Red Sox Recap, 9 April 2010 to 11 April 2010

Between Friday 9 April 2010 and Sunday 11 April 2010, the Boston Red Sox played three away games against the Kansas City Royals in Kauffman Stadium.

Game One – Friday 9 April 2010

Red Sox 3 runs 9 hits 0 errors
Royals 4 runs 8 hits 1 error
Red Sox lost
Game totals: 7 runs 17 hits 1 error
Analysis: Red Sox had 42.86% of the game runs, 52.94% of the game hits, 0.00% of the game errors

Game Two – Saturday 10 April 2010

Red Sox 8 runs 12 hits 0 errors
Royals 3 runs 9 hits 0 errors
Red Sox won
Game totals: 11 runs 21 hits 0 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 72.73% of the game runs, 57.14% of the game hits, 0.00% of the game errors

Game Three – Sunday 11 April 2010

Red Sox 8 runs 12 hits 1 error
Royals 6 runs 10 hits 1 error
Red Sox won
Game totals: 14 runs 22 hits 2 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 57.14% of the game runs, 54.55% of the game hits, 50.00% of the game errors

Combined Totals

Red Sox 19 runs 33 hits 1 error
Royals 13 runs 27 hits 2 errors
Red Sox: two wins, one loss
Totals 32 runs 60 hits 3 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 59.38% of the total runs, 55.00% of the total hits, 33.33% of the total errors

Hitting (Season)

Red Sox wins when hitting in double digits = 3
Red Sox losses when hitting in double digits = 0
Total number of games = 3
Red Sox won 100% of the games when hitting in double digits

Red Sox wins when hitting in single digits = 0
Red Sox losses when hitting in single digits = 3
Total number of games = 3
Red Sox won 0.00% of the games when hitting in single digits

Season-To-Sunday 11 April 2010

Red Sox: 33 runs 61 hits 2 errors
Opponents: 29 runs 54 hits 6 errors
Red Sox: three wins, three losses
Totals 62 runs 115 hits 8 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 53.23% of the total runs, 53.04% of the total hits, 25.00% of the total errors

AL East Standings (at the start of Monday 12 April 2010)

Toronto 5 1 .833
New York 4 2 .667
Boston 3 3 .500
Tampa Bay 3 3 .500
Baltimore 1 5 .167

Images:

Left: Pie chart of percentage share of runs between the Red Sox and Royals

Right: Pie chart of percentage share of hits between the Red Sox and Royals

Red Sox Rattle Royals, 8 to 6

BOSTON: 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 12 1

KANSAS: 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 6 10 1

My first Sunday morning at my favorite New England sports living bar of the 2010 season. Since last Sunday's Opening Night, the Boston Red Sox only have two wins out of the five games played. Today they look to be at .500. In the bar I'm sitting in a booth this season because of the reconfiguration of the space done by the new owners. The one dangerous aspect of my new placement is that darts are being thrown to my left. Hope I won't have to do much ducking! Some new faces (dart playing ones), but Rich is here, as is Andrew, of course. Watching the Kansas City feed of the game as the NESN broadcast is blacked out where I am. Oh well, at least I can enjoy the upcoming victory among Red Sox people.

Red Sox got to the Kansas City Royals starter early - Boston scored four runs in the first - and Meche left after one out in the fourth. And that was the last scoring inning for Boston. One disturbing factor in Kauffman Stadium today was the lack of field communication between Boston players. Two incidents and Ellsbury was involved in both of them - Ellsbury/Hall and Ellsbury/Beltre. The second miscommunication caused injury to Jacoby, but fortunately no ribs were broken - just bruising and swelling. Need to work on communicating on the run.

