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Updated: Friday, May 23, 2008 10:06 PM EDT
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Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
ROYALS  (21-26) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 8 13 1
RED SOX  (31-19) 0 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 X 11 14 0

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Hitters AB R H BI BB K LO AVG
D. DeJesus LF 6 0 2 0 0 3 4 .285
M. Grudzielanek 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .301
  E. German 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100
  B. Butler PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267
A. Gordon 3B 4 3 1 0 2 1 4 .295
J. Guillen DH 5 3 4 3 0 1 1 .251
M. Teahen RF 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 .252
M. Olivo C 5 1 3 5 0 1 4 .289
R. Gload 1B 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .243
A. Callaspo SS 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 .270
J. Gathright CF 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 .259

Batting
2B J. Guillen  (17, off  Matsuzaka); M. Olivo  (11, off  Hansen, Matsuzaka); J. Gathright  (2, off  Matsuzaka)
HR J. Guillen  (6, inning 7, 0 out, 0 on off Hansen), M. Olivo  (6, inning 8, 2 out, 2 on off Aardsma)
RBI J. Guillen 3 (34), M. Olivo 5 (19)
2-Out RBI J. Guillen 1; M. Olivo 3
2-Out RLISP D. DeJesus 2; M. Grudzielanek 1; A. Gordon 3; M. Olivo 2; A. Callaspo 1
Team LOB 13

Base Running
SB J. Gathright  (12)

Fielding
E R. Gload  (1)
BOSTON RED SOX
Hitters AB R H BI BB K LO AVG
J. Ellsbury CF-LF 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 .291
D. Pedroia 2B 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 .301
D. Ortiz DH 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .247
M. Ramirez LF 4 2 1 0 1 2 0 .287
  C. Crisp CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295
M. Lowell 3B 4 3 3 4 0 0 0 .283
K. Youkilis 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .324
J. Drew RF 4 2 2 4 0 0 1 .290
K. Cash C 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 .333
J. Lugo SS 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .293
  A. Cora SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .409

Batting
2B D. Pedroia  (15, off  Gobble); M. Lowell  (10, off  Bannister)
HR M. Lowell  (6, inning 6, 2 out, 3 on off Gobble), J. Drew  (4, inning 2, 0 out, 3 on off Bannister)
SF J. Lugo 1
RBI D. Pedroia  (25), M. Lowell 4 (19), K. Youkilis  (35), J. Drew 4 (22), J. Lugo  (13)
2-Out RBI M. Lowell 4; K. Youkilis 1
Team LOB 5

Base Running
CS J. Lugo 1

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR NP-ST ERA
B. Bannister (L, 4-6) 5.1 12 7 7 1 4 1 107-72 4.94
J. Gobble 0.2 2 4 4 2 1 1 22-8 6.55
Y. Yabuta 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17-12 5.85
L. Nunez 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10-8 1.45

BOSTON RED SOX
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR NP-ST ERA
D. Matsuzaka (W, 8-0) 5.2 6 3 3 6 7 0 118-67 2.40
J. Lopez (H, 7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4-3 2.95
C. Hansen 1.0 2 2 2 2 0 1 24-13 7.56
D. Aardsma 1.0 3 3 3 0 2 1 26-15 3.27
J. Papelbon (SV, 14) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15-10 2.35

OTHER STATISTICS
WP: D. Matsuzaka 2
IBB: M. Ramirez  (by J. Gobble)
Ground balls-fly balls: B. Bannister 10-7; J. Gobble 0-1; Y. Yabuta 2-1; L. Nunez 1-1; D. Matsuzaka 8-5; J. Lopez 0-0; C. Hansen 1-4; D. Aardsma 2-1; J. Papelbon 2-1
Batters faced: B. Bannister 27; J. Gobble 6; Y. Yabuta 4; L. Nunez 3; D. Matsuzaka 29; J. Lopez 1; C. Hansen 7; D. Aardsma 6; J. Papelbon 5
Umpires: HP - Wendelstedt, 1B - Knight, 2B - Hudson, 3B - Hallion
Time: 3:16
Attendance: 37,613