Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

56-57, 28-29 Away

Final

63-51, 38-21 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
J. India2B	0-3	0	0	0	.238
B. Witt Jr.SS	2-4	0	0	0	.287
V. Pasquantino1B	1-5	1	1	1	.263
M. Garcia3B	2-5	1	1	1	.298
S. PerezC	1-5	1	0	0	.255
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Perez doubled to center. 4th: Perez safe at first on fielding error by second baseman González. 6th: Perez struck out swinging. 8th: Perez struck out swinging. 9th: Perez grounded out to third.
M. YastrzemskiRF-CF	2-4	1	0	0	.250
A. FrazierDH	1-3	1	0	2	.237
J. RaveLF	1-2	0	0	0	.180
N. LoftinPH-LF	1-2	0	0	1	.212
K. IsbelCF	1-3	0	0	0	.261
R. GrichukPH-RF	0-1	0	0	0	.190

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
B. Falter	4.0	8	7	2	2	88-60	4.14
T. Clarke	1.0	1	0	0	0	11-9	3.63
S. Long	1.2	2	1	1	2	43-27	7.25
A. Zerpa	1.1	0	0	0	1	15-12	3.94

According to ESPN Analytics

BOS

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Fenway Park

12:10 AM, 5 August 2025

Boston, Massachusetts

Attendance: 37,585

Game Time:2:57

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Chad Whitson
First Base Umpire - Edwin Moscoso
Second Base Umpire - David Rackley
Third Base Umpire - Chris Guccione

Red Sox ride Duran HR, strong outing from Bello to 6th straight win, beating Royals 8-5

— Jarren Duran hit a three-run homer and Brayan Bello pitched six effective innings, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Monday night for their sixth consecutive victory.

Aug 5, 2025, 03:26 am - AP


KC
BOS

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	5	12	0
5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	-	8	11	3

Scoring Summary

		KC	BOS
1st	Refsnyder singled to center, Bregman scored and González scored, Abreu to third.	0	2
1st	Duran homered to center (419 feet), Abreu scored and Refsnyder scored.	0	5
3rd	Rafaela singled to center, Story scored.	0	6
4th	Frazier hit sacrifice fly to left, Perez scored.	1	6
4th	Bregman singled to left, Toro scored.	1	7
7th	Abreu singled to right, González scored, Bregman to second.	1	8
8th	Pasquantino homered to right center (405 feet).	2	8
8th	Garcia homered to left (374 feet).	3	8
8th	Frazier singled to center, Yastrzemski scored.	4	8
8th	Loftin doubled to center, Frazier scored.	5	8

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
5
Red Sox
8

Game 1

5/8

Royals
2
Red Sox
6

Game 2

6/8

Royals
7
Red Sox
3

Game 3

7/8

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

Red Sox ride Duran HR, strong outing from Bello to 6th straight win, beating Royals 8-5

B. Bello8-5

B. Falter7-6

A. Chapman21

Scoring Summary

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