Kansas City (21-22) at Boston (27-19)

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Hochevar thrilled to pitch at Fenway

Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
For the Royals and Luke Hochevar, it's on to Boston and Fenway Park. That's where rookie Hochevar will pitch for the first time in his brief career and he's excited about the chance he'll get come Monday night.
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Royals probable pitcher

Luke Hochevar

  • RHP
  • (3-2) 3.94 ERA
Royals: Hochevar wasn't at his sharpest last Wednesday night but he still managed to shut out the Tigers for six innings, giving up just four singles. He showed an ability to work out of jams, important progress for a rookie, and he did it against an experienced, very dangerous lineup. This was his fifth start since being called up from Triple-A Omaha on April 20. In all but his first outing, he's pitched six or seven solid innings. With an effective sinker, he's been good at inducing ground balls, getting eight outs that way against the Tigers along with five strikeouts.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 3-3 3.40 42.1 18 29 .238
Season 3-2 3.94 29.2 14 24 .237
May 2-1 2.84 19.0 9 16 .176

Series at a Glance

Standings - 05/19/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Kansas City Royals (AL Central) 21 22 .488 1.5 10-12 11-10
Boston Red Sox (AL East) 27 19 .587 - 17-5 10-14
Stats - 05/19/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
KC .264 165 23 157 23 258 4.27 379.0 379 117 292
BOS .295 239 49 228 37 277 4.21 404.1 382 180 316
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Papi's turnaround paying big dividends

Maureen Mullen / Special to MLB.com
David Ortiz, who finished Sunday afternoon going 3-for-5, with a double, two home runs, two runs scored and four RBIs, is turning his season around and fast.
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Red Sox probable pitcher

Jon Lester

  • LHP
  • (2-2) 3.95 ERA
Red Sox: The left-hander has pitched six innings in two of his three starts this month, including last Wednesday in Baltimore, when he left leading 3-2. He allowed five hits and two runs, walking two and fanning four. He is making his first start at Fenway since May 4 against Tampa Bay. Lifetime against the Royals, Lester is 1-1 with a 2.77 ERA in two starts.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 13-4 4.47 201.1 103 143 .273
Season 2-2 3.95 57.0 29 33 .258
May 1-0 3.12 17.1 6 11 .254

Royals hitters vs Jon Lester

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Josh - - - - - - - -
Aviles, Mike - - - - - - - -
Betancourt, Yuniesky - - - - .571 7 1 3
Bloomquist, Willie - - - - .333 6 0 0
Buck, John - - - - .200 5 0 0
Butler, Billy - - - - .000 2 0 0
Callaspo, Alberto - - - - .000 1 0 0
DeJesus, David - - - - .000 9 0 1
Fields, Josh - - - - .500 2 1 1
Getz, Chris - - - - - - - -
Gordon, Alex - - - - .000 3 0 0
Guillen, Jose - - - - .000 8 0 0
Hernandez, Luis - - - - - - - -
Hulett, Tug - - - - - - - -
Jacobs, Mike - - - - .375 8 0 2
Ka'aihue, Kila - - - - - - - -
Lisson, Mario - - - - - - - -
Maier, Mitch - - - - - - - -
Pena, Brayan - - - - .667 3 0 0

Red Sox hitters vs Luke Hochevar

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Brian - - - - - - - -
Baldelli, Rocco - - - - - - - -
Bates, Aaron - - - - - - - -
Bay, Jason - - - - .333 3 0 0
Brown, Dusty - - - - - - - -
Drew, J.D. - - - - .500 4 0 0
Ellsbury, Jacoby - - - - .375 8 0 0
Gonzalez, Alex - - - - - - - -
Hermida, Jeremy - - - - - - - -
Iglesias, Jose - - - - - - - -
Kotchman, Casey - - - - - - - -
Lowell, Mike - - - - .000 5 0 0
Lowrie, Jed - - - - .500 2 0 2
Martinez, Victor .333 3 0 0 .333 3 0 0
Ortiz, David - - - - .250 4 0 1
Pedroia, Dustin - - - - .000 2 0 0
Reddick, Josh - - - - - - - -
Varitek, Jason - - - - .667 3 1 2
Wagner, Mark - - - - - - - -
Woodward, Chris - - - - - - - -
Youkilis, Kevin - - - - .333 3 0 1

No Les' than brilliant (21-23) (28-19)

Red Sox 7, Royals 0

Wrong side of no-no

Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
What can you say? All you can do is tip your cap to Jon Lester and move on. The Red Sox lefty no-hit the Royals on Monday, allowing just two walks. On the other side, Luke Hochevar hurled six innings, giving up seven runs on five hits.

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Series at a Glance

 
Lefty Jon Lester allowed just two walks in his no-hitter. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Yes to history

Ian Browne / MLB.com
The man who won the deciding game of the 2007 World Series for the Red Sox now has yet another amazing accomplishment under his belt. Eight months after Clay Buchholz's no-no, Jon Lester turned in the 18th no-hitter in team history.
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Red Sox 7, Royals 0

Kansas CityABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
DeJesus, D, CF4000001.269
Grudzielanek, 2B3000020.323
  Callaspo, 2B1000011.293
Gordon, 3B3000000.280
Guillen, DH3000010.241
Butler, 1B2000120.276
Olivo, C3000021.274
Teahen, RF3000001.263
German, LF2000110.103
Pena, T, SS3000001.169
Totals27000295 

BATTING
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Teahen; Callaspo.
Team LOB: 2.

FIELDING
E: Grudzielanek (2, fielding).
DP: 3 (Gordon-Grudzielanek-Butler 2, Pena, T-Grudzielanek-Butler).
 
BostonABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Ellsbury, CF-LF3110100.276
Pedroia, 2B3100101.303
Ortiz, DH2100200.247
Ramirez, M, LF3101111.299
  Crisp, CF0000000.299
Lowell, 3B3000101.273
Youkilis, 1B4011001.327
Drew, RF3210012.282
Varitek, C3122010.290
Lugo, SS3000011.280
  Cora, SS0000000.409
Totals27754647 

BATTING
2B: Youkilis (16, Hochevar).
3B: Ellsbury (2, Hochevar).
HR: Varitek (5, 6th inning off Hochevar, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Ellsbury 3; Youkilis 2; Drew; Varitek 5.
RBI: Ramirez, M (28), Youkilis (34), Varitek 2 (17).
2-out RBI: Ramirez, M; Youkilis.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Drew 2; Pedroia.
GIDP: Youkilis; Lugo; Lowell.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
SB: Ellsbury 2 (18, 2nd base off Hochevar/Olivo, 3rd base off Hochevar/Olivo), Pedroia (6, 2nd base off Hochevar/Olivo).

FIELDING
E: Lester (1, pickoff).
 
Kansas CityIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Hochevar (L, 3-3)6.05746214.29
Peralta 1.00000105.79
Yabuta 1.00000106.16
 
BostonIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Lester (W, 3-2)9.00002903.41

HBP: Drew (by Hochevar).
Pitches-strikes: Hochevar 114-61, Peralta 9-6, Yabuta 9-6, Lester 130-86.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hochevar 13-3, Peralta 0-2, Yabuta 1-1, Lester 11-7.
Batters faced: Hochevar 28, Peralta 3, Yabuta 3, Lester 29.
Umpires: HP: Brian Knight. 1B: Marvin Hudson. 2B: Tom Hallion. 3B: Hunter Wendelstedt.
Weather: 57 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 17 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:30.
Att: 37,746.
May 19, 2008

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