April 2, 2007: Red Sox win opener in 12 innings, 4-3 over Royals

Posted by spooky at 12:31 PM




It takes 12 innings, but the 2007 Red Sox start out on a winning note with a 4-3 win in Kansas City. The Royals had a 3-0 lead after 6, scoring 3 runs off Curt Schilling including 2 off solo homers. Meanwhile, Royals starter Gil Meche was handling the Sox pretty easily, striking out 6 through 6. In the 7th the Sox got 2 hits off Meche with none out, which made the Royals go to Joakim Soira out of the bullpen. Soira would allow a run to score on a Youkilis sac fly, then would walk both Papi and Manny but would get JD Drew to pop out to end the inning. In the 8th, Soira would walk Jason Varitek with one out and give way to Jimmy Gobble. Gobble would allow a double to Coco Crisp and commit a wild pitch to allow a run to score, which would bring Octavio Dotel out of the Royals bullpen. Dotel would uncork a wild pitch as well and allow the Sox to tie the game. The 3-3 tie would hold until the 12th, when 3 walks and an error by catcher John Buck would allow the Sox to score the go-ahead run without the benefit of a hit. Enter Jonathan Papelbon, and it's good night Royals.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Kansas City Royals             4/2/2007
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Lugo SS           6  0  3  0 .500     D.Dejesus CF        4  0  1  1 .250  
  K.Youkilis 1B       4  0  0  1 .000     M.Grudzielanek 2B   5  0  1  0 .200  
  D.Ortiz DH          5  0  0  0 .000     M.Teahen RF         5  0  2  0 .400  
  M.Ramirez LF        4  1  1  0 .250     M.Sweeney DH        5  0  1  0 .200  
  J.Drew RF           6  0  1  0 .167     A.Gordon 3B,1B      5  1  1  1 .200  
  M.Lowell 3B         3  0  1  0 .333     R.Shealy 1B         4  1  2  1 .500  
  J.Varitek C         5  1  0  0 .000   B-E.German PR,3B      1  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Crisp CF          5  1  1  1 .200     R.Gload LF          3  0  1  0 .333  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  1  0 .250   A-R.Sanders PH,LF     2  0  0  0 .000  
C-E.Hinske PH         1  0  0  0 .000     J.Buck C            5  0  1  0 .200  
D-A.Cora 2B           1  0  0  0 .000     T.Pena Jr SS        4  1  1  0 .250  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      44  4  8  2                 Totals      43  3 11  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Gload In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Shealy In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Pedroia In 11th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Hinske In 11th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 2 0  0 0 1  -  4  8  0
Royals.......... 0 0 1  1 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3 11  1
 
Red Sox (1-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Schilling               6       8   3   3   0   3   2  90   4.50
J.Pineiro                 1       0   0   0   0   0   0  10   0.00
B.Donnelly                1       2   0   0   0   2   0  21   0.00
H.Okajima                 2       0   0   0   1   2   0  20   0.00
J.Lopez WIN(1-0)          1       1   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.00
J.Papelbon SAVE(1st)      1       0   0   0   0   0   0  14   0.00
Totals                   12      11   3   3   1   7   2
 
Royals (0-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
G.Meche                   6 1/3   6   1   1   3   6   0 101   1.42
J.Soria HOLD(1st)         1       0   1   1   3   0   0  19   9.00
J.Gobble                  0       1   1   1   0   0   0   7   ----
O.Dotel BS(1st)           3       0   0   0   0   4   0  28   0.00
R.Braun LOSS(0-1)         1       1   1   0   2   0   0  33   0.00
D.Riske                   0 2/3   0   0   0   1   1   0  12   0.00
Totals                   12       8   4   3   9  11   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 8,089 DATE- Monday, April 2nd 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Joe West, Ed Rapuano, Cb Bucknor, Mike Dimuro
T- 3:55
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:14  Royals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2  Royals: 0
ERRORS- J.Buck
DOUBLES- M.Lowell(1st), C.Crisp(1st), D.Dejesus(1st)
TRIPLES- J.Lugo(1st), R.Gload(1st), T.Pena Jr(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Gordon(1st), R.Shealy(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- E.German
SACRIFICE FLIES- K.Youkilis
WALKS- K.Youkilis, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez-2, M.Lowell-3, J.Varitek, C.Crisp,
       D.Dejesus
STRIKE OUTS- J.Lugo, K.Youkilis, J.Drew, M.Lowell, J.Varitek-4, C.Crisp-2,
             D.Pedroia, M.Grudzielanek, M.Sweeney, A.Gordon-3, J.Buck,
             T.Pena Jr
GIDP- M.Sweeney, T.Pena Jr
WILD PITCHES- J.Soria, J.Gobble, O.Dotel
 
The Boston Red Sox nipped the Kansas City Royals in 12 innings 4 to 3 at
Kauffman Stadium in a hard fought contest.
 
Both teams were tied at 3 runs apiece after nine innings.  Boston won it in
the 12th inning.  After an out was recorded, Manny Ramirez drew a walk.  J.D.
Drew stepped up next and he reached on an error.  Mike Lowell then drew a
walk to load the bases.  Jason Varitek was next to the plate, but was
promptly struck out.  Coco Crisp came to the plate and drew a walk scoring
the run.  Although they lost, Kansas City did out-hit Boston 11 to 8.  
 
The win was credited to Javier Lopez(1-0) who went 1 inning allowing no runs.
Jonathan Papelbon earned the save, his 1st.  Ryan Braun(0-1) absorbed the
loss in relief.  It was a tough loss for him as he did not allow an earned
run in his 1 inning of work.








 

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