Starting Lineups:
Boston Red Sox Kansas City Royals
1. Holt 2b Escobar ss
2. Betts cf Moustakas 3b
3. Ortiz dh Cain cf
4. H. Ramirez lf Hosmer 1b
5. Bogaerts ss K. Morales dh
6. Sandoval 3b Gordon lf
7. Napoli 1b Perez c
8. de Aza rf Rios rf
9. Swihart c Infante 2b
Rodriguez p Pino p
RED SOX 1ST: Holt popped to first; Betts singled to second;
when Mookie Betts was called out at 1B, Red Sox manager John
Farrell challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by
replay; Ortiz grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to first) [Betts out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Escobar was called out on strikes; Moustakas popped
to shortstop; Cain lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red
Sox 0, Royals 0.
RED SOX 2ND: H. Ramirez lined to left; Bogaerts singled to
right; Sandoval doubled to center [Bogaerts to third]; Napoli
singled to center [Bogaerts scored, Sandoval scored]; de Aza
walked [Napoli to second]; Swihart doubled to right [Napoli
scored, de Aza scored]; Holt grounded out (second to first)
[Swihart to third]; Betts singled to right [Swihart scored];
Ortiz grounded out (first unassisted); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Hosmer singled to left; K. Morales flied to center;
Gordon was hit by a pitch [Hosmer to second]; Perez grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gordon out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 0.
RED SOX 3RD: H. Ramirez flied to center; Bogaerts flied to
center; Sandoval singled to right; Napoli flied to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Rios was called out on strikes; Infante struck out;
Escobar walked; Moustakas flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Royals 0.
RED SOX 4TH: de Aza flied to center; Swihart singled to right;
Swihart was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
when Blake Swihart was called out at 2B, Red Sox manager John
Farrell challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by
replay; Holt grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Cain grounded out (third to first); Hosmer struck
out; K. Morales singled to right; Gordon grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Royals 0.
RED SOX 5TH: Betts singled to left; Ortiz grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop) [Betts out at second]; H. Ramirez
homered to center; Bogaerts grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Perez grounded out (second to first); Rios grounded
out (shortstop to first); Infante doubled to left; Escobar
doubled to right [Infante scored]; Moustakas grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Royals 1.
RED SOX 6TH: Sandoval flied to left; Napoli doubled to left;
FINNEGAN REPLACED PINO (PITCHING); de Aza singled to first
[Napoli to third]; Swihart grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [de Aza out at second]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Royals 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Cain grounded out (shortstop to first); Hosmer
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); K. Morales struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Royals 1.
RED SOX 7TH: Holt walked; Betts singled to left [Holt to
second]; Ortiz lined to center; Holt stole third and Betts stole
second; H. Ramirez singled to left [Holt scored, Betts to
third]; Bogaerts reached on a fielder's choice [Betts out at
home (third to catcher), H. Ramirez to second]; Sandoval struck
out (catcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 7, Royals
1.
ROYALS 7TH: CASTILLO REPLACED H. RAMIREZ (PLAYING RF); DE AZA
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Gordon singled to center; Perez
flied to left; Rios singled to center [Gordon to second]; OGANDO
REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); Infante grounded out (second to
first) [Gordon to third, Rios to second]; Escobar popped to
third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 7, Royals 1.
RED SOX 8TH: COLON REPLACED ESCOBAR (PLAYING SS); BUTERA
REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING C ); Napoli walked; de Aza reached on an
error by Colon [Napoli to second]; Swihart grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Napoli to third, de
Aza out at second]; Holt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Royals 1.
ROYALS 8TH: ROSS REPLACED OGANDO (PITCHING); Moustakas grounded
out (second to first); Cain grounded out (pitcher to first);
Hosmer homered to center; K. Morales singled to third; Gordon
walked [K. Morales to second]; Ross threw a wild pitch [K.
Morales to third, Gordon to second]; Butera struck out (catcher
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 7, Royals 2.
RED SOX 9TH: HOCHEVAR REPLACED FINNEGAN (PITCHING); Betts flied
to left; Ortiz singled to right; Castillo singled to center
[Ortiz to second]; Bogaerts grounded into a double play (pitcher
to shortstop to first) [Castillo out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Royals 2.
ROYALS 9TH: WRIGHT REPLACED ROSS (PITCHING); Rios grounded out
(first unassisted); Infante flied to center; Colon doubled to
center; Moustakas doubled to center [Colon scored]; Wright threw
a wild pitch [Moustakas to third]; Cain grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 7, Royals 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Red Sox 7 16 0 7
Royals 3 10 1 9
