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Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

2026-09-11 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 36890 · 72°F, Clear · Wind 5 mph, L To R · 2:41

Kansas City Royals defeated Boston Red Sox 3–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Salvador Perez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Roman Anthony. Carter Jensen scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Wilyer Abreu doubles (35) on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Adley Rutschman scores — worth 15% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carter Jensen C	5	2	2	1	0	1
Bobby Witt SS	3	0	0	0	2	1
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	5	0	1	1	0	2
Tyler Tolbert DH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Salvador Perez DH	4	0	2	1	0	0
Michael Massey 2B	4	0	2	0	0	0
John Rave RF	2	0	0	0	2	0
Nick Loftin 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kyle Isbel CF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Isaac Collins LF	2	1	1	0	1	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roman Anthony LF	5	0	1	0	0	2
Jahmai Jones DH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Gasper DH	3	1	1	1	0	1
Adley Rutschman C	2	1	0	0	2	1
Wilyer Abreu RF	4	0	2	1	0	0
Trevor Story SS	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nick Sogard 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Caleb Durbin 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jarren Duran CF	4	0	1	0	0	2
Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1