BOS 3, KC 1 | May 18, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Monday, May 18, 2026•Kauffman Stadium•82°F, Partly Cloudy

BOS

Red Sox

Royals

Final

WIN

Sonny Gray

LOSS

Seth Lugo

SAVE

Aroldis Chapman

The Red Sox defeated the Royals 3-1.

Key Moment

Bot 7: Jac Caglianone doubles (9) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Wilyer Abreu. Carter Jensen scores.

Weather: 82°F, Partly CloudyWind: 10 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 2:25Att: 15,531Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Laz Diaz

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91.2%C

12 missed calls

+6.8% KC

+0.18 runs BOS

Win Probability

KC WinBOS Win

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

Game 824114 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Boston Red Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jarren DuranLF	2	0	0	1	2	1	.181/.247/.301	93.5	.360	.171
Mickey GasperDH	5	1	2	0	0	1	.333/.355/.400	104.4	.342	.316
Wilyer AbreuRF	5	0	0	0	0	2	.291/.362/.446	97.8	.231	.212
Willson Contreras1B	4	1	1	2	0	0	.253/.360/.481	110	.390	.630
Ceddanne RafaelaCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284/.354/.432	-	-	-
Andruw MonasterioSS	4	0	2	0	0	2	.256/.301/.397	77.7	.869	.787
Marcelo Mayer2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.219/.284/.313	99.2	.320	.397
Connor WongC	4	1	1	0	0	1	.255/.328/.364	106	.490	.525
Nick Sogard3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.286/.375/.429	81.9	.209	.190
Bench
Masataka YoshidaLF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.259/.365/.333	98.3	.218	.269
Sonny GrayP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	35	3	9	3	3	8	-	-	-	-

HR:Contreras (6th off Lugo, 1 on, 1 out)

2B:Wong

3B:Yoshida

TB:15

RBI:Contreras 2; Duran

SF:Duran

Team LOB:9

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Maikel Garcia3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.262/.328/.393	108.7	.287

Pitching

Boston Red Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Sonny GrayW	6.0	5	1	1	1	9	80-54	88	2.93
Justin SlatenH	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	17-11	96.1	0.00
Garrett WhitlockH	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	12-9	94.6	2.95
Aroldis ChapmanS	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	14-10	95.3	0.54
Totals	9.0	6	1	1	1	13	123-84	-	-

HBP:Perez (by Gray)

Inherited runners-scored:Slaten 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Gray 80-54; Slaten 17-11; Whitlock 12-9; Chapman 14-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Gray 3-5; Slaten 1-0; Whitlock 2-0; Chapman 2-0

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Seth LugoL	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	1	93-57	88.3	3.68

Game Notes

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B7Replay review: Sonny Gray challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Carter Jensen walks.

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B9Replay review: Starling Marte challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Starling Marte called out on strikes.

Bench
Carter JensenDH	2	1	0	0	1	1	.234/.327/.401	95.5	.009	.014
Seth LugoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Alex LangeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
John SchreiberP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Steven CruzP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-