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Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

2026-09-12 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 36877 · 72°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 8 mph, In From RF · 2:16

Boston Red Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 5–1. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 4th — Adley Rutschman singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Roman Anthony scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Wilyer Abreu doubles (36) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder John Rave. Mickey Gasper scores. Adley Rutschman scores — worth 27% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carter Jensen C	4	1	1	1	0	2
Bobby Witt SS	4	0	1	0	0	1
Salvador Perez DH	3	0	1	0	1	0
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nick Loftin RF	4	0	0	0	0	3
Isaac Collins PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Massey 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0
John Rave CF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Matthew Lugo LF	3	0	0	0	0	2
Josh Rojas 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Isbel CF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jac Caglianone PH	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

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