The Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Aug 7, 2023 at Fenway Park.
Final · Fenway Park
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 6.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 11 strikeouts.
- Pablo Reyes went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Brayan Bello pitched 6.2 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
Kansas City Royals 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 26 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 6.2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Nick Wittgren | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Turner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Adam Duvall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rafael Devers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pablo Reyes | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Refsnyder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Connor Wong | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Verdugo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarren Duran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayan Bello | 6.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kenley Jansen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Martin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
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