The Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on May 19, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Jarren Duran went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Ranger Suarez pitched 4.1 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 1 earned run with 3 strikeouts.
- Lane Thomas went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Luinder Avila pitched 3.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willson Contreras | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wilyer Abreu | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Sogard | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jarren Duran | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Carlos Narvaez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Masataka Yoshida | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Caleb Durbin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Andruw Monasterio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Gasper | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranger Suarez | 4.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Garrett Whitlock | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jovani Moran | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Justin Slaten | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyler Samaniego | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zack Kelly | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starling Marte | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Carter Jensen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luinder Avila | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
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