Boston 11, Kansas City 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, May 7, 2012
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
71°
Umpires:
Home -
Tim Tschida, 1B -
Chris Guccione, 2B -
Jeff Nelson, 3B -
Bill Welke
Attendance:
19502
By SportsDirect Inc.
Red Sox 11, Royals 5: Will Middlebrooks homered twice and drove in five runs and David Ortiz had three hits - including a solo shot - as visiting Boston snapped a five-game losing skid by outslugging Kansas City.
After belting a grand slam during Sunday's 17-inning marathon, Middlebrooks continued his hot hitting at the Royals' expense.
Middlebrooks deposited a first-inning offering from Jonathan Sanchez (1-2) just inside the foul pole in the right field for a three-run homer. He then capped a four-run uprising in the eighth inning with a two-run blast off the left-field foul pole.
Dustin Pedroia launched a two-run opposite-field homer, Cody Ross had a two-run double and Adrian Gonzalez rebounded from an 0-for-8 effort on Sunday with an RBI single.
The offensive explosion proved to be enough for Felix Doubront (2-1), who labored through 6 1/3 innings in order to give Boston's taxed bullpen a breather. Doubront allowed five runs on seven hits.
Alex Gordon had an RBI single and also drove in a run on a bases-loaded walk for the Royals.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Sanchez yielded six runs on as many hits in three innings to take the loss. ... Vicente Padilla induced a double-play grounder to work out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning. He finished the game with two more scoreless frames to pick up the save.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
16 |
4 |
33 |
.390 |
24 |
10 |
10 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
| Kansas City
|
10 |
0 |
11 |
.294 |
11 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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