The Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on May 31, 2023 at Fenway Park.
Final · Fenway Park
Top performers
- Spencer Steer went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Reds.
- Luke Weaver pitched 5.2 innings for the Reds, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Masataka Yoshida went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Red Sox.
- James Paxton pitched 5.0 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 1 earned run with 8 strikeouts.
Cincinnati Reds box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt McLain | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Stephenson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Luke Maile | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Steer | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Stuart Fairchild | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Weaver | 5.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Lucas Sims | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Gibaut | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Boston Red Sox box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Verdugo | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Turner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Refsnyder | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rafael Devers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Connor Wong | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jarren Duran | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Enrique Hernandez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Raimel Tapia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Paxton | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Chris Martin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Pivetta | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kutter Crawford | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
Before and after
- Reds · 2023 season · Previous May 30, 2023: CIN 9, BOS 8 · Next Jun 1, 2023: CIN 2, BOS 8
- Red Sox · 2023 season · Previous May 30, 2023: CIN 9, BOS 8 · Next Jun 1, 2023: CIN 2, BOS 8