BATTING - HR: Sweeney (6,1st inning off Fossum 1 on 2 out); Beltran (3,6th inning off
Woodard 1 on 0 out); Ibanez (5,6th inning off Woodard 0 on 1 out).
Team LOB: 3.
Ejections: Mike Difelice by Phil Cuzzi [Balls and strikes]; Casey
Fossum by Phil Cuzzi [Intentional HBP]; BOS Manager Grady Little by Phil Cuzzi
[Intentional HBP]
Time of Game: 2:57 Attendance: 31950
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Boston Red Sox
1. Tucker rf Damon cf
2. Randa 3b Walker 2b
3. Beltran cf Garciaparra ss
4. Sweeney 1b Ramirez lf
5. Ibanez lf Ortiz 1b
6. Harvey dh Nixon rf
7. Berroa ss Mueller 3b
8. Difelice c Giambi dh
9. Febles 2b Mirabelli c
Snyder p Fossum p
ROYALS 1ST: Tucker grounded out (second to first); Debut game
for Kyle Snyder; Randa struck out; Beltran singled to left;
Sweeney homered to left [Beltran scored]; WOODARD REPLACED
FOSSUM (PITCHING); Ibanez singled to right; the first pitch
after Mike Sweeney's homer was behind Raul Ibanez; Red Sox
pitcher Casey Fossum Manager Grady Little ejected by HP umpire
Phil Cuzzi; Harvey grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 1ST: Damon reached on an error by Sweeney; Snyder threw
a wild pitch [Damon to second]; Walker tripled to center [Damon
scored (unearned)]; Garciaparra grounded out (third to first);
Ramirez out on a sacrifice fly to center [Walker scored
(unearned)]; Ortiz grounded out (pitcher to third to first); 2 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 2.
ROYALS 2ND: Berroa grounded out (pitcher to first); Difelice
flied to center; Febles grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 2.
RED SOX 2ND: Nixon flied to center; Mueller grounded out (second
to first); Giambi doubled to left; Mirabelli grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 2.
ROYALS 3RD: Tucker flied to left; Randa singled to right;
Beltran struck out; Sweeney flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 2.
RED SOX 3RD: Damon singled to shortstop; Damon stole second;
Walker grounded out (first to pitcher) [Damon to third];
Garciaparra out on a sacrifice fly to center [Damon scored];
Ramirez singled to right; Ortiz walked [Ramirez to second];
Nixon struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 3.
ROYALS 4TH: Ibanez flied to center; Harvey struck out; Berroa
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 4TH: Mueller flied to left; Giambi walked; Mirabelli
flied to left; Damon grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 3.
ROYALS 5TH: Difelice grounded out (second to first); Febles
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tucker lined to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 5TH: Walker singled to center; Garciaparra forced Walker
(shortstop to second); Ramirez popped to second; Ortiz popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 3.
ROYALS 6TH: Randa singled to right; Beltran homered to
right-center [Randa scored]; Sweeney grounded out (shortstop to
first); Ibanez homered to right; TIMLIN REPLACED WOODARD
(PITCHING); Harvey flied to center; Berroa flied to center; 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 6TH: WILSON REPLACED SNYDER (PITCHING); Nixon homered to
left-center; Mueller doubled to left; Giambi was called out on
strikes; Mirabelli grounded out (third to first); Damon was hit
by a pitch; Walker grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Red Sox 4.
ROYALS 7TH: Difelice grounded out (third to first); Febles
popped to first; Tucker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Red Sox 4.
RED SOX 7TH: Garciaparra singled to second; Ramirez singled to
left [Garciaparra to third]; GRIMSLEY REPLACED WILSON
(PITCHING); Ortiz grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Garciaparra scored (no RBI), Ramirez out at
second]; Nixon singled to center; Mueller grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Red Sox 5.
ROYALS 8TH: SHIELL REPLACED TIMLIN (PITCHING); Randa grounded
out (third to first); Beltran struck out; Sweeney singled to
center; Ibanez popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals
5, Red Sox 5.
RED SOX 8TH: Giambi walked; JACKSON RAN FOR GIAMBI; VARITEK
BATTED FOR MIRABELLI; Jackson stole second; MAYNE REPLACED
DIFELICE (PLAYING C ); Varitek out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Jackson to third]; Royals catcher Mike DiFelice
ejected by HP umpire Phil Cuzzi for complaining about the
inconsistent strike zone; Damon reached on a fielder's
choice [Jackson out at home (first to catcher to third to
catcher)]; Walker doubled to left [Damon scored]; Garciaparra
flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Red Sox 6.
ROYALS 9TH: JACKSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); VARITEK STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); LYON REPLACED SHIELL (PITCHING); Harvey
grounded out (pitcher to first); Berroa lined to center; Mayne
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Red
Sox 6.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 5 8 1 3
Red Sox 6 11 0 9
