Kansas City 9, Boston 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 20, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
79°
Umpires:
Home -
Andy Fletcher, 1B -
Jim Reynolds, 2B -
Mike DiMuro, 3B -
Tim Welke
Attendance:
28588
By SportsDirect Inc.
Rookie Eric Hosmer singled and tripled in the eight-run sixth inning as the host Kansas City Royals prevented Tim Wakefield from reaching the 200-win plateau, routing the Boston Red Sox 9-4 Saturday night.
The Red Sox remained one-half game behind New York in the American League East standings. The Yankees dropped a 9-4 decision to the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
Wakefield kept the Royals off balance for the first five innings, but the 45-year-old knuckleballer wasn't fooling anyone in the sixth. He allowed three straight one-out hits - including back-to-back RBI doubles to Jeff Francoeur and Mike Moustakas - before departing with a 4-3 lead.
Boston reliever Matt Albers (4-4) came on and promptly allowed the game-tying single to Chris Getz, followed by the go-ahead double by Alex Gordon. With six runs already in, Hosmer capped the game-changing inning with a two-run triple to deep center field off Franklin Morales.
Wakefield was charged with four runs on nine hits over 5 1/3 innings as he failed in his bid to become the 111th major-leaguer to record 200 wins. He has been stuck on 199 victories since July 24.
Felipe Paulino (2-5) was the beneficiary of the Royals' sixth-inning explosion, earning his first victory since July 5. The veteran right-hander surrendered four runs on eight hits over six frames for just his third win in the last two seasons - a span of 28 starts.
Rookie Ryan Lavarnway had two hits and an RBI for the Red Sox, who were without center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury (back).
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston |
|
Kansas City |
|
Tim Wakefield |
Player |
Felipe Paulino
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.1 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
9 |
Hits |
8 |
|
6.75 |
ERA |
6.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
10 |
0 |
11 |
.286 |
16 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
14 |
0 |
21 |
.378 |
13 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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