Boston 4 Kansas City 0
AL  FINAL
                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R  H  E
                    -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -     -  -  -
BOSTON              0  0  0   0  0  3   0  1  0     4  7  1
KANSAS CITY         0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0     0  2  0      (FINAL)

BATTERIES: BOS - PEDRO MARTINEZ, RICH GARCES (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK

           KAN - CHRIS GEORGE, BLAKE STEIN (6TH), NATHAN FIELD
                 (8TH), BRIAN SHOUSE (9TH) AND BRENT MAYNE


            WP - PEDRO MARTINEZ (2-0)
            LP - CHRIS GEORGE (0-1)
          SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: BOS - NONE

           KAN - NONE



     TIME: 2:26     ATT: 24,456

PROBABLES: BOS - JOHN BURKETT (NR)
           KAN - BRYAN REKAR (NR)


Box Score
BOSTON (4) VS KANSAS CITY (0) - FINAL

BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
R Henderson lf          4  0  1  0   0  0   0  .333
J Damon cf              4  2  2  0   0  1   0  .304
N Garciaparra ss        4  1  1  0   0  1   0  .278
M Ramirez dh            3  0  0  0   1  0   1  .333
T Clark 1b              3  1  2  0   1  0   0  .182
S Hillenbrand 3b        3  0  1  3   1  0   0  .377
J Varitek c             4  0  0  0   0  0   0  .275
T Nixon rf              3  0  0  0   1  2   1  .220
R Sanchez 2b            4  0  0  0   0  0   2  .267

Totals                 32  4  7  3   4  4   4

BATTING: 2B - T Clark (2, C George). 3B - S Hillenbrand (1, B Stein). RBI -
S Hillenbrand 3 (20). 2-out RBI - S Hillenbrand 3. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - R Sanchez 2, J Varitek 1, S Hillenbrand 1. GIDP -
S Hillenbrand. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Damon (4, 2nd base off N Field/B Mayne). Picked Off -
R Henderson (2nd base, Stein).

FIELDING: E - P Martinez (2, catch).


KANSAS CITY            ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
D Sadler lf             4  0  0  0   0  1   0  .133
N Perez ss              4  0  1  0   0  0   0  .220
C Beltran cf            4  0  0  0   0  0   0  .224
M Sweeney 1b            3  0  1  0   0  0   0  .352
M Tucker rf             3  0  0  0   0  2   1  .167
R Ibanez dh             3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .294
L Alicea 3b             3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .188
B Mayne c               3  0  0  0   0  1   0  .182
C Febles 2b             3  0  0  0   0  0   0  .200

Totals                 30  0  2  0   0  6   1

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Tucker 1. Team LOB - 3.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (C Febles-N Perez-M Sweeney).


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    BOSTON          - 000 003 010   --   4
    KANSAS CITY     - 000 000 000   --   0
----------------------------------------------------

BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
P Martinez (W, 2-0)           8       1   0   0   0   6   0   4.43
R Garces                      1       1   0   0   0   0   0  10.13

KANSAS CITY                  ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
C George (L, 0-1)             5 1/3   5   2   2   2   3   0   3.38
B Stein                       1 2/3   1   1   1   1   0   0   6.55
N Field                       1       1   1   1   1   0   0   3.00
B Shouse                      1       0   0   0   0   1   0   2.84

WP - N Field. IBB - M Ramirez (by N Field). Pitches-strikes: P Martinez 92-68;
R Garces 11-10; C George 85-55; B Stein 32-17; N Field 22-13; B Shouse 9-6.
Ground balls-fly balls: P Martinez 10-8; R Garces 2-1; C George 6-6; B Stein 0-5;
N Field 3-0; B Shouse 2-0. Batters faced: P Martinez 26; R Garces 4; C George 21;
B Stein 7; N Field 5; B Shouse 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Rick Reed. 1B--Tim Tschida. 2B--Mark Wegner. 3B--Bill Welke.

T--2:26. Att--24,456. 
Weather: 62 degrees, overcast. Wind: 10 mph, in from
left.