April 21, 2012: Royals 1 Red Sox 0

The Red Sox get shut out for the first time this season, wasting a fine performance from Ryan Dempster. The Royals' lone run came in the 6th on two singles and a sac bunt. The Sox had just 3 hits but did load the bases in the 9th when Royals closer Greg Holland issued three straight 2-out walks, but Mike Napoli failed to take advantage of the potential heroic opportunity, instead striking out for the 4th time on the day.

This was game 1 of a doubleheader. Allen Webster makes his major league debut in the nightcap. He was obtained from the Dodgers in the Adrian Gonzalez deal in late 2012.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Kansas City Royals At 2013 Boston Red Sox            4/21/2013
 
  Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Gordon LF         4  0  0  0 .348     J.Ellsbury CF       4  0  2  0 .373  
  A.Escobar SS        4  0  1  1 .284     D.Nava RF           3  0  0  0 .408  
  B.Butler DH         4  0  0  0 .259     D.Pedroia 2B        3  0  0  0 .361  
  E.Hosmer 1B         3  0  1  0 .292     D.Ortiz DH          3  0  1  0 .167  
  L.Cain CF           3  0  0  0 .267     M.Napoli 1B         4  0  0  0 .275  
  M.Moustakas 3B      3  0  0  0 .160     J.Saltalamacchia C  3  0  0  0 .302  
  J.Francoeur RF      3  0  2  0 .132     W.Middlebrooks 3B   3  0  0  0 .134  
  S.Perez C           3  1  3  0 .258     S.Drew SS           3  0  0  0 .161  
  C.Getz 2B           2  0  0  0 .211     J.Gomes LF          2  0  0  0 .235  
                                        A-M.Carp PH           1  0  0  0 .167  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  1  7  1                 Totals      29  0  3  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Gomes In 9th Inning
 
Royals.......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  1  7  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  0
 
Royals (9-7)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
E.Santana WIN(2-0)        7       3   0   0   0   8   0  90   3.51
L.Hochevar HOLD(5th)      1       0   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00
G.Holland SAVE(7th)       1       0   0   0   3   2   0  26   0.00
Totals                    9       3   0   0   3  11   0
 
Red Sox (7-10)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Dempster LOSS(0-1)      7 1/3   7   1   1   0   6   0  95   3.20
A.Miller                  1       0   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.00
C.Mortensen               0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00
Totals                    9       7   1   1   0   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 34,376 DATE- Sunday, April 21st 2013 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Jeff Kellogg, Eric Cooper, Paul Schrieber, Chad Fairchild
T- 2:16
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 2  Red Sox: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 0  Red Sox: 3
DOUBLES- J.Francoeur-2(3rd)
RBIs- A.Escobar(6th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Ellsbury
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Getz
WALKS- D.Nava, D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz
STRIKE OUTS- A.Gordon-2, A.Escobar-3, E.Hosmer, M.Moustakas, J.Ellsbury, D.Nava,
             M.Napoli-4, J.Saltalamacchia, W.Middlebrooks, S.Drew, J.Gomes-2
GIDP- A.Gordon, L.Cain, C.Getz
2-out RBI- A.Escobar
RLISP 2-out- M.Napoli-3
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Will Middlebrooks robbed Billy Butler of a base hit.
 
Ervin Santana delivered 7 solid innings at Fenway Park as the Kansas City
Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 1 to 0.
 
Boston surrendered what proved to be the only run of the contest when Kansas
City scored in the top of the 6th inning.  Overall Kansas City out-hit Boston
7 to 3.  
 
The win was credited to Santana(2-0) who went 7 innings allowing no runs.
Santana got help from Greg Holland who was credited with his 7th save.  Ryan
Dempster(0-1) was given the loss.  He surrendered 1 run and 7 hits in 7 and
1/3 innings.