The Boston Red Sox have found a way, yet again, to lose to the 40-73 Kansas City Royals. This time it was a blown save. The Red Sox were up 4-3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. In the bottom of the 9th, German came in to pinch-hit for Berroa. He tripled to center field. DeJesus came in and sacrificed in the tying run. Next up was Grudzielanek who doubled to left field. The icing on the cake came next when Sweeney slapped a single to left field that scored Grudzielanek and ended the game.

Josh Beckett pitched a good game, but it was all for naught. He went 6 innings, striking out 5 and giving up just 2 earned runs over 6 hits. Everything was going as planned until Jonathan Papelbon came into the game. He got 2 outs, but gave up the tying run and game winning run. He allowed 3 hits in the 9th.

Redman had a short 4.1 inning outing. He gave up 4 runs over 5 walks and 5 hits. It was not a great performance. However, Wellemeyer and Dohmann shut down the Red Sox in relief. Dohmann got the win. He’s 1-1 now.

The Red Sox lose a game to the Yankees who beat the White Sox. They also lose ground in a way, because the Twins won. Even though they are still a game back, because the White Sox lost, they now have another team ahead of them.