Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Boston Red Sox
1. Merrifield 2b Betts rf
2. Gordon lf Devers 3b
3. Dozier rf Bogaerts ss
4. Soler dh Benintendi lf
5. Cuthbert 3b Travis 1b
6. O'Hearn 1b Vazquez dh
7. Starling cf Chavis 2b
8. Viloria c Bradley cf
9. N. Lopez ss Leon c
Montgomery p Porcello p
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield grounded out (second to first); Gordon
flied to center; Dozier doubled to left; Soler grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 1ST: Betts was called out on strikes; Devers struck out;
Bogaerts singled to right; Benintendi doubled to center
[Bogaerts out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Cuthbert struck out; O'Hearn walked; Starling lined
to center; Viloria forced O'Hearn (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 2ND: Travis struck out; Vazquez struck out; Chavis
singled to left; Bradley singled to second [Chavis to second];
Leon struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0.
ROYALS 3RD: N. Lopez singled to center; Merrifield grounded out
(first unassisted) [N. Lopez to second]; Gordon struck out;
Dozier walked; Soler grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 3RD: Betts walked; Devers singled to center [Betts to
third]; Bogaerts reached on an error by N. Lopez [Betts scored,
Devers to second]; Benintendi grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Devers to third, Bogaerts out at
second]; Travis homered to center (unearned) [Devers scored
(unearned)]; Vazquez struck out; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Red Sox 3.
ROYALS 4TH: Cuthbert lined to center; O'Hearn lined to center;
Starling grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 4TH: Chavis grounded out (third to first); Bradley
popped to second; Leon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 3.
ROYALS 5TH: Viloria grounded out (shortstop to first); N. Lopez
grounded out (first to pitcher); Merrifield singled to second;
Gordon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Red Sox 3.
RED SOX 5TH: Betts grounded out (second to first); Devers
homered to left-center; Bogaerts grounded out (shortstop to
first); Benintendi struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0,
Red Sox 4.
ROYALS 6TH: Dozier struck out; Soler was called out on strikes;
Cuthbert homered to left; O'Hearn popped to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Red Sox 4.
RED SOX 6TH: MCCARTHY REPLACED MONTGOMERY (PITCHING); Travis
grounded out (second to first); Vazquez grounded out (second to
first); Chavis singled to third; Bradley grounded out (first to
second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Red Sox 4.
ROYALS 7TH: EOVALDI REPLACED PORCELLO (PITCHING); Starling flied
to center; Viloria homered to left; N. Lopez flied to left;
Merrifield walked; Gordon flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Red Sox 4.
RED SOX 7TH: HILL REPLACED MCCARTHY (PITCHING); Leon singled to
left; Betts walked [Leon to second]; Devers flied to right [Leon
to third]; BARLOW REPLACED HILL (PITCHING); Barlow threw a wild
pitch [Leon scored, Betts to second]; Bogaerts walked;
Benintendi doubled to right [Betts scored, Bogaerts scored];
Travis grounded out (first unassisted) [Benintendi to third];
Vazquez struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Red Sox 7.
ROYALS 8TH: HOLT REPLACED BETTS (PLAYING 2B); BENINTENDI CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); TRAVIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
CHAVIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); BRADLEY CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); BARNES REPLACED EOVALDI (PITCHING); Dozier singled
to left; Betts left with injured leg; Soler reached on
catcher's interference by Leon [Dozier to second]; Cuthbert
struck out; O'Hearn flied to center; Starling homered to left
[Dozier scored, Soler scored (unearned)]; Viloria was called out
on strikes; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Red Sox 7.
RED SOX 8TH: STAUMONT REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING); Chavis walked;
Bradley lined to center; Leon flied to left; Holt lined to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Red Sox 7.
ROYALS 9TH: WORKMAN REPLACED BARNES (PITCHING); N. Lopez struck
out; Merrifield doubled to left; Gordon grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Merrifield to third]; Dozier was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Red Sox 7.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 5 8 1 7
Red Sox 7 10 1 6
