Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 9, Boston 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 20, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Andy Fletcher, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Mike DiMuro, 3B - Tim Welke
Attendance: 28588

Rookie Eric Hosmer singled and tripled in the eight-run sixth inning as the host Kansas City Royals prevented Tim Wakefield from reaching the 200-win plateau, routing the Boston Red Sox 9-4 Saturday night.

The Red Sox remained one-half game behind New York in the American League East standings. The Yankees dropped a 9-4 decision to the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.

Wakefield kept the Royals off balance for the first five innings, but the 45-year-old knuckleballer wasn't fooling anyone in the sixth. He allowed three straight one-out hits - including back-to-back RBI doubles to Jeff Francoeur and Mike Moustakas - before departing with a 4-3 lead.

Boston reliever Matt Albers (4-4) came on and promptly allowed the game-tying single to Chris Getz, followed by the go-ahead double by Alex Gordon. With six runs already in, Hosmer capped the game-changing inning with a two-run triple to deep center field off Franklin Morales.

Wakefield was charged with four runs on nine hits over 5 1/3 innings as he failed in his bid to become the 111th major-leaguer to record 200 wins. He has been stuck on 199 victories since July 24.

Felipe Paulino (2-5) was the beneficiary of the Royals' sixth-inning explosion, earning his first victory since July 5. The veteran right-hander surrendered four runs on eight hits over six frames for just his third win in the last two seasons - a span of 28 starts.

Rookie Ryan Lavarnway had two hits and an RBI for the Red Sox, who were without center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury (back).

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Boston   Kansas City
Tim Wakefield Player Felipe Paulino
No Decision W/L Win
5.1 IP 6.0
3 Strikeouts 3
9 Hits 8
6.75 ERA 6.00
Hitting
Boston   Kansas City
Ryan Lavarnway Player Alex Gordon
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 2
0 HR 0
2 TB 5
.667 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Boston 10 0 11 .286 16 6 3 3 0 0
Kansas City 14 0 21 .378 13 4 9 2 0 2