Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals
April 2, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 2, 2007 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 1, Kansas City Royals 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 4 0 1 0
Youkilis 1b 4 1 2 0
Ortiz dh 3 0 1 1
Ramirez lf 4 0 0 0
Drew rf 2 0 1 0
  Pena ph 1 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 4 0 1 0
Varitek c 4 0 0 0
Crisp cf 3 0 0 0
Pedroia 2b 3 0 2 0
Schilling p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Donnelly p 0 0 0 0
  Pineiro p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 5 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 5 2 3 3
Teahen rf 4 0 2 1
Sweeney dh 4 0 2 0
Gordon 3b 3 0 0 0
Shealy 1b 3 0 0 1
Gload lf 4 1 1 0
Buck c 4 2 2 1
Pena ss 3 2 2 1
Meche p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
Boston 100 000 000180
Kansas City 110 301 01x7120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Schilling  L (0-1) 4.0 8 5 5 2 5
  Lopez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Okajima   1.2 2 1 1 0 2
  Donnelly   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Pineiro   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Romero   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
2
8
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meche  W (1-0) 7.1 6 1 1 1 6
  Peralta   1.2 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
10

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1. Lugo-Pedroia-Youkilis, Kansas City 1. Pena-Grudzielanek-Shealy.  2B–Boston Ortiz (1,off Meche); Lowell (1,off Peralta)., Kansas City Buck (1,off Schilling); Grudzielanek (1,off Schilling).  3B–Kansas City Pena 2 (2,off Schilling,off Pineiro).  HR–Kansas City Buck (1,6th inning off Okajima 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Ortiz (1,by Meche); Gordon (1,by Lopez).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:54.  A–41,257.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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