Meanwhile, in the bar, hardly recognized anyone and it is a little more crowded than usual for a Sunday morning. Perhaps the "new" New England sports living bar has attracted new patrons. The noise level has increased and made watching the game less than ideal. Manager Mike showed up, as well as Skiing Stephen - hurray, people I know! The game is taking longer than the first two games of this series and I only have the game being recorded for three hours - ugh! There is a first, second, and third achievement for Red Sox players today - first win for Buchholz, second save for Papelbon, and third homerun for Pedoria. Perhaps Boston can achieve three wins in a row tomorrow. That would be absolutely wonderful!

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Clay Buchholz, Winning Pitcher: Clay Buchholz (1)

KANSAS: Starting Pitcher: Gil Meche, Losing Pitcher: Gil Meche

BOSTON: Save: Jonathan Papelbon (2)

BOSTON: Homerun: Dustin Pedroia (3)

KANSAS: Homeruns: Jose Guillen - two

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RED SOX: Wins: 3, Losses: 3, AL East Standings: Toronto, New York, Boston, Tampa Bay, Baltimore

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Next game: Monday 12 April 2010, 1:10 p.m.PT/4:10 p.m.ET, Minnesota Twins, Target Field, Jon Lester

Boston Red Sox logo from the website mlb.com

Happy Birthday Jason Andrew Varitek!!!

Jason Andrew Varitek was born on Tuesday 11 April 1972 in Rochester, Michigan. Jason is thirty-eight years old today and is the Captain and a catcher for the Boston Red Sox. Have a capital day Jason!

Jason’s photo from the website boston.redsox.mlb.com

Red Sox Realm Royals, 8 to 3

BOSTON: 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 3 - 8 12 0

KANSAS: 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 9 0

Where to begin? Let's start at the end - the Boston Red Sox decisively broke their three-game losing streak with a multi-homer-fueled victory over the Kansas City Royals in Kauffman Stadium! Yes, Boston came through. Great to see two "old" regulars in the game - Varitek and Lowell, especially as Jason contributed not one, but two homeruns and Mike played flawlessly at third. Four Red Sox batters were responsible for five homeruns that produced six runs. Now that's hitting! The longballs came en masse tonight and let's hope Boston keeps that high hitting. Of course Josh a had better outing and personal outcome than he did on Opening Night. Could 'Tek have been a factor? Whatever it was, I'm glad it was there. Tomorrow Boston, let's win your first series of the season and keep the momentum going.

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Josh Beckett, Winning Pitcher: Josh Beckett (1)

KANSAS: Starting Pitcher: Zack Greinke, Losing Pitcher: Zack Greinke

BOSTON: Homeruns: Jeremy Hermida (1), Jason Varitek (1,2), Kevin Youkilis (1), Dustin Pedroia (2)

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RED SOX: Wins: 2, Losses: 3, AL East Standings: Toronto, New York, Tampa Bay, Boston, Baltimore

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Next game; Sunday 11 April 2010, 11:10 a.m.PT/2:10 p.m.ET, Kansas City Royals, Kauffman Stadium, Clay Buchholz

Boston Red Sox logo from the website mlb.com

Kansas City Knocks Boston

BOSTON: 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0

KANSAS: 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 x - 4 8 1

Tim redeemed himself in the seventh inning, but the relief pitching was unable to maintain his redemption. Perhaps the redemption should have stayed with Wakefield. Therefore, the Boston Red Sox started this road trip against the Kansas City Royals with a loss. And Boston's losing streak is now at three games. A win in Kauffman Stadium for the Red Sox is a must tomorrow. The streak has to end. The Boston hitting needs to step up and produce more runs. Want a winning road trip.
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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Tim Wakefield, Losing Pitcher: Daniel Bard (1)
KANSAS: Starting Pitcher: Kyle Davies, Winning Pitcher: John Parrish
KANSAS: Save: Joakim Sona
BOSTON: Homerun: J. D. Drew (1)
KANSAS: Homeruns: Billy Butler, Rick Ankiel
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RED SOX: Wins: 1, Losses: 3, AL East Standings: Tampa Bay, Toronto, New York, Baltimore, Boston
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Next game: Saturday 10 April 2010, 4:10 p.m.PT/7:10 p.m.ET, Kansas City Royals, Kauffman Stadium, Josh Beckett

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Red Sox Recap, 4 April 2010 to 7 April 2010

Between Sunday 4 April 2010 and Wednesday 7 April 2010, the Boston Red Sox played three home games against the New York Yankees in Fenway Park.


