Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Boston Red Sox
1. Merrifield 2b Betts rf
2. Bonifacio rf Nunez dh
3. Cain cf Pedroia 2b
4. Hosmer 1b H. Ramirez 1b
5. Perez c Bradley cf
6. Moustakas 3b Bogaerts ss
7. Moss dh Young lf
8. Escobar ss Devers 3b
9. Gordon lf Leon c
Vargas p Porcello p
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield lined to left; Bonifacio walked; Cain
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Bonifacio out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Red
Sox 0.
RED SOX 1ST: Betts grounded out (shortstop to first); Nunez
walked; Pedroia flied to center; H. Ramirez grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Hosmer grounded out (second to first); Perez homered
to left; Moustakas struck out; Moss struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 1, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 2ND: Bradley singled to first; Bogaerts grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bradley out at
second]; Young lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
1, Red Sox 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Escobar was called out on strikes; Gordon grounded
out (second to first); Merrifield popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 3RD: Devers struck out; Leon walked; Betts popped to
first; Nunez singled to third [Leon to second]; Pedroia grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Red
Sox 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Bonifacio singled to center; Cain forced Bonifacio
(third to second); Hosmer singled to left [Cain to third]; Perez
struck out; Hosmer stole second; Moustakas homered to right
[Cain scored, Hosmer scored]; Moss doubled to right; Escobar
flied to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 4TH: H. Ramirez lined to center; Bradley flied to left;
Bogaerts lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4,
Red Sox 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Gordon flied to left; Merrifield grounded out (first
unassisted); Bonifacio popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 5TH: Young popped to third; Devers doubled to right;
Leon lined to left; Betts singled to left [Devers scored]; Nunez
singled to right [Betts to second]; Pedroia forced Betts (third
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Cain singled to center; Hosmer grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cain out at second];
Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Red Sox 1.
RED SOX 6TH: H. Ramirez struck out; Bradley lined to pitcher
(pitcher to first); Bogaerts flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Moustakas flied to left; Moss flied to right;
Escobar was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
4, Red Sox 1.
RED SOX 7TH: MINOR REPLACED VARGAS (PITCHING); Young tripled to
center; Devers struck out; Leon grounded out (second to first)
[Young scored]; MOYLAN REPLACED MINOR (PITCHING); Betts grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox
2.
ROYALS 8TH: WORKMAN REPLACED PORCELLO (PITCHING); Gordon
grounded out (second to first); Merrifield singled to center;
Bonifacio grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Merrifield out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
4, Red Sox 2.
RED SOX 8TH: SORIA REPLACED MOYLAN (PITCHING); Nunez grounded
out (shortstop to first); Pedroia grounded out (first to
pitcher); H. Ramirez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 2.
ROYALS 9TH: Cain struck out; Hosmer singled to left; Perez
popped to first; SCOTT REPLACED WORKMAN (PITCHING); Moustakas
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Red Sox 2.
RED SOX 9TH: HERRERA REPLACED SORIA (PITCHING); Bradley popped
to shortstop; Bogaerts was called out on strikes; BENINTENDI
BATTED FOR YOUNG; Benintendi singled to third; Devers forced
Benintendi (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals
4, Red Sox 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 4 8 0 2
Red Sox 2 7 0 6
