The Kansas City Royals squeaked to victory over the Boston Red Sox yesterday at Fenway Park with the Royals earning the win 4 to 3. It was one heck of a game that devotees with Royals tickets will definitely cherish. Baseball isn’t the only game in town. See what other cheap sports tickets are out there.
Royals pitcher Brian Bannister (4.70 ERA) got the win, while Daisuke Matsuzaka (5.77 ERA) took the loss for the Red Sox. Brian Bannister went 6 innings for the Royals, allowed 9 hits, one home run and 3 earned runs with no walks and 4 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Royals was Robinson Tejeda (4.88), and Blake Wood (1.04). The Red Sox’s starter Daisuke Matsuzaka went 4.2 innings, allowed 2 hits, no home runs and 3 earned runs with 8 walks and one strikeout. Joe Nelson (6.23), Manny Delcarmen (1.88), and Ramon Ramirez (5.68) also pitched for the Red Sox. With the win, Bannister’s record goes to 4-3, while Matsuzaka is at 3-2. Joakim Soria earned the save for the Royals, bringing his saves up to 12.
In addition to the 4 runs, the Royals scored 4 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Royals, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Alberto Callaspo had a tough day at the plate, leaving 6 runners on base. J.D. Drew had the most hits for the Red Sox (3), followed by Bill Hall (1). The Red Sox got 3 runs, 9 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Joe West, Angel Hernandez, Paul Schrieber and Rob Drake. There were 37,940 Red Sox ticket holders in attendance at Fenway Park.
The win puts the Royals at a record of -, ( games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Red Sox to -, ( games behind the division leader). Next up for the Royals are the (-) at the Red Sox’s Fenway Park. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Red Sox will next take on the (-) at Fenway Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and take in all the thrills.