Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

68-62, 28-41 Away

Final

72-58, 39-29 Home


KC
BOS

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

M. Strahm2-0

2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB

E. Rodriguez2-6

5.1 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 1 K, 4 BB

RoyalsTop 1st
- E. Rodriguez pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- Pitch Type MPH
  1
  Ball
  Fastball 95
  2
  Strike Looking
  Fastball 95
  3
  Ground Out
  Fastball 95
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 1st
- Y. Ventura pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- E. Rodriguez pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 2nd
- Y. Ventura pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- E. Rodriguez pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- Morales safe at first on throwing error by pitcher Rodríguez.
  2
  0
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
Red SoxBottom 3rd
- Y. Ventura pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- E. Rodriguez pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 4th
- Y. Ventura pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- E. Rodriguez pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 5th
- Y. Ventura pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- León safe at second on error by center fielder Orlando, Young to third.
  2
  1
- M. Strahm pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 6th
- E. Rodriguez pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- R. Ross Jr. pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 8 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 6th
- M. Strahm pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- R. Ross Jr. pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 7th
- M. Strahm pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- J. Tazawa pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 8th
- P. Moylan pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- J. Tazawa pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- Burns ran for Morales.
  10
  4
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 9th
- J. Soria pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors

Pitch	Type	MPH
1 Ball	Fastball	95
2 Strike Looking	Fastball	95
3 Ground Out	Fastball	95

Royals
6
Red Sox
3

Game 1

27/8

Royals
3
Red Sox
8

Game 2

28/8

Royals
10
Red Sox
4

Game 3

29/8

Fenway Park

1:00 AM, 29 August 2016

Boston, Massachusetts

Attendance: 37,337

Game Time:3:25

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Chad Whitson
First Base Umpire - Eric Cooper
Second Base Umpire - Jim Wolf
Third Base Umpire - Adrian Johnson

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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