The Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 9-5 on Sep 2, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Trevor Story went 1-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Tanner Houck pitched 5.0 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 4 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- MJ Melendez went 3-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Steven Cruz pitched 1.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 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 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Story | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rafael Devers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Verdugo | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Duvall | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reese McGuire | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner Houck | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Nick Pivetta | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Before and after
- Red Sox · 2023 season · Previous Sep 1, 2023: BOS 2, KC 13 · Next Sep 3, 2023: BOS 7, KC 3
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 1, 2023: BOS 2, KC 13 · Next Sep 3, 2023: BOS 7, KC 3