Kansas City 10, Boston 9
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 25, 2012
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Jerry Layne, 1B -
Cory Blaser, 2B -
Dan Bellino, 3B -
Mike Estabrook
Attendance:
37103
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Royals 10, Red Sox 9 (12): Tony Abreu got into a game for the first time in over a week and made it count, singling in the go-ahead run in the 12th inning to lead visiting Kansas City past depleted Boston.
The Royals got to Junichi Tazawa (0-1) with two outs in the 12th as Jeff Francoeur drew a walk and Eric Hosmer doubled to left. Abreu, who had not played since Aug. 17, followed with his second hit of the night - a single to left that plated Francoeur.
The late end capped a long day for the Red Sox, who blew a six run lead after trading away Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Nick Punto and Josh Beckett in a nine-player deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier in the afternoon.
Francisco Bueno (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings in relief to earn his first major-league win and Greg Holland picked up his seventh save with a scoreless bottom of the 12th.
Boston jumped out on top quickly, pounding Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie for seven runs (six earned) on seven hits in 2 2/3 innings. The Red Sox erased a 3-0 deficit with four runs in the second as Mauro Gomez hit his first career home run and Mike Aviles followed back-to-back singles with a three-run blast.
Gomez, who was starting at first base for Gonzalez, went 4-for-6 with three RBIs, singling in runs in the third and fourth as the Red Sox built the lead to 9-3.
Starter Aaron Cook was lifted after six innings and the Boston bullpen could not hold the large lead.
Kansas City sent 11 men to the plate in a six-run seventh inning. Andrew Miller was the first out of the bullpen and ended up charged with four runs while Mark Melancon was tagged for two more and left-hander Craig Breslow allowed a pair of inherited runners to score.
Mike Moustakas had the big hit in the frame, lofting a fly ball to the corner in right that Cody Ross overran, giving Moustakas a two-run triple and knotting it at 9-9.
Alex Gordon drove in four runs and Billy Butler added three hits and two RBIs for the Royals.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Red Sox received 1B James Loney, INF Ivan DeJesus Jr., RHP Allen Webster and two players to be named from the Dodgers. … Boston called up SS Jose Iglesias, RHP Tazawa and OF Che-Hsuan Lin from Triple-A Pawtucket to fill the empty roster spots. … Red Sox RHP Alfredo Aceves was suspended three games for conduct detrimental to the team. Aceves was upset about not being used in a save situation Friday night. … Boston placed OF Daniel Nava (wrist) on the DL and recalled LHP Felix Doubront, who will start on Sunday. … Gordon leads the American League with 41 doubles and is batting .388 in 13 career games at Fenway Park.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
Boston |
|
Jeremy Guthrie
|
Player |
Aaron Cook
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
2.2 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
0 |
|
7 |
Hits |
7 |
|
20.25 |
ERA |
4.50 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
14 |
0 |
19 |
.292 |
17 |
8 |
10 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
| Boston
|
20 |
2 |
28 |
.408 |
16 |
8 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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