May 29, 2010 Red Sox 5, Royals 2

The hits are even at nine apiece, but the Sox get five of theirs consecutively in the 2nd inning to account for four runs off of Zach Greinke, who goes the distance in the complete game loss. Billy Butler waited until the last minute, but does get a hit in the 8th inning to extend his hitting streak to 27 games.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2010 Kansas City Royals At 2010 Boston Red Sox            5/29/2010
 
  Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Podsednik LF      5  0  2  0 .305     M.Scutaro SS        5  1  1  2 .222  
  M.Aviles 2B         4  1  1  0 .256     D.Pedroia 2B        3  0  2  1 .303  
  D.Dejesus RF        3  0  2  0 .376     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  0  0 .188  
  B.Butler 1B         4  0  1  1 .415     V.Martinez C        2  1  1  0 .291  
  J.Guillen DH        4  0  0  0 .197     A.Beltre 3B         4  0  0  0 .360  
  A.Callaspo 3B       4  0  0  0 .271     J.Drew RF           3  0  1  1 .279  
  M.Maier CF          3  0  0  0 .300     M.Lowell 1B         4  1  1  0 .288  
  Y.Betancourt SS     3  1  1  1 .288     J.Hermida LF        4  1  1  0 .191  
  J.Kendall C         3  0  1  0 .243     M.Cameron CF        4  1  2  1 .190  
A-W.Betemit PH        1  0  1  01.000                                          
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         Totals      34  2  9  2                 Totals      33  5  9  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Kendall In 9th Inning
 
Royals.......... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 1 0  -  2  9  0
Red Sox......... 0 4 0  0 1 0  0 0    -  5  9  0
 
Royals (25-25)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
Z.Greinke LOSS(5-4)       8       9   5   5   4   6   0 135   3.62
Totals                    8       9   5   5   4   6   0
 
Red Sox (25-26)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Buchholz WIN(4-2)       7       5   1   1   3   2   1 105   3.05
J.Nelson                  0 1/3   3   1   1   0   0   0  19  10.13
D.Bard SAVE(2nd)          1 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0  21   5.19
Totals                    9       9   2   2   3   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,851 DATE- Saturday, May 29th 2010 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Angel Campos, Paul Nauert, Tom Hallion, Phil Cuzzi
T- 3:12
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 8  Red Sox: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 0  Red Sox: 2
DOUBLES- J.Drew(11th)
TRIPLES- D.Pedroia(1st)
HOME RUNS- Y.Betancourt(7th)
WALKS- D.Dejesus, M.Maier, Y.Betancourt, D.Pedroia, V.Martinez-2, J.Drew
STRIKE OUTS- J.Guillen-3, D.Ortiz-3, A.Beltre, J.Drew, M.Cameron
GIDP- B.Butler, J.Guillen
2-out RBI- M.Cameron, M.Scutaro-2, D.Pedroia, Y.Betancourt
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Mitch Maier robbed David Ortiz of a Homerun!
 
Second baseman Dustin Pedroia had 2 base hits as the Boston Red Sox topped the
Kansas City Royals by a score of 5 to 2 at Fenway Park.
 
Clay Buchholz(4-2) earned his pay with a solid performance for Boston.  He
went 7 innings allowing 5 hits and 3 walks dropping his ERA from 3.26 to
3.05.  Both teams finished the game with 9 hits.  
 
Daniel Bard gained credit for his 2nd save.  Zack Greinke(5-4) was hit with
the loss.  He allowed 5 runs and 9 hits in 8 innings.

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