The Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Aug 6, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Masataka Yoshida went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Brayan Bello pitched 4.2 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Michael Massey went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 5.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarren Duran | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Devers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Connor Wong | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| David Hamilton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Sogard | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic Smith | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rob Refsnyder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wilyer Abreu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayan Bello | 4.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Kenley Jansen | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Zack Kelly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cam Booser | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Garcia | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brennan Bernardino | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Massey | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Frazier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Hampson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 5.1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Kris Bubic | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
- Red Sox · 2024 season · Previous Aug 5, 2024: BOS 9, KC 5 · Next Aug 7, 2024: BOS 4, KC 8
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Aug 5, 2024: BOS 9, KC 5 · Next Aug 7, 2024: BOS 4, KC 8