Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox

37-78, 16-42 Away

Final

58-55, 31-27 Home


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

RoyalsTop 1st
- K. Crawford pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- Pitch Type MPH
  1
  Strike Looking
  Four-seam FB 92
  2
  Ball
  Cutter 88
  3
  Foul Ball
  Four-seam FB 93
  4
  Foul Ball
  Sweeper 82
  5
  Foul Ball
  Four-seam FB 93
  6
  Ball
  Cutter 89
  7
  Foul Ball
  Sweeper 82
  8
  Strike Swinging
  Knuckle Curve 79
- Witt Jr. stole second.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 1st
- B. Singer pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- K. Crawford pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 2nd
- B. Singer pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- K. Crawford pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 3rd
- B. Singer pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- K. Crawford pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- B. Bernardino pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- Garcia to third on pickoff error by pitcher Bernardino.
  3
  0
- Witt Jr. stole second.
  3
  0
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error
Red SoxBottom 4th
- B. Singer pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- D. Lamet pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 5th
- B. Singer pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- D. Lamet pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- Garcia to third on wild pitch by Lamet.
  3
  2
- Olivares stole second.
  6
  2
- 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 6th
- B. Singer pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- N. Robertson pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- Waters stole second.
  6
  2
- Isbel stole third.
  7
  2
- 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 7th
- B. Singer pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- A. Zerpa pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- N. Robertson pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 8th
- T. Davidson pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- N. Robertson pitching for BOS
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxBottom 9th
- D. Coleman pitching for KC
  KC
  BOS
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Pitch	Type	MPH
1 Strike Looking	Four-seam FB	92
2 Ball	Cutter	88
3 Foul Ball	Four-seam FB	93
4 Foul Ball	Sweeper	82
5 Foul Ball	Four-seam FB	93
6 Ball	Cutter	89
7 Foul Ball	Sweeper	82
8 Strike Swinging	Knuckle Curve	79

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

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

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

B. Singer8-8

K. Crawford5-6

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