BOS 7, KC 3 | Sep 3, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, September 3, 2023•Kauffman Stadium•92°F, Sunny

BOS

Red Sox

Royals

Final

WIN

Chris Sale

LOSS

Zack Greinke

The Red Sox defeated the Royals 7-3.

★Masataka Yoshida3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: Rafael Devers doubles (31) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Dairon Blanco. Enmanuel Valdez scores.

Weather: 92°F, SunnyWind: 11 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 3:07Att: 15,785Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Jim Wolf

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93.4%B

12 missed calls

+25.8% BOS

+0.51 runs BOS

Win Probability

KC WinBOS Win

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

Game 716739 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Boston Red Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Rob RefsnyderLF	2	1	0	0	0	1	.247/.367/.313	84.6	.146	.132
Rafael Devers3B	5	0	2	1	0	1	.270/.342/.508	113.3	.495	.514
Justin TurnerDH	2	1	0	1	1	0	.285/.355/.481	95.7	.086	.103
Triston Casas1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.265/.367/.495	105.5	.204	.342
Adam DuvallRF	4	1	1	1	0	1	.273/.337/.590	106	.367	.580
Ceddanne RafaelaCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375/.375/.500	-	-	-
Trevor StorySS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.176/.213/.282	105.8	.471	.457
Luis Urías2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180/.326/.297	-	-	-
Connor WongC	4	1	1	0	0	0	.248/.302/.406	99	.129	.130
Bench
Alex VerdugoRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.278/.341/.449	98.3	.152	.140
Masataka YoshidaLF	4	1	2	3	0	0	.296/.350/.462
Totals	35	7	8	6	2	5	-	-	-	-

HR:Yoshida (4th off Greinke, 2 on, 1 out); Duvall (6th off Cox, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Wong; Devers; Casas

TB:17

RBI:Duvall; Devers; Yoshida 3; Turner

SF:Turner

GIDP:Wong

Team LOB:5

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Maikel Garcia3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	.280/.326/.375	97.7	.330

Pitching

Boston Red Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Chris SaleW	5.0	2	0	0	2	5	100-64	83.2	4.46
Mauricio Llovera	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	24-17	89.8	3.97
John Schreiber	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	17-8	89	3.74
Brennan Bernardino	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	16-9	83.7	2.49
Kenley Jansen	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	21-15	91.6	3.09
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	3	10	178-113	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Sale 100-64; Llovera 24-17; Schreiber 17-8; Bernardino 16-9; Jansen 21-15

Groundouts-flyouts:Sale 5-5; Llovera 0-2; Schreiber 1-0; Bernardino 1-1; Jansen 0-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Taylor Clarke	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-8	90.2	5.33

Top 4 • BOS

3-0

Masataka Yoshida homers (14) on a fly ball to center field. Justin Turner scores. Triston Casas scores.

EV: 103.0 mph💣 415 ftLA: 22°

Top 6 • BOS

4-0

Adam Duvall homers (19) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 106.0 mph💣 416 ftLA: 37°

Bot 6 • KC

4-1

Salvador Perez singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Alex Verdugo. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.

EV: 101.8 mph281 ftLA: 14°

Top 7 • BOS

6-1

Justin Turner out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Dairon Blanco. Rob Refsnyder scores.

EV: 95.7 mph343 ftLA: 39°

5-1

Rob Refsnyder reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Connor Wong scores. Rob Refsnyder to 2nd.

EV: 79.8 mph26 ftLA: -2°

Top 9 • BOS

7-1

Rafael Devers doubles (31) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Dairon Blanco. Enmanuel Valdez scores.

EV: 106.0 mph265 ftLA: 11°

Bot 9 • KC

7-3

Dairon Blanco singles on a line drive to center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. Nick Loftin scores. Drew Waters scores.

EV: 97.5 mph306 ftLA: 16°

HBP:Turner (by Greinke)

Inherited runners-scored:Cox 2-0; McArthur 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Clarke 12-8; Greinke 67-41; Cox 34-20; McArthur 23-16; Hernández 25-15

Groundouts-flyouts:Clarke 1-1; Greinke 5-6; Cox 1-3; McArthur 2-2; Hernández 1-1

Bench
Edward OlivaresDH	2	0	1	0	0	0	.248/.300/.402	72.8	.361	.348
Matt Duffy1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250/.305/.308	96.7	.175	.161
Samad TaylorLF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.200/.279/.267	95.7	.278	.508
Taylor ClarkeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Zack GreinkeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Austin CoxP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
James McArthurP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Carlos HernándezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-