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Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

2023-08-07 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 32732 · 69°F, cloudy · Wind 3 mph R to L · 2:41

Boston Red Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 6–2. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 3rd — Masataka Yoshida out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Dairon Blanco. Pablo Reyes scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Pablo Reyes hits a grand slam (1) to left field. Rafael Devers scores. Triston Casas scores. Luis Urias scores — worth 34% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — carav901 (M): Check swing.

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Line score

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

W: Kenley Jansen L: Carlos Hernandez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Nick Mahrley · 1B: Vic Carapazza · 2B: Emil Jimenez · 3B: Adam Hamari · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Maikel Garcia	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bobby Witt	3	0	1	1	1	0
Michael Massey	4	0	1	0	0	0
MJ Melendez	4	0	3	0	0	1
Matt Beaty	4	0	0	0	0	1
Freddy Fermin	4	0	0	0	0	1
Drew Waters	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dairon Blanco	3	0	0	0	1	1
Kyle Isbel	4	1	1	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rob Refsnyder	2	0	0	0	1	0
Masataka Yoshida	3	0	1	1	0	1
Justin Turner	4	0	0	0	0	2
Rafael Devers	4	1	1	0	0	0
Adam Duvall	4	0	0	0	0	4
Triston Casas	3	1	0	0	1	1
Luis Urias	3	1	0	0	1	3
Pablo Reyes	4	3	3	4	0	1
Connor Wong	2	0	1	1	0	1
Jarren Duran	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Verdugo	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cole Ragans	6.2	4	1	11
Nick Wittgren	1.1	0	0	1
Carlos Hernandez	0.2	2	2	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brayan Bello	6.2	6	2	2
Josh Winckowski	0.1	2	0	0
Chris Martin	1.0	0	0	1
Kenley Jansen	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Maikel Garcia: 9/F89XD
Bobby Witt: W
Michael Massey: 6/L6M
MJ Melendez: S9/G34.1-3
Matt Beaty: 43/G4

Bot 1

Rob Refsnyder: 53/G56
Masataka Yoshida: S8/G4
Justin Turner: 53/G6S.1-2
Rafael Devers: 3/G3

Top 2

Freddy Fermin: 53/G56
Drew Waters: 43/G4
Dairon Blanco: 53/G6S-

Bot 2

Adam Duvall: K
Triston Casas: 9/L89XD+
Luis Urias: K

Top 3

Kyle Isbel: 8/L89XD+
Maikel Garcia: 63/G6
Bobby Witt: 31/G34

Bot 3

Pablo Reyes: S7/G6
Connor Wong: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Connor Wong: K
Rob Refsnyder: W
Masataka Yoshida: 7/SF/F7.3-H(UR)
Justin Turner: K

Top 4

Michael Massey: E4/G4.B-1
MJ Melendez: S8/G4M+.1-2
Matt Beaty: K
Freddy Fermin: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M

Bot 4

Rafael Devers: 53/G6
Adam Duvall: K
Triston Casas: 13/G2-

Top 5

Drew Waters: D39/G3
Dairon Blanco: SB3
Dairon Blanco: W
Kyle Isbel: 2/P2F/FL
Maikel Garcia: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 5

Luis Urias: K
Pablo Reyes: D9/L89XD+
Connor Wong: D9/L9L+.2-H
Rob Refsnyder: 53/G5
Masataka Yoshida: K

Top 6

Bobby Witt: 63/G6
Michael Massey: S7/L78+
MJ Melendez: S8/L8D.1-2
Matt Beaty: 9/L9
Freddy Fermin: K

Bot 6

Justin Turner: K
Rafael Devers: 7/F5D
Adam Duvall: K

Top 7

Drew Waters: 7/F7
Dairon Blanco: 131/G34S
Kyle Isbel: D9/L9LD
Maikel Garcia: S9/F9S.2-H
Bobby Witt: D8/L89XD+.1-H
Michael Massey: 7/L78D+

Bot 7

Triston Casas: K
Luis Urias: K
Pablo Reyes: K

Top 8

MJ Melendez: K
Matt Beaty: 31/G3
Freddy Fermin: 4/L4M

Bot 8

Jarren Duran: 63/G4M
Alex Verdugo: 9/F9D
Masataka Yoshida: 43/G34

Top 9

Drew Waters: 9/F9
Dairon Blanco: K
Kyle Isbel: K

Bot 9

Justin Turner: 9/F9
Rafael Devers: DGR/L9LD+
Adam Duvall: K
Triston Casas: IW
Luis Urias: W.2-3;1-2
Pablo Reyes: HR/F7LD.3-H;2-H;1-H

Notes & reviews

Royals challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned.
Royals manager Matt Quatraro ejected by 1B umpire Vic Carapazza for arguing check swing ruling on ball four

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