The Boston Red Sox blasted the Kansas City Royals yesterday at Kauffman Stadium with the Red Sox triumphant 10 to 3. It was a thrilling night of baseball that anyone with Red Sox tickets will definitely cherish.
Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz (3.21 ERA) got the win, while Anthony Lerew (3.86 ERA) took the loss for the Royals. Clay Buchholz went 6.2 solid innings for the Red Sox, allowed 5 hits, no home runs and no earned runs with no walks and 8 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Red Sox was Ramon Ramirez (3.06), and Takashi Saito (2.36). The Royals’s starter Anthony Lerew went 4.2 innings, allowed 7 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts. Yasuhiko Yabuta (11.81), Kyle Farnsworth (4.50), and Jamey Wright (4.56) also pitched for the Royals. With the win, Buchholz’s record goes to 7-3, while Lerew falls to 0-1.
In addition to the 10 runs, the Red Sox managed 15 hits and committed no errors. David Ortiz and Jacoby Ellsbury tied for most hits for the Red Sox with 3 hits, followed by Alex Gonzalez with 2 hits. Victor Martinez had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. The Royals didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Royals mustered 3 runs, 10 hits and 5 errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Greg Gibson, Tim McClelland, Andy Fletcher and Ted Barrett. There were 20,807 Royals ticket holders in attendance at Kauffman Stadium.
The win puts the Red Sox at a record of 91-61, (5.5 games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Royals to 63-90, (19.5 games behind the division leader). Next up for the Red Sox are the New York Yankees (97-56) at the Yankees’s New Yankee Stadium. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for New York Yankees tickets because that game should be a good one. The Royals will next take on the Minnesota Twins (79-73) at Kauffman Stadium in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Minnesota Twins tickets today and take in all the thrills.