Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Royals

AMERICAN LEAGUE - GAME 1

24-16, 10-8 Away

Final

20-19, 13-6 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
M. BettsRF	0-4	0	0	0	.256
D. Pedroia2B	1-3	1	0	0	.299
X. BogaertsSS	2-4	0	0	0	.339
D. OrtizDH	3-4	0	0	1	.324
T. Shaw1B	1-4	0	0	0	.327
J. Rutledge3B	0-3	0	0	0	.367
B. HoltPH	0-1	0	0	0	.248
J. Bradley Jr.CF	1-4	0	0	0	.331
C. YoungLF	1-3	1	1	1	.260
M. HernandezPH	0-1	0	0	0	.250
R. HaniganC	0-3	0	0	0	.185
H. RamírezPH	0-1	0	0	0	.318

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
S. Wright	8.0	5	3	1	6	101-68	2.52

BOS

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

7:15 PM, 18 May 2016

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 33,613

Game Time:2:23

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Brian Knight
First Base Umpire - Clint Fagan
Second Base Umpire - Todd Tichenor
Third Base Umpire - Bill Miller


BOS
KC

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

Scoring Summary

		BOS	KC
1st	Hosmer homered to center (440 feet), Escobar scored.	0	2
4th	Ortiz singled to right center, Pedroia scored, Bogaerts to third.	1	2
5th	Young homered to left center (412 feet).	2	2
6th	Cain hit sacrifice fly to left, Dyson scored.	2	3

Data is currently unavailable.

Red Sox
-
Royals
-

Game 1

17/5

Red Sox
4
Royals
8

Game 1

18/5

Red Sox
2
Royals
3

Game 2

18/5

Red Sox
5
Royals
2

Game 3

19/5

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

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

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Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Royals

Game Information

B. Flynn1-0

S. Wright3-4

W. Davis9

Scoring Summary

Inning

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