Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 4, Kansas City 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, August 24, 2012
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Dan Bellino, 3B - Larry Vanover
Attendance: 37228
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City 002100000371
Boston 20000020-4101
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Lorenzo Cain CF 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .253
Alcides Escobar SS 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 .303
Alex Gordon LF 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 .291
Billy Butler DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .302
     Jarrod Dyson PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
Jeff Francoeur RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .238
Mike Moustakas 3B 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .249
Brayan Pena C 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250
Eric Hosmer 1B 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 .239
Johnny Giavotella 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .209
Totals 33 3 7 3 4 7 16  
Batting
2B - Alex Gordon (40)
HR - Eric Hosmer (12)
TB - Lorenzo Cain, Alex Gordon 3, Billy Butler, Brayan Pena, Eric Hosmer 4, Johnny Giavotella
RBI - Alex Gordon (50), Eric Hosmer (50), Johnny Giavotella (7)
2-Out RBI - Alex Gordon (12)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alcides Escobar 2 (48), Billy Butler (48), Brayan Pena (16)
GIDP - Lorenzo Cain (3), Billy Butler (15)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
SB - Jarrod Dyson (24, 2nd off Padilla/Lavarnway)
Fielding
E - Johnny Giavotella (4)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Bruce Chen 6.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 5.41
Kelvin Herrera (L 1-2; BS 1) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.52
Tim Collins 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.13
Aaron Crow 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.53
IBB - Dustin Pedroia (by Collins)
Pitches-Strikes - Bruce Chen 98-65, Kelvin Herrera 7-7, Tim Collins 15-8, Aaron Crow 12-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bruce Chen 6-3, Kelvin Herrera 1-0, Tim Collins 0-0, Aaron Crow 1-0
Batters Faced - Bruce Chen 25, Kelvin Herrera 3, Tim Collins 3, Aaron Crow 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Kelvin Herrera 1-1, Tim Collins 1-0
Boston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Pedro Ciriaco 3B 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 .349
Jacoby Ellsbury CF 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .262
Dustin Pedroia 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .282
David Ortiz DH 4 0 2 2 0 2 3 .318
Cody Ross RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .271
Ryan Lavarnway C 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .146
Mauro Gomez 1B 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 .263
Mike Aviles SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .253
Scott Podsednik LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .378
Totals 31 4 10 4 2 8 14  
Batting
2B - Pedro Ciriaco (9), Dustin Pedroia (28), David Ortiz (26)
TB - Pedro Ciriaco 3, Jacoby Ellsbury 2, Dustin Pedroia 2, David Ortiz 3, Ryan Lavarnway, Mike Aviles, Scott Podsednik
RBI - Pedro Ciriaco 2 (14), David Ortiz 2 (60)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Pedro Ciriaco (11), David Ortiz 2 (28), Cody Ross (35), Ryan Lavarnway (8)
S - Scott Podsednik (5)
GIDP - Cody Ross (7)
Team LOB - 6
Baserunning
CS - Jacoby Ellsbury (1, 2nd by Chen/Pena)
SB - Pedro Ciriaco (9, 3rd off Collins/Pena), Dustin Pedroia (12, 2nd off Collins/Pena)
Fielding
E - Mike Aviles (13)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jon Lester (W 8-10) 7.0 6 3 3 4 6 1 4.98
Vicente Padilla (H 21) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.32
Andrew Miller (H 13) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.76
Andrew Bailey (SV 1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.70
Pitches-Strikes - Jon Lester 96-61, Vicente Padilla 9-7, Andrew Miller 5-3, Andrew Bailey 15-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jon Lester 11-1, Vicente Padilla 0-0, Andrew Miller 0-0, Andrew Bailey 1-3
Batters Faced - Jon Lester 30, Vicente Padilla 2, Andrew Miller 1, Andrew Bailey 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Andrew Miller 1-0, Andrew Bailey 1-0