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Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

1999-09-01 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 31743 · 78°F, night · Wind 14 mph to LF · 2:40

Boston Red Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 4–3. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 4th. Kent Mercker earned the win and Rod Beck picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3
BOS	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		4	6

W: Kent Mercker L: Jose Rosado SV: Rod Beck

Umpires — HP: Jim McKean · 1B: Fieldin Culbreth · 2B: Bill Welke · 3B: John Hirschbeck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	4	0	1	1	1	0
Ray Holbert	3	0	1	0	0	0
Carlos Beltran	4	0	0	0	0	3
Jermaine Dye	2	0	0	0	2	1
Mike Sweeney	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Randa	2	1	0	0	2	0
Joe Vitiello	4	1	0	0	0	0
Sal Fasano	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jed Hansen	3	0	1	1	0	2
Scott Pose	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Giambi	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Offerman	2	2	1	0	0	0
Darren Lewis	4	0	1	0	0	0
Nomar Garciaparra	4	0	1	2	0	0
Mike Stanley	4	0	0	0	0	2
Butch Huskey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Troy O'Leary	3	1	1	0	0	1
Damon Buford	2	1	0	0	1	1
Jason Varitek	2	0	1	0	0	0
Wilton Veras	3	0	1	1	0	2
Jeff Frye	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Rosado	8.0	6	1	6

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kent Mercker	6.0	2	6	5
Rheal Cormier	0.2	1	1	1
John Wasdin	1.1	0	0	0
Rod Beck	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: W
Ray Holbert: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S
Carlos Beltran: K

Bot 1

Jose Offerman: HP
Darren Lewis: S8/G4M.1-3;B-2
Nomar Garciaparra: 63/G6.3-H
Mike Stanley: 53/G5
Butch Huskey: 13/G15

Top 2

Jermaine Dye: K
Mike Sweeney: 9/F9M
Joe Randa: W
Joe Vitiello: 8/L89M

Bot 2

Troy O'Leary: K
Damon Buford: 5/P25F
Jason Varitek: D9/L89D
Wilton Veras: K

Top 3

Sal Fasano: 63/G6
Jed Hansen: K
Johnny Damon: S6/G5.BX2(64)

Bot 3

Jose Offerman: S9/L89S
Darren Lewis: 53/G56S.1-2
Nomar Garciaparra: S9/L89S.2-H
Mike Stanley: K
Butch Huskey: 2/P2RF

Top 4

Ray Holbert: 13/G13
Carlos Beltran: K
Jermaine Dye: W
Mike Sweeney: W.1-2
Joe Randa: 7/F7M

Bot 4

Troy O'Leary: S7/G56
Damon Buford: W.1-2
Jason Varitek: 14/SH/BG23.2-3;1-2
Wilton Veras: S7/G56.3-H;2-H(NR)(E7)
Jose Offerman: 9/F9M
Darren Lewis: 8/L8LM

Top 5

Joe Vitiello: 7/F7LM
Sal Fasano: 53/G56
Jed Hansen: K

Bot 5

Nomar Garciaparra: E1/G13S
Mike Stanley: 7/L7D
Butch Huskey: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 6

Johnny Damon: 3/BP3S
Ray Holbert: S8/G6M
Carlos Beltran: E1/TH/G13.1-2
Jermaine Dye: 9/F9S
Mike Sweeney: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 6

Troy O'Leary: 9/L89M
Damon Buford: K
Jason Varitek: 2/P23F

Top 7

Joe Randa: W
Joe Vitiello: E6/TH/G6.1-3
Sal Fasano: W.1-2
Jed Hansen: S8/L8LM.3-H;2-3;1-2
Johnny Damon: E4/TH/G4.3-H(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Ray Holbert: 24/SH/BG25.2-3;1-2
Carlos Beltran: K
Jermaine Dye: W
Mike Sweeney: 5/L5

Bot 7

Wilton Veras: K
Jeff Frye: 3/P3DF
Darren Lewis: 9/F9LS

Top 8

Joe Randa: 9/F9S
Joe Vitiello: 8/F8LM
Sal Fasano: 4/P4D

Bot 8

Nomar Garciaparra: 43/G4
Mike Stanley: K
Butch Huskey: 9/F9D

Top 9

Scott Pose: 8/F8LM
Johnny Damon: 43/G34
Jeremy Giambi: K