Game One – Sunday 4 April 2010

Red Sox 9 runs 12 hits 0 errors
Yankees 7 runs 12 hits 1 error
Red Sox won
Game totals: 16 runs 24 hits 1 error
Analysis: Red Sox had 56.25% of the game runs, 50% of the game hits, 0% of the game errors

Game Two – Tuesday 6 April 2010

Red Sox 4 runs 9 hits 1 error
Yankees 6 runs 9 hits 3 errors
Red Sox lost
Game totals: 10 runs 18 hits 4 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 40% of the game runs, 50% of the game hits, 25% of the game errors

Game Three – Wednesday 7 April 2010

Red Sox 1 run 7 hits 0 errors
Yankees 3 runs 6 hits 0 errors
Red Sox lost
Game totals: 4 runs 13 hits 0 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 25% of the game runs, 53.85% of the hits, 0% of the game errors

Combined Totals

Red Sox 14 runs 28 hits 1 error
Yankees 16 runs 27 hits 4 errors
Red Sox, one win, two losses
Totals 30 runs 55 hits 5 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 46.68% of the total runs, 50.90% of the total hits, 20% of the total errors

Hitting (Season)

Red Sox wins when hitting in double digits = 1
Red Sox losses when hitting in double digits = 0
Total number of games = 1
Red Sox won 100% of the games when hitting in double digits

Red Sox wins when hitting in single digits = 0
Red Sox losses when hitting in single digits = 2
Total number of games = 2
Red Sox won 0% of the games when hitting in single digits

Season-To-Wednesday 7 April 2010

Red Sox 14 runs 28 hits 1 error
Opponents 16 runs 27 hits 4 errors
Red Sox: one win, two losses
Totals 30 runs 55 hits 5 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 46.68% of the total runs, 50.90% of the total hits, 20% of the total errors

AL East Standings (at the start of Thursday 8 April 2010)

Tampa Bay 2 0 1.000
New York 2 1 .667
Toronto 1 1 .500
Boston 1 2 .333
Baltimore 0 2 .000

Images:
Left: Pie chart of percentage share of runs between the Red Sox and Yankees

Right: Pie chart of percentage share of hits between the Red Sox and Yankees

Yankees Re-Yard Red Sox

NY YANKEES: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 3 6 0

BOSTON: 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0

Well the Boston Red Sox have gone from first place to fourth place in four days. Now can they reverse the trend and go from fourth to first in four days? This third game of the initial season series was one of excellent starting pitching for both Boston and the New York Yankees. For the most part they kept the hitters in check. However, Boston's relief pitching fell short and the Red Sox suffered their second loss of the season and first series loss against the Yankees. Will this year be Problem Papelbon instead of Perfect Papelbon? Such a letdown from the celebration of Opening Night. This was a short stay at home, as the Red Sox head out on the road to begin a series against the Kansas City Royals on Friday. Perhaps the road will be kinder to Boston than Fenway Park was. Let's rule the road Red Sox!

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NY YANKEES: Starting Pitcher: Andy Pettitte, Winning Pitcher: Chan Ho Park

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: John Lackey, Losing Pitcher: Jonathan Papelbon (1)

NY YANKEES: Save: Mariano Rivera

NY YANKEES: Homerun: Curtis Granderson

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RED SOX: Wins: 1, Losses: 2, AL East Standings: Tampa Bay, New York, Toronto, Boston, Baltimore

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Next game: Friday 9 April 2010, 5:10 p.m.PT/8:10 p.m.ET, Kansas City Royals, Kauffman Stadium, Tim Wakefield

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