The Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 on Sep 3, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Masataka Yoshida went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Chris Sale pitched 5.0 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Dairon Blanco went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 3.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 0 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Devers | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Story | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Duvall | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Connor Wong | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Verdugo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Turner | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rob Refsnyder | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Sale | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Kenley Jansen | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brennan Bernardino | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dairon Blanco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Duffy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samad Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 3.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| James McArthur | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Before and after
- Red Sox · 2023 season · Previous Sep 2, 2023: BOS 9, KC 5 · Next Sep 4, 2023: BOS 7, TB 3
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 2, 2023: BOS 9, KC 5 · Next Sep 4, 2023: CHW 1, KC 12