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Boston Red Sox vs. Kansas City Royals

May 8, 1998
FINAL

Box Score

123456789RHELOB
BOS313300310142007
KC1000020003816
loss:Kansas City Royals logoC. Haneywin:Boston Red Sox logoB. Saberhagensave:Boston Red Sox logoR. Garces

Scoring Summary

BOSKC
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    1
    Mo Vaughn singles on a line drive to center fielder Johnny Damon. Nomar Garciaparra scores. John Valentin to 3rd. [1 run]
    10
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    1
    Jim Leyritz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Johnny Damon. John Valentin scores. [1 run] [1 out]
    20
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    1
    Damon Buford doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Jeff Conine. Mo Vaughn scores. [1 run]
    30
  • Kansas City Royals logo
    1
    Larry Sutton singles on a line drive to center fielder Damon Buford. Jose Offerman scores. [1 run]
    31
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    2
    John Valentin doubles (9) on a line drive to left fielder Jeff Conine. Jason Varitek scores. [1 run]
    41
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    3
    Jim Leyritz hits a home run (6). [1 run]
    51
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    3
    Darren Lewis doubles (5) on a line drive to right fielder Jermaine Dye. Troy O'Leary scores. Damon Buford scores. [2 runs]
    71
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    4
    Troy O'Leary hits a home run (8). Mo Vaughn scores. Jim Leyritz scores. [3 runs]
    101
  • Kansas City Royals logo
    6
    Jeff Conine singles on a fly ball to right fielder Darren Lewis. Larry Sutton scores. Jeff King to 3rd. [1 run]
    102
  • Kansas City Royals logo
    6
    Jermaine Dye singles on a ground ball to shortstop Nomar Garciaparra. Jeff King scores. Jeff Conine to 2nd. [1 run]
    103
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    7
    Mark Lemke singles on a line drive to center fielder Johnny Damon. Darren Lewis scores. Jason Varitek to 2nd. [1 run]
    113
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    7
    Nomar Garciaparra reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Shane Halter. Jason Varitek scores. Mark Lemke to 3rd. [1 run]
    123
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    7
    John Valentin out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Johnny Damon. Mark Lemke scores. [1 run] [1 out]
    133
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    8
    Troy O'Leary hits a home run (9). [1 run]
    143

Player Stats

Boston Red Sox logoHITTINGHABRRBIKBBHRLOBAVG
1Nomar GarciaparraSS15101003.299
Mike BenjaminSS01001000.293
2John Valentin3B35121000.254
3Mo Vaughn1B35211002.353
Reggie Jefferson1B01000000.280
4Jim LeyritzDH34220012.359
5Troy O'LearyLF35342023.315
Midre CummingsRF00000000.300
6Damon BufordCF25113002.318
7Darren LewisRF-LF35120001.316
8Jason VaritekC14200002.244
9Mark Lemke2B15110003.161
TOTAL2045141390318-
Boston Red Sox logoPITCHINGIPHRERKBBHRPCERA
Bret SaberhagenRHP6.0733300773.09
Rich GarcesRHP3.0100110384.32
TOTAL9.0833410115-
Kansas City Royals logoHITTINGHABRRBIKBBHRLOBAVG
1Johnny DamonCF04000003.263
2Jose Offerman2B24101001.321
Felix MartinezSS00000000.143
3Larry SuttonDH24110001.247
4Jeff King1B04100003.270
5Jeff ConineLF14011001.200
6Dean Palmer3B03001002.305
Terry PendletonPH-3B01000000.218
7Jermaine DyeRF12010100.500
8Mike SweeneyC14001003.220
9Shane HalterSS-2B14000002.267
TOTAL8343341016-
Kansas City Royals logoPITCHINGIPHRERKBBHRPCERA
Chris HaneyLHP2.0866101578.49
Jamie WalkerLHP5.010765018710.80
Brian BevilRHP2.0211301404.82
TOTAL9.0201413903184-

Play-by-Play

1st inningBOSKC
  • TOP 1
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    SINGLE — Nomar Garciaparra singles on a ground ball to center fielder Johnny Damon.
    00
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    SINGLE — John Valentin singles on a ground ball to center fielder Johnny Damon. Nomar Garciaparra to 2nd.
    00
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    SINGLE — Mo Vaughn singles on a line drive to center fielder Johnny Damon. Nomar Garciaparra scores. John Valentin to 3rd. [1 run]
    10
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    SAC FLY — Jim Leyritz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Johnny Damon. John Valentin scores. [1 run] [1 out]
    20
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    STRIKEOUT — Troy O'Leary strikes out swinging. [2 outs]
    20
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    DOUBLE — Damon Buford doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Jeff Conine. Mo Vaughn scores. [1 run]
    30
  • Boston Red Sox logo
    POP OUT — Darren Lewis pops out to first baseman Jeff King. [3 outs]
    30
  • BOTTOM 1
  • Kansas City Royals logo
    LINEOUT — Johnny Damon lines out to right fielder Darren Lewis. [1 out]
    30
  • Kansas City Royals logo
    TRIPLE — Jose Offerman triples (3) on a line drive to left fielder Troy O'Leary.
    30
  • Kansas City Royals logo
    SINGLE — Larry Sutton singles on a line drive to center fielder Damon Buford. Jose Offerman scores. [1 run]
    31
  • Kansas City Royals logo
    POP OUT — Jeff King pops out to third baseman John Valentin. [2 outs]
    31
  • Kansas City Royals logo
    LINEOUT — Jeff Conine lines out to center fielder Damon Buford. [3 outs]
    31
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Team Stats

14Runs3
20Hits8
0Errors1
.444Batting Avg.235
45At Bats34
7Extra-base Hits2
3Home Runs0
13Runs-Batted-In3
0Walks1
1Stolen Bases0
9Strikeouts4
7Left on Base6
33Total Bases11

Game Details

Friday, May 8, 1998 · 8:05 PM
Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City, MO
attendance: 24,439 (64.5%)
weather: 75 degrees, unknown