October 7—Kauffman Stadium
Boston 6, Kansas City 3
Boston leads series 3-0
The series shifted to Kansas City, but the result stayed the same in game three of the best of seven Rhubarb championship series. The Red Sox had the second-best offense in the regular season, but they did not hit a lot of homers–only Minnesota went yard fewer times than Boston–but KC starter Jose Rosado couldn’t keep the Sox in spacious Kauffman Stadium in this game. Jimmie Foxx tagged a two-run shot in the first inning, Nomar Garciaparra went solo boppo in the second, and Tris Speaker took a solo trot in the third inning to put Boston up 4-0.
The Royals had the pleasure of facing the hottest hurler in the galaxy, Cy Young. They actually got to Young better than most teams had managed over the last couple of months, reaching with nine hits and four walks. They chipped away for single runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh to make the score 5-3. The KC faithful roared as their squad tried to rally in the seventh. The Royals had runners on the corners with one out, but Young calmly induced a double play grounder from Hal McRae.
Number eight hitters Garciaparra and Jose Offerman led their teams with three knocks apiece. Speaker collected a triple to go along with his dinger.
Boston will try for the sweep tomorrow with Roger Clemens starting vs. Danny Jackson.
R H BB E BOS 211 010 001 - 6 6 5 1 KC 000 011 100 - 3 9 4 0
see below for full box scores and play by play
Boston Batting
AB R H RBI BB SO details
Wade Boggs 3B 5 0 0 0 0 2
Tris Speaker CF 5 1 2 2 0 1 3B, HR
Ted Williams DH 2 1 0 0 2 0
Jimmie Foxx 1B 4 1 1 2 0 1 HR
C. Yastrzemski LF 3 0 0 0 1 0
Carlton Fisk C 4 0 0 0 0 2
Darrell Evans RF 3 0 0 0 1 1
N. Garciaparra SS 3 2 3 1 1 0 HR
Bobby Doerr 2B 4 0 0 1 0 0
Kansas City Batting
AB R H RBI BB SO details
Willie Wilson CF 5 0 0 0 0 0
John Mayberry 1B 4 1 2 1 1 0
George Brett 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 3B
Willie Aikens DH 5 0 0 0 0 0
D. Tartabull RF 3 1 2 0 1 0
Hal McRae LF 3 0 0 0 1 0
Darrell Porter C 3 0 1 0 1 1
Jose Offerman 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 3B
A. Escobar SS 3 0 0 0 0 0
M. Sweeney PH 1 0 0 0 0 0
(F. Patek SS)
Boston Pitching
IP R ER H HR BB SO BF
Cy Young-W 9.0 3 3 9 0 4 1 40
Kansas City Pitching
IP R ER H HR BB SO BF
Jose Rosado-L 4.2 5 5 5 3 1 2 20
Greg Holland 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5
Wade Davis 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8
Joakim Soria 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 5
Play by play:
1st inning
Jose Rosado pitching
Wade Boggs flies out to RF
Tris Speaker flies out to RF
Ted Williams walks
Jimmie Foxx homers, Williams scores
Carl Yastrzemski grounds out 5-3
Cy Young pitching
Willie Wilson grounds out 4-3
John Mayberry singles
George Brett flies out to CF
Willie Aikens grounds out 6-3
Boston 2, Kansas City 0
2nd inning
Carlton Fisk grounds out 3U
Darrell Evans flies out to LF
Nomar Garciaparra homers
Bobby Doerr pops out to SS
Danny Tartabull grounds out 4-3
Hal McRae flies out to CF
Darrell Porter singles
Jose Offerman singles, Porter to third
Alcides Escobar grounds out 4-3
Boston 3, Kansas City 0
3rd inning
Wade Boggs strikes out
Tris Speaker homers
Ted Williams grounds out 4-3
Jimmie Foxx strikes out
Willie Wilson grounds out 3U
John Mayberry grounds out 4-3
George Brett lines out to 2B
Boston 4, Kansas City 0
4th inning
Carl Yastrzemski flies out to RF
Carlton Fisk flies out to LF
Darrell Evans grounds out 5-3
Willie Aikens flies out to LF
Danny Tartabull singles
Hal McRae grounds out 6-3, Tartabull to second
Darrell Porter grounds out 4-3
Boston 4, Kansas City 0
5th inning
Nomar Garciaparra singles
Bobby Doerr flies out to LF
Wade Boggs flies out to RF
Tris Speaker triples, Garciaparra scores
Greg Holland replaces Jose Rosado pitching
Ted Williams walks
Jimmie Foxx lines out to 3B
Jose Offerman triples
Alcides Escobar grounds out 4-3
Willie Wilson grounds out 6-3
John Mayberry singles, Offerman scores
George Brett reaches on E4, Mayberry to second
Willie Aikens grounds out 4-3
Boston 5, Kansas City 1
6th inning
Carl Yastrzemski grounds out 4-3
Carlton Fisk strikes out
Darrell Evans strikes out
Danny Tartabull singles
Hal McRae walks, Tartabull to second
Darrell Porter strikes out
Jose Offerman singles, Tartabull scores, Mcrae to third
Alcides Escobar lines out to SS
Willie Wilison flies out to LF
Boston 5, Kansas City 2
7th inning
Wade Davis replaces Greg Holland pitching
Nomar Garciaparra walks
Bobby Doerr pops out to 2B
Wade Boggs strikes out
Tris Speaker grounds out 6-3
John Mayberry walks
George Brett triples, Mayberry scores
Willie Aikens grounds out 4-3
Danny Tartabull walks
Hal McRae grounds into double play
Boston 5, Kansas City 3
8th inning
Ted Williams pops out to 2B
Jimmie Foxx grounds out 3U
Carl Yastrzemski walks
Carlton Fisk strikes out
Darrell Porter walks
Jose Offerman flies out to RF
Mike Sweeney pinch-hits for Alcides Esobar
Mike Sweeney flies out to CF
Willie Wilson grounds out 3U
Boston 5, Kansas City 3
9th inning
Joakim Soria replaces Wade Davis pitching
Fred Patek replaces Alcides Escobar at shortstop
Darrell Evans walks
Nomar Garciaparra singles, Evans to third
Bobby Doerr grounds out 4-3, Evans scores
Wade Boggs flies out to CF
Tris Speaker strikes out
John Mayberry grounds out 3U
George Brett flies out to LF
Willie Aikens grounds out 4-3
final: Boston 6, Kansas City 3
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