Boston Red Sox vs. Kansas City Royals: game summary

Summary

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston Red SoxBOS	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	13	0
Kansas City RoyalsKC	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	11	2

Decisions

• WinnerTanner Houck
• LoserAlec Marsh
• SaveNick Pivetta

Scoring plays

1. Top 1Rafael Devers doubles (29) on a fly ball to right fielder Nelson Velazquez. Alex Verdugo scores.1-0
2. Top 1Triston Casas homers (22) on a fly ball to right center field. Rafael Devers scores.3-0
3. Bot 2Nelson Velazquez doubles (5) on a ground ball to left fielder Masataka Yoshida. Michael Massey scores. Matt Beaty to 3rd.3-1
4. Top 3Trevor Story grounds into a force out, shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. to second baseman Michael Massey. Justin Turner scores. Adam Duvall to 3rd. Masataka Yoshida out at 2nd. Trevor Story to 1st.4-1
5. Top 3Enmanuel Valdez singles on a line drive to center fielder Drew Waters. Adam Duvall scores. Trevor Story scores. Reese McGuire to 3rd.6-1
6. Top 4Justin Turner singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder MJ Melendez. Rafael Devers scores.7-1
7. Top 4Masataka Yoshida grounds out, first baseman Salvador Perez to pitcher Tucker Davidson. Justin Turner scores. Triston Casas to 3rd.8-1
8. Top 6Trevor Story doubles (6) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Drew Waters. Triston Casas scores.9-1
9. Bot 6Nelson Velazquez singles on a line drive to left fielder Adam Duvall. Michael Massey scores. Drew Waters to 3rd. Matt Beaty to 2nd.9-2
10. Bot 6Maikel Garcia singles on a ground ball to right fielder Alex Verdugo. Drew Waters scores. Matt Beaty to 3rd. Nelson Velazquez to 2nd.9-3
11. Bot 6MJ Melendez walks. Matt Beaty scores. Nelson Velazquez to 3rd. Maikel Garcia to 2nd.9-4
12. Bot 9MJ Melendez homers (13) on a fly ball to right field.9-5

Box score

Game info

Ballpark

Kauffman Stadium

Attendance

20,527

Duration

2 h 56

Weather

94 °F, Clear · wind 8 mph, R To L

Umpires

Alan Porter (Home plate) · Jim Wolf (First base) · Nate Tomlinson (Second base) · Sean Barber (Third base)