Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

58-89, 24-48 Away

Final

71-75, 37-37 Home


KC
BOS

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	0
1	1	3	0	2	4	0	2	-	13	20	0

N. Pivetta10-11

5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 7 K, 2 BB

K. Bubic2-13

2.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 K, 3 BB

Royals Hitting

hitters
M. MelendezC
S. RiveroC
B. Witt Jr.SS
S. PerezDH
aR. O'HearnPH
V. Pasquantino1B
E. OlivaresLF
M. Massey2B
N. Eaton3B
D. WatersCF
K. IsbelRF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.220	.317	.390
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.261	.190
5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.248	.289	.434
4	1	2	1	1	0	0	.249	.285	.464
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.271	.293
4	0	2	1	0	1	0	.266	.352	.424
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.308	.364	.449
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.264	.342	.388
2	1	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.325	.375
4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.203	.299	.339
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.253	.322
35	3	8	3	1	5	13

a-flied out to center for Perez in the 9th

Batting
2BOlivares (6, Pivetta); Waters (5, Pivetta); Pasquantino (9, Pivetta)
HRPerez (22, 5th inning off Pivetta 0 on, 1 Out)
RBIPerez (71), Waters (8), Pasquantino (20)
2Out RBIPasquantino
Team LOB10
Team RISP1-12 (Perez 0-1, Olivares 0-2, Melendez 0-3, Isbel 0-1, Witt Jr. 0-2, Pasquantino 1-1, Massey 0-2)

Baserunning
SBEaton (8, 2nd base off Ort/McGuire)

Fielding
DP1 (Weaver-Witt Jr.-Pasquantino)

Red Sox Hitting

hitters
T. PhamLF
R. Devers3B
X. BogaertsSS
aT. CasasPH-1B
J.D. MartinezDH
bA. AlmontePH-DH
R. RefsnyderRF
C. Arroyo1B-2B
E. HernándezCF
Y. Chang2B-SS
R. McGuireC
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	2	3	3	1	1	.246	.319	.384
6	0	4	3	0	1	.292	.351	.527
4	1	2	1	0	1	.316	.382	.473
2	0	0	0	0	2	.088	.225	.265
4	2	2	0	0	1	.272	.342	.423
1	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.500	.571
4	0	1	1	0	1	.305	.377	.473
4	1	1	1	0	0	.281	.321	.414
3	4	2	1	2	0	.227	.294	.356
3	1	2	1	2	0	.222	.297	.333
4	2	3	2	0	0	.279	.315	.360
39	13	20	13	5	8

a-struck out swinging for Bogaerts in the 7th

b-struck out looking for Martinez in the 7th

Batting
2BMartinez 2 (40, Snider, Bubic); Pham (20, Weaver); Hernández (22, Weaver); Bogaerts (38, Bubic); McGuire (13, Snider); Refsnyder (10, Weaver); Devers (39, Cuas); Chang (5, Snider)
RBIPham 3 (59), Hernández (40), Bogaerts (68), Arroyo (31), McGuire 2 (18), Refsnyder (16), Devers 3 (82), Chang (15)
2Out RBIPham 2, Hernández, McGuire 2, Devers 3, Chang
SFPham; Arroyo; Refsnyder
SHMcGuire
GIDPMcGuire
Team LOB11
Team RISP8-21 (Martinez 0-2, Pham 2-3, Hernández 1-1, Bogaerts 1-3, Arroyo 0-3, McGuire 2-3, Refsnyder 0-3, Devers 2-3)

Royals Pitching

pitchers
K. Bubic(L, 2-13)
J. Cuas
C. Hernandez
A. Misiewicz
C. Snider
L. Weaver
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
2.2	7	5	5	3	2	65-43	5.81
1.1	1	0	0	0	1	14-12	3.28
0.2	2	2	2	1	0	22-15	7.97
0.1	1	0	0	0	1	10-6	5.40
1.0	5	4	4	0	1	29-22	6.68
2.0	4	2	2	1	3	38-24	7.12
8.0	20	13	13	5	8	178-122

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedWeaver 5/10; Cuas 3/5; Misiewicz 0/2; Bubic 12/18; Hernández 4/5; Snider 5/8
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesWeaver-5-5-8-6; Cuas-4-1-3-4; Misiewicz-1-3-1-1; Bubic-6-5-19-13; Hernández-1-2-8-4; Snider-5-2-8-7
Ground Balls-Fly BallsWeaver 1-1; Cuas 2-1; Bubic 2-4; Hernández 0-2; Snider 1-1
Game ScoresK Bubic 23

Red Sox Pitching

pitchers
N. Pivetta(W, 10-11)
K. Ort
J. Schreiber
M. Strahm
M. Barnes
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	7	3	3	2	7	1	97-66	4.35
1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	28-17	5.79
1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18-10	1.97
1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	13-10	2.95
1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15-8	5.08
9.0	8	3	3	5	13	1	171-111

Pitching
WPPivetta ( 2)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedBarnes 0/4; Strahm 1/3; Pivetta 17/24; Schreiber 3/4; Ort 1/5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesBarnes-1-1-2-4; Strahm-4-2-4-0; Pivetta-17-14-20-15; Schreiber-4-2-2-2; Ort-4-6-6-1
Ground Balls-Fly BallsBarnes 0-3; Pivetta 5-3; Schreiber 1-1; Ort 0-1
Game ScoresN Pivetta 46

Scoring Summary

		KC	BOS
1st	Pasquantino doubled to deep right, Melendez scored.	1	0
1st	Bogaerts doubled to center, Pham scored, Devers to third.	1	1
2nd	Waters doubled to right center, Eaton scored.	2	1
2nd	Pham hit sacrifice fly to center, Hernández scored, Chang to third.	2	2
3rd	Refsnyder hit sacrifice fly to right, Bogaerts scored, Martinez to third.	2	3
3rd	Arroyo hit sacrifice fly to center, Martinez scored.	2	4
3rd	McGuire singled to center, Hernández scored, Chang to third.	2	5
5th	Perez homered to left (390 feet).	3	5
5th	Devers singled to right, Arroyo scored and McGuire scored, Pham to third.	3	7
6th	Hernández singled to shallow center, Martinez scored.	3	8
6th	Chang doubled to deep center, Hernández scored.	3	9
6th	McGuire doubled to deep right, Chang scored.	3	10
6th	Pham singled to center, McGuire scored.	3	11
8th	Pham hit a ground rule double to deep center, Hernández scored.	3	12
8th	Devers singled to left, Pham scored.	3	13

Royals
1
Red Sox
2

Game 1

17/9

Royals
9
Red Sox
0

Game 2

17/9

Royals
3
Red Sox
13

Game 3

18/9

Fenway Park

6:35 PM, 18 September 2022

Boston, Massachusetts

Attendance: 31,199

Game Time:3:32

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Lance Barrett
First Base Umpire - Alfonso Marquez
Second Base Umpire - Ramon DeJesus
Third Base Umpire - Dan Merzel

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Toronto	94	68	.580	-	W4
New York	94	68	.580	-	W8
Boston	89	73	.549	5	W1
Tampa Bay	77	85	.475	17	L4
Baltimore	75	87	.463	19	L3

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Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

N. Pivetta10-11

K. Bubic2-13

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