Kansas City 5, Boston 1
Thursday, August 8, 2013 8:10 PM
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, August 8, 2013
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Jerry Layne, 1B -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B -
Alan Porter, 3B -
Greg Gibson
Attendance:
21121
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
| Team |
W/L |
Home |
Away |
Streak |
| Boston
|
70-47 |
39-21 |
31-26 |
L1 |
| Kansas City
|
59-53 |
30-25 |
29-28 |
W2 |
Recap Quick Hits
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With this win, the Kansas City Royals have a 30-25 record at home this season. The Boston Red Sox have a 31-26 record on the road.
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Kansas City has a streak of 2 straight up wins. The Royals have won 8 of their last 10 games.
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Boston has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Red Sox have won 7 of their last 10 games.
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Bruce Chen pitched 7.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 1.79. Luke Hochevar closed out the game to get the save and has 2 saves for the season. Jon Lester took the loss for Boston.
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Billy Butler, Justin Maxwell hit homeruns for Kansas City.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston |
|
Kansas City |
|
Jon Lester
|
Player |
Bruce Chen
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
7.0 |
IP |
7.2 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
5 |
Hits |
5 |
|
1.29 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
E |
| Boston
|
7 |
0 |
8 |
.219 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Kansas City
|
7 |
2 |
14 |
.226 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
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Kansas City will play their next game at home against Boston. The Royals have a W/L % of .542 after a win and .509 after a loss.
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Boston will play their next game on the road against Kansas City. The Red Sox have a W/L % of .577 after a win and .630 after a loss.
