KC 7, BOS 6 | May 1, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, May 1, 2018•Fenway Park•65°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

BOS

Red Sox

Final

WIN

Kelvin Herrera

LOSS

Brian Johnson

SAVE

Brian Flynn

The Royals edged the Red Sox 7-6 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Jorge Soler3 RBI

★Jon Jay4-for-5, 1 RBI

★Andrew Benintendi3-for-6, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: Alex Gordon homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

Weather: 65°F, Partly CloudyWind: 7 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 4:25Att: 34,466Venue: Fenway Park

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87.7%D

24 missed calls

+29.5% KC

No run favor

Win Probability

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	7	15	0
BOS

Game 529845 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	6	1	1	0	1	1	.261/.333/.391	98.3	.290	.351
Jorge SolerDH	6	1	2	3	0	3	.306/.434/.494	114.1	.379	.461
Drew ButeraC	2	1	1	0	0	0	.176/.283/.235	86.5	.093	.085
Ryan Goins3B	2	0	1	0	0	1	.257/.297/.314	-	-	-
Jon JayRF	5	1	4	1	0	1	.264/.342/.302	95.5	.564	.417
Abraham AlmonteCF	5	0	0	0	1	2	.224/.296/.367	102.5	.445	.422
Lucas Duda1B	5	0	2	0	0	0	.216/.290/.320	101.1	.422	.537
Alcides EscobarSS	5	0	0	1	0	1	.225/.289/.353	96.1	.115	.142
Alex GordonLF	6	2	2	1	0	1	.259/.317/.362	105.1	.471	.631
Bench
Cheslor Cuthbert3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.205/.287/.301	109.1	.214	.200
Mike MoustakasPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.299/.333/.573
Totals	51	7	15	6	3	11	-	-	-	-

HR:Gordon (9th off Kimbrel, 0 on, 1 out); Soler (13th off Johnson, 2 on, 1 out)

2B:Soler; Butera

TB:23

RBI:Soler 3; Jay; Escobar; Gordon

SB:Perez

CS:Escobar

SF:Jay; Escobar

GIDP:Almonte

Team LOB:12

Boston Red Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Andrew BenintendiLF	6	1	3	0	0	0	.257/.358/.406	104	.293

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jakob Junis	6.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	101-67	87.2	3.29
Tim Hill	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	6-3	92	4.35
Brad Keller	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-5	93.6	3.48
Blaine Boyer	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	27-16	90.6	13.50
Kevin McCarthy	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	24-19	90.8	2.53
Kelvin HerreraWBS	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	16-12	92.5	0.84
Burch SmithH	0.1	1	2	2	0	0	0	14-10	89.6	4.61
Brian FlynnS	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-8	88.1	3.68
Totals	13.0	12	6	6	2	10	2	206-140	-	-

WP:Keller 2

HBP:Bogaerts (by Smith)

Inherited runners-scored:Keller 1-1; Flynn 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Junis 101-67; Hill 6-3; Keller 10-5; Boyer 27-16; McCarthy 24-19; Herrera 16-12; Smith 14-10; Flynn 8-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Junis 7-6; Hill 0-1; Keller 1-0; Boyer 1-1; McCarthy 5-2; Herrera 0-2; Smith 1-0; Flynn 1-1

Boston Red Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Chris Sale	7.0	5	2	1	2	6	0	96-68	87.6	2.14

Scoring Plays

Top 4 • KC

1-0

Alcides Escobar out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder J. D. Martinez. Salvador Perez scores. Lucas Duda to 2nd. Missed catch error by catcher Christian Vazquez.

EV: 78.5 mph270 ftLA: 26°

Top 6 • KC

2-0

Alcides Escobar caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Christian Vazquez to shortstop Xander Bogaerts to first baseman Mitch Moreland to second baseman Tzu-Wei Lin. Jon Jay scores.

Bot 6 • BOS

2-1

Mitch Moreland homers (4) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 109.8 mph💣 421 ftLA: 29°

2-2

Jackie Bradley Jr. singles on a ground ball to left fielder Alex Gordon. Rafael Devers scores.

EV: 64.5 mph115 ftLA: 12°

Bot 7 • BOS

2-3

J.D. Martinez grounds out, third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert to first baseman Lucas Duda.

EV: 84.5 mph20 ftLA: -8°

Top 9 • KC

3-3

Alex Gordon homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 105.1 mph💣 413 ftLA: 32°

Top 12 • KC

4-3

Jon Jay out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Drew Butera scores. Ryan Goins to 2nd.

EV: 79.4 mph273 ftLA: 35°

Bot 12 • BOS

4-4

Eduardo Nunez homers (3) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 101.5 mph💣 376 ftLA: 23°

Top 13 • KC

7-4

Jorge Soler homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. Alex Gordon scores. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 99.0 mph💣 357 ftLA: 37°

Bot 13 • BOS

7-5

Jackie Bradley Jr. grounds out to first baseman Lucas Duda. Mitch Moreland scores. Rafael Devers to 2nd.

EV: 59.6 mph3 ftLA: -55°

7-6

Christian Vazquez singles on a line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Rafael Devers scores.

EV: 79.0 mph242 ftLA: 20°

HBP:Soler (by Sale); Duda (by Sale)

Pitches-strikes:Sale 96-68; Barnes 21-14; Kimbrel 20-11; Smith 19-13; Hembree 31-18; Johnson 16-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Sale 9-5; Barnes 1-1; Kimbrel 1-1; Smith 2-0; Hembree 4-1; Johnson 1-1

Bench
J.D. MartinezLF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.337/.388/.567	95.9	.459	.463
Tzu-Wei Lin2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.194/.286/.258	82.4	.185	.183
Chris SaleP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Matt BarnesP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Craig KimbrelP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Carson SmithP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Heath HembreeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brian JohnsonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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