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KANSAS CITY -- Just because a ball hits a glove doesn't mean an out is recorded.
Just ask Jon Lester and the Red Sox's outfield.
Lester had retired the first two batters he faced in the bottom of the first inning quickly. With two strikes on Royals first baseman Billy Butler, a close pitch was called for ball two, and Lester ended up walking Butler.
Jeff Francoeur followed with a single through the left side of the infield to put two runners on base. The next batter was freshly called-up second baseman Johnny Giavotella, who scorched a line drive right at Marlon Byrd. Boston's center fielder misread the ball, which hit his glove and bounced away. The play was ruled an error and Butler came around to score, giving the Royals a 1-0 lead.
With runners on first and third and two outs, Royals catcher Brayan Pena smacked a line drive fly ball to deep left field. Cody Ross took off running and reached out, catching the ball in his glove. After a few running steps, the ball flew out of Ross' glove and ricocheted off the outfield wall before falling back into his glove.
Ross turned around after recapturing the ball as if the third out of the inning was recorded, but third-base umpire Chris Guccione signaled that there was no out on the play. Pena, seemingly confused, kept running and made a big turn around second base. When the throw was made back into the infield, Pena slammed on the brakes and slid back into second just missing the glove tag of Adrian Gonzalez, who had run over to cover second base.
Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine came out to argue the play, arguing that Ross had held on to the ball long enough to record the out. The umpires conferred and settled on a call that Valentine still didn't seem to agree with.
After the dust settled, two runs had come in to score, Pena was safe at second with a double and the Royals had increased their lead to 3-0.
Lester got the next hitter, Irving Falu, to ground out to third base, ending the inning, but his pitch count stood at 38 as he returned to the dugout. Had the close pitch to Butler gone Lester's way, he would have had a 1-2-3 inning with only 14 pitches.
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