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Box > Boston 5, Kansas City 3
Big inning lifts Sox past Royals
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
Derek Lowe settled down after a shaky first inning, and Johnny Damon hit a tiebreaking double in a wild five-run sixth Sunday, as the Red Sox rallied to take two of three from the Royals.
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Johnny Damon's two-run double in the sixth inning put the Red Sox ahead to stay. (Charlie Riedel/AP)
By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
This is the kind of day it was for the Royals: their hottest hitter, Ken Harvey, and hardest-working pitcher, Jason Grimsley, wound up in the hospital. All in all, a painful loss for the home team.
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Boston (33-23)
Won 2 		Boston 5, Kansas City 3  
Kansas City (20-34)
Lost 2
June 6, 2004
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Boston
 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0   5 7 1
Kansas City
 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   3 4 0
Standings through 6/6/04  |  Gameday  |  Red Sox Stats  |  Royals Stats
BostonABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Damon, CF5032011.287
Youkilis, 3B4000112.281
Varitek, C4100124.294
Ramirez, DH3000201.346
Millar, LF2100212.272
McCarty, 1B-RF3100112.254
Kapler, RF2000002.236
a-Ortiz, PH-1B2111000.274
Crespo, 2B4111022.173
Reese, SS4021011.253
Totals335757917 

a-Singled for Kapler in the 6th.

BATTING
2B: Damon 3 (16, George, George, Cerda).
TB: Damon 6; Ortiz; Crespo; Reese 2.
RBI: Ortiz (50), Crespo (2), Reese (21), Damon 2 (31).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Millar, Youkilis, Damon.
GIDP: Kapler, Varitek.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Lowe (2, throw).
 
Kansas CityABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Graffanino, 2B4111001.310
Beltran, CF4000022.275
Sweeney, DH4112000.270
Harvey, 1B2010010.375
Relaford, RF2000000.188
Stairs, RF-1B4010011.264
Randa, 3B4000002.246
Stinnett, C2100100.349
Berroa, SS3000001.228
Gettis, LF3000002.211
Totals32343149 

BATTING
2B: Graffanino (6, Lowe).
HR: Sweeney (10, 1st inning off Lowe, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Graffanino 2; Sweeney 4; Harvey; Stairs.
RBI: Sweeney 2 (38), Graffanino (12).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Randa, Beltran.
Team LOB: 3.

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Berroa-Harvey, Berroa-Graffanino-Stairs).
 
BostonIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Lowe (W, 5-5)5.03321416.55
Timlin (H, 4)3.00000003.52
Foulke (S, 11)1.01000001.19
 
Kansas CityIPHRERBBSOHRERA
George 5.13225503.75
Grimsley (L, 3-2)0.01331003.22
Cerda (BS, 1)0.22001003.06
Sullivan 2.01000203.62
Leskanic 1.00000208.79

Grimsley pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.

WP: Sullivan.
Pitches-strikes: Lowe 84-48, Timlin 27-17, Foulke 14-10, George 101-59, Grimsley 12-4, Cerda 19-12, Sullivan 20-15, Leskanic 14-11.
Ground outs-fly outs: Lowe 9-2, Timlin 3-6, Foulke 0-3, George 5-6, Grimsley 0-0, Cerda 2-0, Sullivan 2-2, Leskanic 0-1.
Batters faced: Lowe 20, Timlin 9, Foulke 4, George 23, Grimsley 3, Cerda 4, Sullivan 7, Leskanic 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Grimsley 2-2, Cerda 3-3.
Umpires: HP: Terry Craft. 1B: Mike DiMuro. 2B: Joe West. 3B: Paul Emmel.
Weather: 86 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, R to L.
T: 2:47.
Att: 22,964.

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