Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
3
Boston Red Sox
4
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| BOS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Pedro Ciriaco put Boston ahead with a two-run double in the seventh inning, Jon Lester had his third straight solid start and the Red Sox snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: foul
P Ciriaco doubled to left, M Gomez and M Aviles scored.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
J Giavotella reached on infield single to first, M Moustakas scored, B Pena to third, E Hosmer to second.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
A Gordon doubled to left, A Escobar scored.
E Hosmer homered to left (378 feet).
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
D Ortiz singled to center, P Ciriaco and J Ellsbury scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
L Cain flied out to right.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
L Cain batting
J Giavotella flied out to center.
Pitch 8: in play
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: ball 3
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Giavotella batting
E Hosmer grounded out to second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
E Hosmer batting
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
M Gomez struck out swinging.
Pitch 7: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 6: ball 1
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
M Gomez batting
R Lavarnway grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
R Lavarnway batting
Showing the last 40 of 545 events.
Pedro Ciriaco3B15
Jacoby EllsburyCF22
Dustin Pedroia2B15
David OrtizDH34
Cody RossRF7
Ryan LavarnwayC50
Mauro Gomez1B
Mike AvilesSS12
Scott PodsednikLF26
Lorenzo CainCF6
Alcides EscobarSS3
Alex GordonLF4
Billy ButlerDH36
Jeff FrancoeurRF5
Mike Moustakas3B18
Brayan PenaC25
Eric Hosmer1B51
Johnny Giavotella2B12
Jarrod DysonDH1
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