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Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Royals

2017-06-19 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 27992 · 84°F, cloudy · Wind 5 mph L to R · 3:11

Kansas City Royals defeated Boston Red Sox 4–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 3rd — Eric Hosmer homers (8) on a fly ball to center field. Jorge Bonifacio scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Eric Hosmer homers (8) on a fly ball to center field. Jorge Bonifacio scores — worth 21% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	10
KCA	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		4	10

W: Jason Hammel L: Blaine Boyer SV: Kelvin Herrera

Umpires — HP: Eric Cooper · 1B: Gary Cederstrom · 2B: Gabe Morales · 3B: Adrian Johnson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mookie Betts	5	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Benintendi	5	0	2	0	0	1
Xander Bogaerts	5	0	2	0	0	1
Mitch Moreland	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hanley Ramirez	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jackie Bradley	4	1	3	2	0	0
Josh Rutledge	3	0	0	0	0	2
Pablo Sandoval	3	0	1	0	0	0
Christian Vazquez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Young	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	1	2	1	0	1
Jorge Bonifacio	4	1	1	0	0	1
Lorenzo Cain	4	0	2	1	0	0
Eric Hosmer	2	1	1	2	2	1
Mike Moustakas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cheslor Cuthbert	4	0	1	0	0	0
Alcides Escobar	4	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Gordon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Drew Butera	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ramon Torres	1	1	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hector Velazquez	5.1	5	0	3
Fernando Abad	0.0	1	1	0
Blaine Boyer	1.1	3	0	0
Robby Scott	0.1	0	1	0
Austin Maddox	1.0	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Hammel	7.0	7	0	4
Mike Minor	1.0	2	1	1
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mookie Betts: 63/G56
Andrew Benintendi: 7/F7M
Xander Bogaerts: S8/L8LS
Mitch Moreland: 7/L7D+

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: K
Jorge Bonifacio: S7/L7S+
Lorenzo Cain: S9/L34D.1-3
Eric Hosmer: K
Mike Moustakas: 7/F78D+

Top 2

Hanley Ramirez: 63/G6MS-
Jackie Bradley: 9/F9D
Josh Rutledge: HP
Pablo Sandoval: S8/G4M.1-3
Christian Vazquez: 13/G13

Bot 2

Cheslor Cuthbert: S8/L8RD+
Alcides Escobar: 64(1)/FO/G6
Alex Gordon: 8/F8RS
Drew Butera: 8/F8LXD+

Top 3

Mookie Betts: 53/G5
Andrew Benintendi: K
Xander Bogaerts: S8/L8RD+
Mitch Moreland: 3/MREV/G3S

Bot 3

Whit Merrifield: S5/G5S-
Jorge Bonifacio: 46(1)/FO/G4
Lorenzo Cain: 7/F7D+
Eric Hosmer: HR/F8LXD+.1-H
Mike Moustakas: 31/G3

Top 4

Hanley Ramirez: S9/F9LS-
Jackie Bradley: HR/F9D+.1-H
Josh Rutledge: 63/G6
Pablo Sandoval: 8/F8RM
Christian Vazquez: 13/G13

Bot 4

Cheslor Cuthbert: 9/L89M
Alcides Escobar: 9/F9D
Alex Gordon: 3/G3-

Top 5

Mookie Betts: 53/G56-
Andrew Benintendi: 7/F7LD+
Xander Bogaerts: 9/F9LD

Bot 5

Drew Butera: 3/F34-
Whit Merrifield: 53/G5S+
Jorge Bonifacio: K

Top 6

Mitch Moreland: HP
Hanley Ramirez: 8/F8LXD+
Jackie Bradley: S7/L7S.1-2
Josh Rutledge: K
Pablo Sandoval: 63/G6+

Bot 6

Lorenzo Cain: 63/G6
Eric Hosmer: W
Mike Moustakas: S6/BG56S.1-2
Cheslor Cuthbert: 8/F8LS
Alcides Escobar: 46(1)/FO/G4+

Top 7

Christian Vazquez: K
Mookie Betts: 3/F9LSF
Andrew Benintendi: S49/G34D
Xander Bogaerts: K

Bot 7

Alex Gordon: 9/F9LM
Drew Butera: T7/L8LD+
Whit Merrifield: S7/G56.3-H
Jorge Bonifacio: 43/G4MS-.1-2
Lorenzo Cain: S9/L3D.2-H
Eric Hosmer: WP.1-2
Eric Hosmer: W
Mike Moustakas: 53/G56S-

Top 8

Mitch Moreland: 7/F7D
Hanley Ramirez: S9/F8RS-
Jackie Bradley: S8/G6M.1-2
Josh Rutledge: K
Chris Young: W.2-3;1-2
Christian Vazquez: 53/G5S-

Bot 8

Cheslor Cuthbert: 9/F9M
Alcides Escobar: S7/L8LS-
Alex Gordon: SB2
Alex Gordon: K
Ramon Torres: 43/G4

Top 9

Mookie Betts: 8/F8LD
Andrew Benintendi: T8/F8LXD+
Xander Bogaerts: 6/L6+
Mitch Moreland: 7/F7D+

Notes & reviews

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