Final
Kansas City leads 1-0 (as of 9/8)
| Game 1: Friday, September 8 | ||
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| Kansas City | 10 | Final |
| Boston | 9 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, September 9 | ||
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| Kansas City | 10 | Final in 12 |
| Boston | 4 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, September 10 | ||
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| Kansas City | 3 | Final |
| Boston | 9 | |
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7:05 PM ET, September 8, 2006
Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| D DeJesus LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .297 | ||
| E German 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .322 | ||
| M Grudzielanek 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .290 | ||
| M Sweeney DH | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .264 | ||
| E Brown RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .293 | ||
| R Shealy 1B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .302 | ||
| J Keppinger PR-1B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| J Buck C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .234 | ||
| a-A Blanco PH-SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 | ||
| A Berroa SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .230 | ||
| b-S Costa PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .270 | ||
| P Bako C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | ||
| J Gathright CF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 | ||
| Totals | 42 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 19 | |||
| a-sacrificed to first for J Buck in the 9th b-struck out looking for A Berroa in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Sweeney 2 (14, K Jarvis 2); E German (8, K Jarvis); J Buck (19, M Delcarmen); J Gathright (10, M Timlin) 3B: R Shealy (1, M Delcarmen) HR: M Sweeney (6, 5th inning off K Jarvis 2 on, 0 Out) RBI: R Shealy (23), M Sweeney 3 (28), J Buck (44), E German (21), M Grudzielanek (48), J Gathright 2 (30) S: A Blanco 2-out RBI: E German, M Grudzielanek, J Gathright 2 GIDP: A Berroa Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Sweeney 1, D DeJesus 2, R Shealy 2 Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: A Berroa 2 (18, pop up, ground ball) | ||||||||||
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| O Perez | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 107-71 | 5.48 | |
| S Dohmann (H, 4) | 1.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24-16 | 8.40 | |
| J Peralta (H, 17) | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15-8 | 4.76 | |
| J Gobble (B, 2) | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-3 | 5.00 | |
| A Burgos (W, 4-5) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-4 | 6.09 | |
| J Nelson (S, 9) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12-8 | 3.89 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 168-110 | ||
| PITCHING WP: O Perez Batters faced: O Perez 27; S Dohmann 7; J Peralta 4; J Gobble 1; A Burgos 1; J Nelson 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: O Perez 2-6; S Dohmann 2-1; J Peralta 0-0; J Gobble 0-0; A Burgos 0-1; J Nelson 1-1 Game Scores: O Perez 60 | ||||||||||
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| K Youkilis 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .285 | ||
| M Loretta 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .292 | ||
| D Murphy PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | ||
| D Pedroia 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | ||
| D Ortiz DH | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | ||
| M Ramirez LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .321 | ||
| M Lowell 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .285 | ||
| J Varitek C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .242 | ||
| W Pena RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .296 | ||
| G Kapler RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 | ||
| b-T Nixon PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 | ||
| C Crisp CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .265 | ||
| A Gonzalez SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .263 | ||
| a-C Pena PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 | ||
| A Cora SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 | ||
| Totals | 40 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for A Gonzalez in the 8th b-flied out to right for G Kapler in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: D Ortiz (26, O Perez); J Varitek (17, O Perez); W Pena (12, S Dohmann); M Loretta (30, J Peralta) 3B: D Ortiz (2, O Perez) HR: J Varitek (12, 8th inning off S Dohmann 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: D Ortiz 4 (125), M Ramirez (101), J Varitek 2 (52), C Crisp (31), M Loretta (52) 2-out RBI: M Loretta, D Ortiz 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Gonzalez 2, M Ramirez 2 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: C Crisp (20, 2nd base off J Peralta/J Buck) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: J Varitek (4, catch) DP: 1 (A Gonzalez-K Youkilis). | ||||||||||
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
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| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| K Jarvis | 5.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 88-58 | 5.40 | |
| B Corey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13-10 | 2.51 | |
| C Hansen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8-5 | 6.19 | |
| M Delcarmen | 0.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26-17 | 4.37 | |
| K Foulke | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8-6 | 5.45 | |
| M Timlin (L, 6-6; B, 8) | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21-16 | 4.02 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 164-112 | ||
| PITCHING HBP: D DeJesus (By B Corey); R Shealy (By M Timlin) Batters faced: K Jarvis 25; B Corey 4; C Hansen 3; M Delcarmen 6; K Foulke 2; M Timlin 6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: K Jarvis 10-4; B Corey 2-1; C Hansen 0-2; M Delcarmen 0-1; K Foulke 0-0; M Timlin 1-1 Game Scores: K Jarvis 29 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| KC | BOS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | D Ortiz tripled to deep center, K Youkilis and M Loretta scored. | 0 | 2 | |
| 3rd | M Ramirez singled to right, D Ortiz scored. | 0 | 3 | |
| 4th | R Shealy grounded into fielder's choice to third, M Sweeney scored, E Brown out at second. | 1 | 3 | |
| 4th | J Gathright singled to shallow left, R Shealy to third, A Berroa to second, R Shealy scored on error by catcher J Varitek. | 2 | 3 | |
| 5th | M Sweeney homered to left, E German and M Grudzielanek scored. | 5 | 3 | |
| 8th | J Buck doubled to deep center, R Shealy scored. | 6 | 3 | |
| 8th | E German singled to center, J Buck scored, J Gathright to third. | 7 | 3 | |
| 8th | M Grudzielanek singled to right, J Gathright scored, E German to second. | 8 | 3 | |
| 8th | J Varitek homered to right, M Lowell scored. | 8 | 5 | |
| 8th | C Crisp singled to center, W Pena scored. | 8 | 6 | |
| 8th | M Loretta doubled to left, C Crisp scored, K Youkilis to third. | 8 | 7 | |
| 8th | D Ortiz singled to left center, K Youkilis and D Murphy scored. | 8 | 9 | |
| 9th | J Gathright doubled to right, E Brown and J Keppinger scored. | 10 | 9 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | Fenway Park, Boston, MA |
| Attendance | 36,531 (98.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:42 |
| Weather | 80 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 9 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mark Carlson, First Base - C.B. Bucknor, Second Base - Wally Bell, Third Base - John Hirschbeck |