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Final

Royals show patience in victory

Brian Bannister was 0-3 with an ERA near 6 at Fenway Park, but in the series opener, he held Boston to three runs over six innings and benefited from counterpart Daisuke Matsuzaka's wildness to defeat the Red Sox.

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Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Podsednik, LF	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	.287
Aviles, SS	4	2	1	0	1	0	1	.341
DeJesus, RF	4	0	2	2	1	0	1	.277
Butler, 1B	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	.348
Guillen, J, DH	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	.263
Callaspo, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	.298
Maier, CF	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	.263
Kendall, C	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	.280
Getz, 2B	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.188
Totals	31	4	4	3	8	3	21	.278

Boston	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	LOB	AVG
Scutaro, SS	4	0	1	0	1	0	.250
Pedroia, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.265
Ortiz, DH	4	0	1	0	1	0	.266
Youkilis, 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.309
Drew, J, RF	4	1	3	0	0	0	.283
Beltre, A, 3B	4	0	1	1	0	2	.339
Hermida, LF	4	0	0	0	1	4	.222
Varitek, C	4	0	1	1	0	2	.271
Hall, CF	3	1	1	1	1	1	.194
a-Martinez, V, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.256
Totals	36	3	9	3	4	11	.267

a-Grounded out for Hall in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: DeJesus (12, Nelson, J).
TB: Aviles; DeJesus 3; Butler.
RBI: DeJesus 2 (17), Guillen, J (33).
2-out RBI: DeJesus.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Guillen, J; Kendall 4; Butler.
Team RISP: 1-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Podsednik (15, 2nd base off Matsuzaka/Varitek), Getz (6, 2nd base off Matsuzaka/Varitek).

BATTING
2B: Varitek (3, Bannister, B).
HR: Hall (4, 5th inning off Bannister, B, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Scutaro; Ortiz; Youkilis; Drew, J 3; Beltre, A; Varitek 2; Hall 4.
RBI: Beltre, A (34), Hall (9), Varitek (11).
2-out RBI: Varitek.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Varitek; Hall.
Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
PB: Varitek (1).

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	ERA
Bannister, B(W, 4-3)	6.0	9	3	3	4	1	4.70
Tejeda(H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	4.88
Wood, Bl(H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04
Soria(S, 12)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2.84
Totals	9.0	9	3	3	4	1	4.74

Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Matsuzaka(L, 3-2)	4.2	2	3	3	8	1	5.77
Nelson, J	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	6.23
Delcarmen	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	1.88
Ramirez, R	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68
Totals	9.0	4	4	4	8	3	4.44

WP: Matsuzaka.
HBP: Guillen, J (by Matsuzaka).
Pitches-strikes: Bannister, B 104-65, Tejeda 12-8, Wood, Bl 18-13, Soria 8-5, Matsuzaka 112-60, Nelson, J 28-20, Delcarmen 21-16, Ramirez, R 6-4.
Groundouts-flyouts: Bannister, B 4-5, Tejeda 1-2, Wood, Bl 1-2, Soria 1-0, Matsuzaka 2-6, Nelson, J 1-3, Delcarmen 2-1, Ramirez, R 0-1.
Batters faced: Bannister, B 27, Tejeda 3, Wood, Bl 3, Soria 3, Matsuzaka 25, Nelson, J 6, Delcarmen 6, Ramirez, R 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Nelson, J 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Joe West. 1B: Angel Hernandez. 2B: Paul Schrieber. 3B: Rob Drake.
Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, R to L.
T: 3:03.
Att: 37,940.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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