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Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

2016-08-26 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 38134 · 87°F, cloudy · Wind 7 mph L to R · 3:14

Kansas City Royals defeated Boston Red Sox 6–3. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Eric Hosmer homers (18) on a fly ball to left center field. Jarrod Dyson scores. Lorenzo Cain scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Eric Hosmer homers (18) on a fly ball to left center field. Jarrod Dyson scores. Lorenzo Cain scores — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	9
BOS	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	15

W: Ian Kennedy L: Steven Wright SV: Kelvin Herrera

Umpires — HP: Jim Wolf · 1B: Adrian Johnson · 2B: Chad Whitson · 3B: Eric Cooper · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jarrod Dyson	4	1	0	0	1	0
Cheslor Cuthbert	5	0	0	0	0	1
Lorenzo Cain	2	2	1	1	2	0
Eric Hosmer	4	1	2	3	0	1
Kendrys Morales	4	1	2	0	0	0
Alex Gordon	4	1	1	2	0	1
Alcides Escobar	3	0	2	0	1	0
Drew Butera	4	0	1	0	0	1
Adalberto Mondesi	4	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dustin Pedroia	4	1	4	1	1	0
Xander Bogaerts	5	1	3	0	0	0
David Ortiz	5	0	1	0	0	1
Mookie Betts	5	0	5	2	0	0
Hanley Ramirez	4	0	1	0	1	1
Sandy Leon	5	0	0	0	0	3
Jackie Bradley	4	0	0	0	0	3
Travis Shaw	3	0	0	0	0	2
Brock Holt	3	1	1	0	0	0
Chris Young	1	0	0	0	0	1
Aaron Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ian Kennedy	5.1	9	2	8
Chris Young	1.2	2	0	1
Brian Flynn	1.0	0	0	2
Peter Moylan	0.0	2	0	0
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	2	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steven Wright	6.0	7	3	1
Junichi Tazawa	1.0	1	0	0
Fernando Abad	2.0	1	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jarrod Dyson: W
Cheslor Cuthbert: 9/F9M
Lorenzo Cain: SB2
Lorenzo Cain: W
Eric Hosmer: SB3;SB2
Eric Hosmer: HR/F78D+.3-H;2-H
Kendrys Morales: S8/L8RM
Alex Gordon: HR/F78XD+.1-H
Alcides Escobar: 8/F8RS
Drew Butera: S8/G6+
Adalberto Mondesi: 3/G3

Bot 1

Dustin Pedroia: S7/L7S+
Xander Bogaerts: S8/L89S.1-3
David Ortiz: 2/F25F-
Mookie Betts: S7/L7S+.3-H;1-2
Hanley Ramirez: W.2-3;1-2
Sandy Leon: K
Jackie Bradley: K

Top 2

Jarrod Dyson: 3/G3
Cheslor Cuthbert: 43/G4
Lorenzo Cain: W
Eric Hosmer: 5/F5-

Bot 2

Travis Shaw: K
Brock Holt: 13/G13-
Dustin Pedroia: S4/G6M
Xander Bogaerts: 4/F4-

Top 3

Kendrys Morales: 6/F13-
Alex Gordon: 9/F9LD+
Alcides Escobar: D8/F78XD+
Drew Butera: 63/G6

Bot 3

David Ortiz: DGR/L9LD+
Mookie Betts: S7/G56+.2-3
Hanley Ramirez: 6/F6-
Sandy Leon: K
Jackie Bradley: K

Top 4

Adalberto Mondesi: 53/BG56S
Jarrod Dyson: 63/G6
Cheslor Cuthbert: 3/F3-

Bot 4

Travis Shaw: K
Brock Holt: 63/G6-
Dustin Pedroia: W
Xander Bogaerts: S7/G5.1-3
David Ortiz: 4/F34D-

Top 5

Lorenzo Cain: 53/G56
Eric Hosmer: S8/L8LS
Kendrys Morales: 16(1)3/GDP/G13

Bot 5

Mookie Betts: S5/G6S-
Hanley Ramirez: K
Sandy Leon: K
Jackie Bradley: 8/F8LM

Top 6

Alex Gordon: K
Alcides Escobar: S6/G56
Drew Butera: 14(1)3/GDP/G15-

Bot 6

Travis Shaw: 8/F8LXD+
Brock Holt: D9/F9D+
Dustin Pedroia: S8/L8LS.2-H
Xander Bogaerts: WP.1-2
Xander Bogaerts: 63/G6+
David Ortiz: K

Top 7

Adalberto Mondesi: 3/G34S-
Jarrod Dyson: 3/G34S
Cheslor Cuthbert: 9/F9M

Bot 7

Mookie Betts: S7
Hanley Ramirez: PO1(13)/MREV
Hanley Ramirez: 53/G56+
Sandy Leon: 3/G3+

Top 8

Lorenzo Cain: HR/F8LXD+
Eric Hosmer: K
Kendrys Morales: S8/L8LD+
Alex Gordon: 3/G3.1-2
Alcides Escobar: W
Drew Butera: WP.2-3;1-2
Drew Butera: K

Bot 8

Jackie Bradley: K
Chris Young: K
Aaron Hill: 53/G56-

Top 9

Adalberto Mondesi: 9/F9D+
Jarrod Dyson: 63/G6MD
Cheslor Cuthbert: K

Bot 9

Dustin Pedroia: S7/G56
Xander Bogaerts: S7/L78S.1-2
David Ortiz: 15(2)3/GDP/G15+.1-2
Mookie Betts: OA.2-3(E2/TH)
Mookie Betts: S9/L34D+.3-H
Hanley Ramirez: S9/L9S-.1-3
Sandy Leon: DI.1-2
Sandy Leon: 43/G4

Notes & reviews

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