The Red Sox complete the series sweep of the Royals in a 16 hit, 12 run attack. Daisuke Matsuzaka gets the win in his major league debut with a 6 inning outing in which he allowed 10 hits and 3 earned runs. Dice-K was never in trouble though thanks to the 6 runs that the Sox put up in the first inning. The Red Sox also put on their first power display of the season, getting homers from Mike Lowell, Manny Ramirez and even Coco Crisp.


Strat-O-Matic Report




BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Kansas City Royals 4/5/2007

Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Royals AB R H RBI AVG
J.Lugo SS 5 0 0 0 .188 D.Dejesus CF 5 0 2 0 .308
A-A.Cora SS 0 0 0 0 .000 E.German 2B 4 0 0 0 .000
K.Youkilis 1B 3 2 1 0 .182 M.Teahen RF 4 1 3 0 .462
D.Ortiz DH 3 1 1 0 .077 E.Brown DH 4 1 1 1 .125
M.Ramirez LF 5 2 2 2 .308 A.Gordon 3B 3 1 2 1 .250
J.Drew RF 4 2 2 2 .286 R.Shealy 1B 4 0 2 0 .500
M.Lowell 3B 5 3 3 2 .333 R.Gload LF 4 0 2 1 .364
J.Varitek C 5 1 1 2 .231 J.Buck C 4 0 0 0 .111
C.Crisp CF 5 1 3 2 .500 T.Pena Jr SS 4 0 0 0 .091
D.Pedroia 2B 5 0 3 2 .462
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 40 12 16 12 Totals 36 3 12 3

A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Lugo In 7th Inning

Red Sox......... 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 - 12 16 0
Royals.......... 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 0

Red Sox (3-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Matsuzaka WIN(1-0) 6 10 3 3 0 2 0 98 4.50
K.Snyder 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 0.00
J.Pineiro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
Totals 9 12 3 3 0 3 0

Royals (0-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
Z.Greinke LOSS(0-1) 0 1/3 5 6 6 1 0 0 36 162.00
J.Gobble 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 22 13.50
J.Peralta 2 1/3 4 2 2 1 2 1 40 7.71
J.Standridge 2 2/3 4 2 2 0 0 1 41 6.75
T.Wellemeyer 2 1/3 1 1 1 1 1 1 38 3.37
Totals 9 16 12 12 4 3 3

ATTENDANCE- 17,365 DATE- Thursday, April 5th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jeff Nelson, Jim Wolf, Tim Tschida, Jim Joyce
T- 3:25
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6 Royals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Royals: 2
DOUBLES- J.Drew(2nd), M.Lowell(2nd), D.Pedroia(2nd)
TRIPLES- A.Gordon(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Ramirez(1st), M.Lowell(1st), C.Crisp(1st)
WALKS- K.Youkilis, D.Ortiz-2, J.Drew
HIT BY PITCH- K.Youkilis, A.Gordon
STRIKE OUTS- D.Ortiz, M.Lowell, J.Varitek, E.Brown, R.Gload, J.Buck
GIDP- M.Ramirez-2, J.Buck, T.Pena Jr

Mike Lowell jacked one out of the ballyard and had 2 RBI at Kauffman Stadium
as the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 12 to 3.

Daisuke Matsuzaka(1-0) pitched well enough to earn the win. He surrendered 10
hits and no walks in 6 innings. Boston kept the pressure on throughout the
contest as they scored in 6 different innings.

Zack Greinke(0-1) was the losing pitcher. He allowed 6 runs and 5 hits in 1/3
of an inning.







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