Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
3
Boston Red Sox
4
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
After honoring the victims and the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings, the Red Sox beat the Royals 4-3 Saturday as David Ortiz played his first game since last summer and Daniel Nava hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
L Cain homered to left (407 feet).
D Nava homered to right (398 feet), J Gomes and M Napoli scored.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
S Perez tripled to deep right, L Cain scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
D Ortiz singled to center, J Ellsbury scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
J Francoeur singled to left, L Cain scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
A Gordon grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
A Gordon batting
E Johnson ran for G Kottaras.
G Kottaras walked, J Francoeur to second.
Pitch 5: ball 4
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: strike 1 (swinging)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
G Kottaras batting
G Kottaras hit for C Getz.
S Perez struck out swinging.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
S Perez batting
J Francoeur singled to center.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Francoeur batting
M Moustakas flied out to center.
Pitch 1: in play
M Moustakas batting
L Cain homered to left (407 feet).
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Showing the last 40 of 553 events.
Jacoby EllsburyCF22
Shane VictorinoRF8
Dustin Pedroia2B15
David OrtizDH34
Mike Anthony Napoli1B5
Daniel NavaRF25
Will Middlebrooks3B12
Stephen DrewSS10
David RossC3
Jonny GomesLF31
Jarrod SaltalamacchiaC12
Alex GordonLF4
Alcides EscobarSS3
Billy ButlerDH36
Eric Hosmer1B51
Lorenzo CainCF6
Mike Moustakas3B18
Jeff FrancoeurRF5
Salvador PerezC13
Chris Getz2B39
George KottarasPH10
Elliot JohnsonPR
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