The Kansas City Royals were defeated by the Boston Red Sox, 8 to 7, on April 21, 2002.

2002 Kansas City Royals

Final

BOS

Red Sox

12-4

8

KCR

Royals

5-11

7

BOS

KCR

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

4

0

4

0

0

5

4

0

6

0

3

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

0

1

R

8

7

H

14

10

E

1

0

Bottom 1st

BOS

KCR

Royals

Triple by Michael Tucker; Donnie Sadler scored.

0

1

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Carlos Beltran; Michael Tucker scored.

0

2

Top 3rd

BOS

KCR

Red Sox

Home run by Johnny Damon; Jason Varitek, Rey Sanchez, and Rickey Henderson scored.

4

2

Top 5th

BOS

KCR

Red Sox

Tony Clark grounded out; Johnny Damon scored.

5

2

Red Sox

Double by Jason Varitek; Shea Hillenbrand, Manny Ramirez, and Carlos Baerga scored.

8

2

Bottom 6th

BOS

KCR

Royals

Single by Neifi Perez; Michael Tucker and Carlos Beltran scored.

8

4

Royals

Single by Luis Alicea; Error by Rickey Henderson; Mike Sweeney scored.

8

5

Bottom 7th

BOS

KCR

Royals

Single by Mike Sweeney; Michael Tucker scored.

8

6

Bottom 9th

BOS

KCR

Royals

Home run by Carlos Beltran.

8

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Johnny Damon CF 5 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 7
Shea Hillenbrand 3B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Manny Ramirez DH 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
Tony Clark 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Carlos Baerga 2B 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Trot Nixon RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jason Varitek C 5 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
Rey Sanchez SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 39 8 14 8 1 5 5 1 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Derek Lowe (W) 5.1 4 5 5 3 4 0
Casey Fossum 1.1 3 1 1 1 3 0
Sun-Woo Kim 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Ugueth Urbina (S) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1
Totals 9.0 10 7 7 5 8 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Donnie Sadler LF 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Michael Tucker RF 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Carlos Beltran CF 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 5
Mike Sweeney 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Raul Ibanez DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Randa PH 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Neifi Perez SS 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Luis Alicea 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
A.J. Hinch C 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Brent Mayne PH,C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlos Febles 2B 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals 35 7 10 7 1 5 8 0 1 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bryan Rekar (L) 4.0 7 7 7 3 2 1
Jeremy Affeldt 3.0 4 1 1 2 3 0
Nate Field 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Grimsley 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 14 8 8 5 5 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

26

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.340

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

11th

R

133

11th

SO

209

25th

ERA

3.18

5th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
19 8 .704
Royals Royals
17 12 .586 3.0
Tigers Tigers
16 12 .571 3.5
Twins Twins
13 13 .500 5.5
White Sox White Sox
6 22 .214 13.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
4/29
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Tue
4/30
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Wed
5/1
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Fri
5/3
TEX TEX
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Sat
5/4
TEX TEX
@
KCR KCR
7:10 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

16-12

4

Final

1

KCR Royals

17-12

Sun 28 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

26

Bohm

Alec Bohm

26

Perez

Salvador Perez

Batting Average Leaders

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.387

Betts

Mookie Betts

.367

Smith

Will Smith

.354

Bohm

Alec Bohm

Hit Leaders

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46

Betts

Mookie Betts

41

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

40

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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29

Betts

Mookie Betts

26

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

25

Kwan

Steven Kwan

OBP Leaders

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.482

Betts

Mookie Betts

.443

Soto

Juan Soto

.434

Bohm

Alec Bohm

SLG Leaders

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.670

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.655

Betts

Mookie Betts

.639

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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5

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

5

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

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53

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

42

Greene

Hunter Greene

ERA Leaders

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0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

1.32

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

WHIP Leaders

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0.63

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Kirby

George Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Kirby

George Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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521.3

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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398

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

342

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1-3
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
3-4
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1-4
Sat
4/27
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
2-4
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7-6

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
2:10 PM
Sun
4/28
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
2:35 PM
Sun
4/28
HOU HOU
@
COL COL
4:05 PM