The Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on May 18, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Willson Contreras went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Sonny Gray pitched 6.0 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 1 earned run with 9 strikeouts.
- Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Gasper | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wilyer Abreu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willson Contreras | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Wong | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcelo Mayer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andruw Monasterio | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nick Sogard | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jarren Duran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Gray | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Slaten | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Starling Marte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
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 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Red Sox · 2026 season · Previous May 17, 2026: BOS 1, ATL 8 · Next May 19, 2026: BOS 7, KC 1
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous May 17, 2026: KC 2, STL 0 · Next May 19, 2026: BOS 7, KC 1