Boston Kerbs Kansas, 10 to 3

BOSTON: 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 4 - 10 15 0

KANSAS: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 10 5

The Boston Red Sox leave Kauffman Stadium with an excellent win and a series split with the Kansas City Royals. A terrific pitching outing for Buchholz and plenty of Red Sox hitting today - the Martinez hitting streak continued. Boston will be back in Kansas City next April 9th through 11th for a three-game series. Until then, the Red Sox say farewell to the Royals. Boston's final leg of this last regular season road trip is visiting the New York Yankees for a three-game series. Even though they have made some gain on the Yankees, Boston's path to the postseason appears to be via the Wild Card. The Rangers did lose today.

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Clay Buchholz, Winning Pitcher: Clay Buchholz (7)

KANSAS: Starting Pitcher: Anthony Lerew, Losing Pitcher: Anthony Lerew

BOSTON: Homerun: David Ortiz (26)

KANSAS: Homerun: Billy Butler

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RED SOX: Wins: 91, Losses: 61, AL East Standings: New York, Boston, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Friday 25 September 2009, 4:05 p.m. PT, New York Yankees, Yankee Stadium, Jon Lester