Royals at Red Sox (series I) recap

The Royals took on the Red Sox in Boston for a four game set and were clearly no match. The Royals were swept in the four game series and now find themselves 5.5 games out of first.

Game 1: Luke Hochevar ran into some bad luck in his first start in Boston, first Grudz dropped an easy pop up which lead to a 5 run 3rd inning, and second he faced Jon Lester. Lester had little problem with the Royals allowing only a couple of walks in completing the first no-hitter against the Royals since 1973.

Player of the game: I've never done this, but you have to give credit where credit is due...Jon Lester, enough said.

Game 2: This is the one that got away...sort of. The Royals trailed the entire game as Meche allowed 2 early but the Royals had several chances to get a run across. The Royals left 13 men on base and none hurt more than when in the 8th the Royals stranded runners at 1st & 3rd with only 1 out.

Player of the game: Gil Meche, he pitched 7 innings allowing only 5 hits and 2 runs while striking out 8; he also picked up his 6th loss.

Game 3: Tomko started out well, allowing only 1 run through his first 4 innings. Things changed in the 5th when Tomko was hit for 4 runs-Tomko wouldn't see the 6th innings. Down 5-2 the punch less Royals offense was finished. What made this loss painful was that Bartolo Colon was making his first start of the year.

Player of the game: Alex Gordon, he went 1 for 2 with an RBI and 2 walks.

Game 4: The Royals offense finally showed up scoring 8 runs, thanks in large part to Guillin and Olivo. The bad news is that Bannister got hit hard giving up 7 runs in 5.1 innings, he also gave up his second gram slam of the year. Boston would hit another grand salomi as the cruised to an easy 11-8 win.

Player of the game: Miguel Olivo, he went 3 for 5 with 2 doubles and a home run and 5 RBI.