Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox Double-Header Game Thread (4/21)

[alnorth]

Final, Game 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (9-7)	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	0
BOS (12-5)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0

Final / 10, Game 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
KC (10-7)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	5	9	1
BOS (12-6)	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	1

Game 1



Win, (2-1) Ervin Santana 7IP 2R 2ER 0BB 7K
Hold, (2) Bruce Chen ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Hold, (4) Aaron Crow ⅓IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Save, (4) Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

VS.



Loss, (0-2) Ryan Dempster 7IP 4R 4ER 3BB 8K 1HR
Clayton Mortensen 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Alex Wilson 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Home Runs

KC

Alcides Escobar, (2) - Top 1st solo shot to left over the green monster.

BOS

none

AL Central

Final: CLE 5, HOU 4
Final: MIN 5, CWS 3
Final / 13: DET 3, LAA 4

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alex Gordon, LF
2. Alcides Escobar, SS
3. Billy Butler, DH
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Lorenzo Cain, CF
6. Mike Moustakas, 3B
7. Jeff Francoeur, RF
8. Salvador Perez, C
9. Chris Getz, 2B

BOS

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Daniel Nava, RF
3. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
4. David Ortiz, DH
4. Pedro Ciriaco, pr/DH
5. Mike Napoli, 1B
6. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
7. Will Middlebrooks, 3B
8. Stephen Drew, SS
9. Jonny Gomes, LF

Game 2



Jeremy Guthrie 6IP 4R 4ER 4BB 2K 1HR
Luke Hochevar 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Win, (2-2) Kelvin Herrera 2IP 0R 0ER 1BB 3K
Save, (5) Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 3K

VS.



Allen Webster 6IP 3R 2ER 1BB 5K 2HR
Major League Debut
Hold, (4) Junichi Tazawa 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Blown Save, (1) Koji Uehara 1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 1K 1HR
Andrew Bailey 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Loss, (0-1) Andrew Miller 1IP 1R 1ER 2BB 2K

Home Runs

KC

George Kottaras, (1) - Top 5th solo shot to right
Alex Gordon, (1) - Top 5th solo shot to left over the green monster
Billy Butler, (3) - Top 8th solo shot to left over the green monster

BOS

Mike Napoli, (3) - Bottom 2nd solo shot to left over the green monster

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alex Gordon, LF
2. Alcides Escobar, SS
3. Billy Butler, DH
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Lorenzo Cain, CF
6. Mike Moustakas, 3B
7. Jeff Francoeur, RF
8. George Kottaras, C
8. Salvador Perez, C
9. Elliot Johnson, 2B
9. Miguel Tejada, ph
9. Chris Getz, 2B

BOS

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Daniel Nava, RF
3. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
4. Mike Napoli, 1B
5. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, DH
6. Will Middlebrooks, 3B
7. Mike Carp, LF
8. David Ross, C
9. Pedro Ciriaco, SS

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Canofbier

I'M BREAKIN' A SWEAT

IT'S ALL RIGHT

[Ceej]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

IT'S ALL RIGHT

Come on baby light my fire.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by AussieChiefsFan

FIRST PLACE UP IN HERE!

That is so sweet!

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Strongside

I think this DET series is going to be an entertaining one.

I'm psyched for it!

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by Great Expectations

Last week you would've been happy for a .500 road trip, now you are talking about sweeping the tigers? We are facing scherzer, verlander, and sanchez.

That's a murderer's row.

[CaliforniaChief]

It's not the record or standings that thrill me, but being able to win close games against good teams that does.

Everyone who looked at our schedule said that the beginning would be a real test...and to this point, we're passing that test.

Now let's go to Detroit and win another series.

[AussieChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

It's not the record or standings that thrill me, but being able to win close games against good teams that does.

Everyone who looked at our schedule said that the beginning would be a real test...and to this point, we're passing that test.

Now let's go to Detroit and win another series.