Boston Red Sox vs. Kansas City Royals

Sep 3, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
BOS	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	1	7	8	0	5
KC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	8	2	8

loss:

Z. Greinkewin: Boston Red Sox logo

C. Sale

Game Recap

KANSAS CITY -- Alex Cora gave Chris Sale an ultimatum. Boston’s manager walked to the mound with the intention to take out Sale with two outs in the fifth inning. Sale disagreed, so Cora gave the veteran lefty an opportunity to finish his outing, but with one clear message: “Throw...

Scoring Summary

BOSKC

4
Masataka Yoshida homers (14) on a fly ball to center field. Justin Turner scores. Triston Casas scores. [3 runs]
30
6
Adam Duvall homers (19) on a fly ball to left field. [1 run]
40
6
Salvador Perez singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Alex Verdugo. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. [1 run]
41
7
Rob Refsnyder reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Connor Wong scores. Rob Refsnyder to 2nd. [1 run]
51
7
Justin Turner out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Dairon Blanco. Rob Refsnyder scores. [1 run] [2 outs]
61
9
Rafael Devers doubles (31) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Dairon Blanco. Enmanuel Valdez scores. [1 run]
71
9
Dairon Blanco singles on a line drive to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Nick Loftin scores. Drew Waters scores. [2 runs]
73

Player Stats

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Alex VerdugoRF	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278
Wilyer AbreuRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Rob RefsnyderPH-CF-LF	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	.247
2Rafael Devers3B	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	.270
3Justin TurnerDH	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	.285
4Triston Casas1B	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	.265
5Adam DuvallCF-RF	1	4	1	1	1	0	1	2	.273
6Masataka YoshidaLF	2	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	.296
Ceddanne RafaelaCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375
7Trevor StorySS	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	.176
8Enmanuel Valdez2B	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.235
Luis Urias2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180
9Connor WongC	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.248
TOTAL	8	35	7	6	5	2	2	11	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	PC	ERA
Chris SaleLHP	5.0	2	0	0	5	2	100	4.46
Mauricio LloveraRHP	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	24	3.97
John SchreiberRHP	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	17	3.74
Brennan BernardinoLHP	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	16	2.49
Kenley JansenRHP	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	21	3.09
TOTAL	9.0	8	3	3	10	3	178	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Maikel Garcia3B	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	3	.280
2Bobby Witt Jr.SS	1	5	1	0	3	0	0	2	.275
3Edward OlivaresDH	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248
MJ MelendezPH-DH	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.235
4Salvador PerezC	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.249
5Nelson VelazquezRF	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	.239
6Matt Duffy1B	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250
Michael MasseyPH-2B	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.224
7Nick Loftin2B-1B	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.429
8Samad TaylorLF	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200
Drew WatersPH-CF	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.231
9Dairon BlancoCF-LF	1	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	.238

TOTAL	8	35	3	3	10	3	0	12	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Taylor ClarkeRHP	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	5.33
Zack GreinkeRHP	3.2	5	3	3	0	1	1	67	5.34
Austin CoxLHP	1.2	2	3	1	2	0	1	34	4.33
James McArthurRHP	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	11.17
Carlos HernandezRHP	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	25	4.41
TOTAL	9.0	8	7	5	5	2	2	161	-

Play-by-Play

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1st inningBOSKC

TOP 1
FLYOUT — Alex Verdugo flies out to left fielder Samad Taylor. [1 out]
00
STRIKEOUT — Rafael Devers strikes out swinging. [2 outs]
00
GROUNDOUT — Justin Turner grounds out, third baseman Maikel Garcia to first baseman Matt Duffy. [3 outs]
00
BOTTOM 1
FLYOUT — Maikel Garcia flies out to center fielder Adam Duvall. [1 out]
00
STRIKEOUT — Bobby Witt Jr. strikes out swinging. [2 outs]
00
SINGLE — Edward Olivares singles on a fly ball to center fielder Adam Duvall.
00
GROUNDOUT — Salvador Perez grounds out, pitcher Chris Sale to first baseman Triston Casas. [3 outs]
00

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Team Stats

BOS

7Runs3

8Hits8

0Errors2

.229Batting Avg.229

35At Bats35

5Extra-base Hits1

2Home Runs0

6Runs-Batted-In3

2Walks3

0Stolen Bases4

5Strikeouts10

5Left on Base8

17Total Bases9

Game Details

Sunday, September 3, 2023 · 2:10 PM

Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City, MO

attendance: 15,785 (41.6%)

weather: 92 degrees, sunny