gordon 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .091
R. Shealy 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000
R. Gload lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .300
J. Buck c 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .429
T. Pena Jr. ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200
 Totals 32 1 7 1 1 12 10  
 Batting
2B - E Brown (1, D Matsuzaka).
HR - D Dejesus (1, 6th inning off D Matsuzaka 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - D DeJesus (1).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Pena Jr 1, A Gordon 1.
GIDP - E Brown.
Team LOB - 5.
 Base Running
CS - E German (1, 2nd base by D Matsuzaka/J Varitek).
 
 Fielding
E - J Buck (1, throw); A Gordon (1, ground ball).
DP - 1 (T Pena Jr-R Shealy).
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
D. Matsuzaka (W, 1-0) 7.0 6 1 1 1 10 1 1.29
J.C. Romero (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
J. Papelbon (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
 Kansas City
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
Z. Greinke (L, 0-1) 7.0 8 2 1 1 7 0 1.29
J. Peralta 1.0 3 2 1 1 1 0 3.38
D. Riske 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
WP - J Peralta.
IBB - J Drew (by J Peralta).
Pitches-strikes - D Matsuzaka 108-74; J Romero 15-10; J Papelbon 13-11; Z Greinke 101-64; J Peralta 31-19; D Riske 11-8.
Ground balls-fly balls - D Matsuzaka 5-5; J Romero 3-0; J Papelbon 1-0; Z Greinke 6-8; J Peralta 1-1; D Riske 1-0.
Batters faced - D Matsuzaka 26; J Romero 4; J Papelbon 3; Z Greinke 29; J Peralta 8; D Riske 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Jeff Nelson. 1B--Jim Wolf. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Jim Joyce.
Time: 3:00.
Attendance: 23,170.
Weather: 36 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, left to right.

Updated on Thursday, Apr 5, 2007 5:14 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Boston
M. Ramirez M. Ramirez
2-5
1 RBI
 Kansas City
D. DeJesus D. DeJesus
2-4, 1 HR
1 RBI