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Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Royals

1999-08-11 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 15157 · 81°F, cloudy · Wind 15 mph R to L · 2:36

Boston Red Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 9–3. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 4th. Bret Saberhagen earned the win. Butch Huskey went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	2	0	9	12
KCA	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	5

W: Bret Saberhagen L: Jose Rosado SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Laz Diaz · 1B: Jim Reynolds · 2B: Mike Reilly · 3B: Brian O'Nora · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Offerman	5	1	3	2	0	0
John Valentin	4	0	1	0	1	0
Brian Daubach	4	1	0	0	1	0
Mike Stanley	4	3	2	1	1	1
Butch Huskey	3	2	2	3	2	0
Troy O'Leary	4	1	1	1	1	0
Donnie Sadler	5	0	2	0	0	0
Lenny Webster	4	0	0	1	1	0
Darren Lewis	5	1	1	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Johnny Damon	4	0	0	0	0
Rey Sanchez	4	1	1	0	0
Carlos Beltran	4	0	2	0	0
Mike Sweeney	4	1	1	2	0
Jermaine Dye	3	0	0	0	0
Joe Randa	3	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Giambi	3	0	0	0	1
Tim Spehr	3	1	1	1	2
Carlos Febles	3	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bret Saberhagen	8.0	4	0	3
Rheal Cormier	1.0	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Rosado	4.0	5	5	1
Terry Mathews	3.0	4	2	0
Brad Rigby	1.0	3	0	1
Matt Whisenant	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Offerman: 63/G6
John Valentin: 63/G6
Brian Daubach: 7/F78M

Bot 1

Johnny Damon: 8/F8LXD
Rey Sanchez: 43/G4
Carlos Beltran: 3/P3

Top 2

Mike Stanley: S8/L8LM
Butch Huskey: HR/L78D.1-H
Troy O'Leary: 43/G4M
Donnie Sadler: 13/BG23
Lenny Webster: 53/G56

Bot 2

Mike Sweeney: HR/F78XD
Jermaine Dye: 8/F8RD
Joe Randa: 6/L6
Jeremy Giambi: 3/G3

Top 3

Darren Lewis: 4/P4
Jose Offerman: S8/G4M
John Valentin: 64(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 3

Tim Spehr: K
Carlos Febles: 4/P4MD
Johnny Damon: 43/G4

Top 4

Brian Daubach: W
Mike Stanley: W.1-2
Butch Huskey: W.2-3;1-2
Troy O'Leary: S9/L9M.3-H;2-3;1-2
Donnie Sadler: 4/P34S
Lenny Webster: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Darren Lewis: K
Jose Offerman: D9/G3.3-H;2-H;1-3
John Valentin: IW
Brian Daubach: 43/G4S

Bot 4

Rey Sanchez: D7/G5
Carlos Beltran: 8/F8RD.2-3
Mike Sweeney: 53/G56S.3-H
Jermaine Dye: 6/P6D

Top 5

Mike Stanley: 6/P6D
Butch Huskey: 43/G34S
Troy O'Leary: W
Donnie Sadler: S8/L8LS.1-2
Lenny Webster: 8/F8LM

Bot 5

Joe Randa: 9/F9LD
Jeremy Giambi: 8/F8RXD
Tim Spehr: K

Top 6

Darren Lewis: 163/G15
Jose Offerman: 8/F8LD
John Valentin: S9/G3L
Brian Daubach: 8/F8LXD

Bot 6

Carlos Febles: 43/G4S
Johnny Damon: 8/F8LS
Rey Sanchez: 4/L4MD

Top 7

Mike Stanley: HR/F7D
Butch Huskey: W
Troy O'Leary: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S
Donnie Sadler: S8/G6M
Lenny Webster: 9/F89XD

Bot 7

Carlos Beltran: S7/L78S
Mike Sweeney: 2/P2LF
Jermaine Dye: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S

Top 8

Darren Lewis: S7/G6
Jose Offerman: S3/G3S.1-2
John Valentin: E5/G56.2-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Brian Daubach: 6/P56D
Mike Stanley: K
Butch Huskey: S5/G5S.3-H(UR);1-2
Troy O'Leary: 9/F89XD

Bot 8

Joe Randa: 7/F7LS
Jeremy Giambi: K
Tim Spehr: HR/F7D
Carlos Febles: 63/G6

Top 9

Donnie Sadler: 8/F8RXD
Lenny Webster: 4/P4MD
Darren Lewis: 63/G6

Bot 9

Johnny Damon: 43/G4
Rey Sanchez: 63/G6S
Carlos Beltran: S5/G56S
Mike Sweeney: 6/P5D