Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

37-78, 16-42 Away

Final

58-55, 31-27 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
M. Garcia3B	1-5	1	0	0	.278
B. Witt Jr.SS	1-5	0	0	0	.268
M. Massey2B	2-4	1	1	3	.223
S. PerezC	2-4	1	0	0	.249
M. MelendezLF	1-4	1	1	2	.220
E. OlivaresDH	2-5	0	0	0	.250
M. Beaty1B	2-5	2	0	0	.269
D. WatersRF	3-5	2	1	2	.241
K. IsbelCF	1-4	1	0	2	.223

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Singer	6.2	5	3	2	4	96-60	5.05
A. Zerpa	0.1	1	0	0	0	8-4	6.75
T. Davidson	1.0	0	0	0	2	15-8	6.68
D. Coleman	1.0	0	0	0	2	15-9	10.05

According to ESPN Analytics

BOS

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Fenway Park

12:10 AM, 9 August 2023

Boston, Massachusetts

Attendance: 30,997

Game Time:2:47

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Vic Carapazza
First Base Umpire - Emil Jimenez
Second Base Umpire - Adam Hamari
Third Base Umpire - Nick Mahrley

Royals hit 3 home runs, beat Red Sox 9-3 to spoil season debut of Boston's Trevor Story

— Drew Waters, MJ Melendez and Michael Massey each hit two-run home runs and the Kansas City Royals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 9-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

Aug 9, 2023, 04:19 am - AP


KC
BOS

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	9	15	0
0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	6	1

B. Singer8-8

6.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 4 K, 2 BB

K. Crawford5-6

3.1 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 6 K, 2 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	BOS
2nd	Isbel hit sacrifice fly to left, Beaty scored.	1	0
4th	Waters homered to right center (414 feet), Beaty scored.	3	0
5th	Duvall homered to left center (424 feet).	3	1
5th	Wong singled to right, Verdugo scored.	3	2
6th	Massey grounded out to third, Garcia scored.	4	2
6th	Melendez homered to center (402 feet), Perez scored.	6	2
7th	Isbel doubled to center, Waters scored.	7	2
7th	Massey homered to right (396 feet), Isbel scored.	9	2
7th	Duran doubled to center, Verdugo scored.	9	3

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
2
Red Sox
6

Game 1

8/8

Royals
9
Red Sox
3

Game 2

9/8

Royals
3
Red Sox
4

Game 3

10/8

Royals
0
Red Sox
2

Game 4

11/8

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

Win Probability

Game Information

Royals hit 3 home runs, beat Red Sox 9-3 to spoil season debut of Boston's Trevor Story

B. Singer8-8

K. Crawford5-6

Scoring Summary

Inning

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