May 7, 2012: Red Sox 4 Royals 0

Felix Doubront also didn't get the memo that the 2012 Red Sox are supposed to be terrible. He goes the distance with a 2-hit shutout, showing that he still had some gas in the tank at the end by striking out the last 2 batters of the game for 9 total K's. Dustin Pedroia was 3 for 5 with an RBI triple, and Cody Ross went 2 for 5 with a double and a home run.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2012 Boston Red Sox At 2012 Kansas City Royals             5/7/2012
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Aviles SS         5  1  1  0 .214     J.Dyson CF          4  0  0  0 .261  
  D.Pedroia 2B        5  1  3  1 .331     A.Gordon LF         3  0  0  0 .324  
  D.Ortiz DH          4  0  0  1 .311     B.Butler DH         4  0  0  0 .243  
  C.Ross RF           5  1  2  1 .297     E.Hosmer 1B         3  0  1  0 .245  
  A.Gonzalez 1B       4  0  1  0 .294     J.Francoeur RF      3  0  0  0 .276  
  W.Middlebrooks 3B   4  1  1  0 .400     M.Moustakas 3B      3  0  0  0 .222  
  D.McDonald LF       2  0  0  0 .116     B.Pena C            3  0  1  0 .209  
  M.Byrd CF           4  0  1  1 .250     C.Getz 2B           3  0  0  0 .274  
  K.Shoppach C        3  0  1  0 .293     A.Escobar SS        3  0  0  0 .267  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  4 10  4                 Totals      29  0  2  0
 
 
Red Sox......... 2 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  4 10  1
Royals.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  1
 
Red Sox (21-7)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
F.Doubront WIN(3-1)       9       2   0   0   1   9   0 111   3.72
Totals                    9       2   0   0   1   9   0
 
Royals (13-15)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Sanchez LOSS(2-1)       5 1/3   9   4   4   3   4   1  98   2.16
N.Adcock                  3 2/3   1   0   0   0   3   0  37   3.86
Totals                    9      10   4   4   3   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,714 DATE- Monday, May 7th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Paul Nauert, Dana Demuth, Kerwin Danley, Doug Eddings
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9  Royals: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Royals: 0
ERRORS- D.McDonald, A.Escobar
DOUBLES- M.Aviles(5th), C.Ross(9th), M.Byrd(6th)
TRIPLES- D.Pedroia(3rd)
HOME RUNS- C.Ross(4th)
STOLEN BASES- D.McDonald(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Ortiz
WALKS- D.McDonald-2, K.Shoppach, A.Gordon
STRIKE OUTS- M.Aviles, D.Ortiz-2, C.Ross, A.Gonzalez, M.Byrd, K.Shoppach,
             A.Gordon-2, B.Butler-2, E.Hosmer, J.Francoeur-2, M.Moustakas-2
GIDP- C.Getz
WILD PITCHES- J.Sanchez
2-out RBI- M.Byrd
RLISP 2-out- D.McDonald, M.Byrd-3, D.Ortiz, J.Dyson, C.Ross
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Darnell McDonald robbed Alcides Escobar of a Homerun!
 
Felix Doubront held Kansas City scoreless on just 2 hits at Kauffman Stadium
where the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 4 to 0.
 
Doubront(3-1) was simply too much for the Kansas City batters.  He didn't give
up much, just 2 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings lowering his ERA from 4.94 to
3.72.  Neither team managed to score after the 3rd inning.  
 
Jonathan Sanchez(2-1) suffered the loss.  He was touched for 9 hits and 3
walks in 5 and 1/3 innings.  With this win, Boston has a division leading
21-7 record.  They have been 7-3 lately.  With the loss, Kansas City has a
record of 4-6 lately, 13-15 overall.

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