Head congested, body weak, sneezes machine-gunning from his nose, Clay Buchholz figured it was going to be a tough night. Turned out to be just like the rest of his outings over the past two months. Buchholz shook off a head cold to take a shutout into the seventh inning, and David Ortiz homered and drove in three runs to help the Boston Red Sox move closer to the postseason with a 10-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night. "I was expecting to have to battle through, especially after the first inning," Buchholz said after his second scoreless outing this season.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Thu 7/9	Bos	KC 8 at BOS 6	W: Hochevar L: Masterson
Fri 7/10	Bos	KC 0 at BOS 1	W: Lester L: Bannister
Sat 7/11	Bos	KC 9 at BOS 15	W: Smoltz L: Meche
Sun 7/12	Bos	KC 0 at BOS 6	W: Beckett L: Chen
Mon 9/21	KC	BOS 9 at KC 12	W: Yabuta L: Bard
Tue 9/22	KC	BOS 1 at KC 5	W: Greinke L: Byrd
Wed 9/23	KC	BOS 9 at KC 2	W: Beckett L: Hochevar
Thu 9/24	KC	BOS 10 at KC 3	W: Buchholz L: Lerew

Box Scores

Red Sox (91 - 61) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Royals (63 - 90) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. J Ellsbury, CF 6 2 3 1 0 1. J Gathright, LF 0 0 0 0 0 2. D Pedroia, 2B 5 2 2 2 0 2. J Lowrie, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 3. V Martinez, C 5 0 2 0 1 4. J Bay, LF 4 0 0 0 1 4. B Anderson, LF-CF 1 1 0 0 0 5. D Ortiz, DH 5 1 3 3 1 5. G Kottaras, PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 6. M Lowell, 3B 2 1 1 0 2 6. C Woodward, PR-3B-2B 2 0 0 0 0 7. C Kotchman, 1B 4 1 2 0 1 8. J Reddick, RF 5 0 0 0 0 9. A Gonzalez, SS 5 2 2 0 0 Totals 44 10 15 6 6		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. D DeJesus, LF 3 0 0 0 0 1. J Anderson, CF 2 0 0 0 0 2. M Maier, CF-LF 5 1 2 0 0 3. B Butler, 1B 3 1 2 2 0 4. M Jacobs, DH 4 1 1 0 0 5. A Callaspo, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 6. M Teahen, RF 4 0 1 0 0 7. M Olivo, C 3 0 1 1 1 8. A Gordon, 3B 4 0 2 0 0 9. Y Betancourt, SS 3 0 0 0 0 9. L Hernandez, PH 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 3 10 3 1
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* C Buchholz (W, 7-3) 6.2 5 0 0 0 8 3.21 R Ramirez 0.2 3 3 3 0 0 3.06 T Saito 1.2 2 0 0 1 2 2.36		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* A Lerew (L, 0-1) 4.2 7 4 2 3 2 3.86 Y Yabuta 2.1 3 1 1 1 3 11.81 K Farnsworth 1.0 2 1 0 1 2 4.50 J Wright 1.0 3 4 1 1 1 4.56
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: D Pedroia (46), D Ortiz (33), C Kotchman (3), A Gonzalez (10) HR: D Ortiz (26) BASERUNNING SB: J Ellsbury 2 (66), A Gonzalez (2)		BATTING HR: B Butler (19)

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Player News

Red Sox J.D. Drew (BOS) News: The Boston Herald is reporting that J.D. Drew's shoulder surgery will have no impact on his contract over the next two years. The Red Sox hold a clause in his contract that allows the team to opt out of his deal if he spends 35 days on the DL or if he ends the 2010 season on the DL and ca't play the outfield in 2011.   (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Fernando Cabrera (BOS) News: Cabrera was waived by the Red Sox and subsequently filed for free agency.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Clay Buchholz (BOS) News: The Boston Globe reports that if the Red Sox continue their pursuit of free agent starter John Lackey, Clay Buchholz could be dealt for offensive support.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009)

Royals Vance Wilson (KC) News: Wilson has signed a minor league deal with the Royals.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Jose Guillen (KC) News: According to the New York Daily News, Jose Guillen may be on the Mets wish list if they can't nail down one of the top-tier free agents.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Jorge Campillo (KC) News: Jorge Campillo has signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals, according to MLB.com.  (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)