The Kansas City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 13-2 on Sep 1, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Alex Verdugo went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Red Sox.
- James Paxton pitched 1.1 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 6 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
- Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI for the Royals.
- Jordan Lyles pitched 8.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
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 | 1 |
| Trevor Story | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Verdugo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Devers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Connor Wong | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Duvall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wilyer Abreu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Lyles | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Red Sox · 2023 season · Previous Aug 30, 2023: HOU 7, BOS 4 · Next Sep 2, 2023: BOS 9, KC 5
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 30, 2023: PIT 4, KC 1 · Next Sep 2, 2023: BOS 9, KC 5