KC 6, BOS 10 | Apr 30, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Monday, April 30, 2018•Fenway Park•45°F, Cloudy

Royals

BOS

Red Sox

Final

WIN

Hector Velázquez

LOSS

Jason Hammel

The Red Sox defeated the Royals 10-6.

★Whit Merrifield3-for-5, 2 RBI

★Alcides Escobar3-for-4, 1 RBI

★Mitch Moreland3-for-4, 2 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 3: Xander Bogaerts hits a grand slam (3) to left field. Hanley Ramirez scores. J.D. Martinez scores. Mitch Moreland scores.

Weather: 45°F, CloudyWind: 5 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 3:13Att: 31,314Venue: Fenway Park

Ump Audit

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92.1%B

13 missed calls

+24.1% KC

+0.41 runs BOS

Win Probability

BOS WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	9	1
BOS	0	1	5	1	1	0	2	0

Game 529831 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	1	3	2	0	1	.266/.336/.404	105.1	.678	.753
Jorge SolerRF	4	1	1	0	1	1	.304/.434/.456	95.6	.133	.202
Abraham AlmonteDH	4	0	0	0	0	2	.250/.313/.409	98.9	.220	.298
Salvador PerezC	4	0	1	1	1	2	.294/.333/.441	100.7	.360	.331
Cheslor Cuthbert3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.213/.289/.313	94.9	.050	.049
Lucas Duda1B	3	0	0	1	1	1	.207/.277/.315	88.3	.037	.043
Jon JayCF	4	0	1	1	0	2	.238/.325/.277	91.1	.271	.257
Alex GordonLF	3	1	0	0	0	2	.250/.316/.308	105.8	.303	.273
Alcides EscobarSS	4	2	3	1	0	0	.237/.306/.371	97.1	.505	.483
Bench
Jason HammelP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tim HillP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	35	6	9	6	3	13	-	-	-	-

2B:Merrifield 2; Escobar 2

TB:13

RBI:Perez; Jay; Duda; Merrifield 2; Escobar

GIDP:Gordon

Team LOB:7

Boston Red Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Andrew BenintendiCF	4	1	1	1	0	0	.242/.351/.389	103.4	.256

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jason HammelL	4.2	8	8	8	3	2	2	107-63	87.7	4.91
Tim Hill	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	86.5	3.60
Scott Barlow	3.0	5	2	1	0	1	0	45-33	86	3.00
Totals	8.0	13	10	9	3	3	2	155-98	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Hill 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Hammel 107-63; Hill 3-2; Barlow 45-33

Groundouts-flyouts:Hammel 5-7; Hill 1-0; Barlow 5-4

Boston Red Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Eduardo Rodriguez	4.0	5	5	5	3	6	0	88-53	91.1	4.78

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • KC

3-0

Jon Jay singles on a ground ball to second baseman Eduardo Nunez. Mike Moustakas scores. Salvador Perez to 3rd. Lucas Duda to 2nd.

EV: 83.1 mph16 ftLA: -8°

2-0

Lucas Duda walks. Jorge Soler scores. Mike Moustakas to 3rd. Salvador Perez to 2nd.

1-0

Salvador Perez walks. Whit Merrifield scores. Jorge Soler to 3rd. Mike Moustakas to 2nd.

Bot 2 • BOS

3-1

Mitch Moreland homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 112.9 mph💣 427 ftLA: 30°

Bot 3 • BOS

3-2

Mitch Moreland walks. Andrew Benintendi scores. Hanley Ramirez to 3rd. J.D. Martinez to 2nd.

3-6

Xander Bogaerts hits a grand slam (3) to left field. Hanley Ramirez scores. J.D. Martinez scores. Mitch Moreland scores.

EV: 110.0 mph💣 430 ftLA: 33°

Top 4 • KC

5-6

Whit Merrifield doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to left fielder J. D. Martinez. Alcides Escobar scores.

EV: 105.1 mph176 ftLA: 10°

4-6

Alcides Escobar doubles (7) on a line drive to left fielder J. D. Martinez. Alex Gordon scores.

EV: 92.8 mph330 ftLA: 23°

Bot 4 • BOS

5-7

Andrew Benintendi out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jon Jay. Jackie Bradley Jr. scores.

EV: 83.4 mph291 ftLA: 27°

Bot 5 • BOS

5-8

Eduardo Nunez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jorge Soler. J.D. Martinez scores. Xander Bogaerts to 3rd.

EV: 90.7 mph32 ftLA: -4°

Bot 7 • BOS

5-9

Rafael Devers grounds into a force out, first baseman Lucas Duda to shortstop Alcides Escobar. Mitch Moreland scores. Xander Bogaerts out at 2nd. Rafael Devers to 1st.

5-10

Jackie Bradley Jr. reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert. Rafael Devers scores.

EV: 85.6 mph145 ftLA: 65°

Top 9 • KC

6-10

Whit Merrifield doubles (6) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Andrew Benintendi. Alcides Escobar scores.

EV: 103.8 mph391 ftLA: 21°

Bench
Eduardo RodriguezP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Hector VelázquezP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Carson SmithP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brian JohnsonP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-