BOS 10, KC 5 | Jul 6, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, July 7, 2018•Kauffman Stadium•90°F, Clear

BOS

Red Sox

Royals

Final

WIN

Chris Sale

LOSS

Jason Hammel

The Red Sox cruised past the Royals 10-5 in a dominant performance.

★Steve Pearce3-for-5, 1 RBI

⚾Chris Sale12 K in 6.0 IP

Key Moment

Bot 8: Mike Moustakas homers (17) on a fly ball to right field. Rosell Herrera scores.

Weather: 90°F, ClearWind: 10 mph, In From RFFirst pitch: 12:15 AM UTCT: 2:59Att: 24,673Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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88.4%D

21 missed calls

+43.7% BOS

+1.46 runs KC

Win Probability

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

Game 530718 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Boston Red Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Mookie BettsRF	5	1	1	1	0	0	.336/.428/.672	102.2	.302	.519
Blake SwihartLF	1	1	1	0	0	0	.175/.241/.200	71.4	.196	.179
J.D. MartinezDH	5	2	2	2	0	1	.328/.392/.647	103.9	.580	.788
Steve Pearce1B	5	2	3	1	0	0	.309/.356/.536	107	.265	.342
Xander BogaertsSS	3	2	1	2	2	0	.276/.345/.513	102	.510	.744
Brock Holt2B	5	0	2	2	0	0	.297/.372/.405	102.4	.488	.503
Eduardo Núñez3B	5	1	1	0	0	0	.256/.287/.374	103.6	.135	.122
Sandy LeónC	4	0	1	1	0	0	.248/.292/.397	100.4	.463	.576
Jackie Bradley Jr.CF	4	0	1	1	0	2	.203/.295/.335	103.5	.551	.668
Bench
Andrew BenintendiLF	4	1	2	0	0	1	.281/.363/.492	105.4	.536	.806
Chris SaleP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	41	10	15	10	2	4	-	-	-	-

HR:Betts (1st off Hammel, 0 on, 0 out); Martinez (2nd off Hammel, 1 on, 1 out); Bogaerts (2nd off Hammel, 1 on, 1 out)

2B:Pearce 2; Núñez; Jr.

TB:28

RBI:Pearce; Betts; Bogaerts 2; Holt 2; Jr.; León; Martinez 2

GIDP:Núñez

Team LOB:6

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldCF	5	0	2	1	0	1	.290/.359/.414	100.9	.383

Pitching

Boston Red Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Chris SaleW	6.0	5	1	1	1	12	0	99-65	88.1	2.36
Tyler Thornburg	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	18-13	88.5	9.00
Brandon Workman	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	17-11	86	2.08
Hector Velázquez	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	23-13	91.1	2.82
Totals	9.0	10	5	5	1	12	1	157-102	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Sale 99-65; Thornburg 18-13; Workman 17-11; Velázquez 23-13

Groundouts-flyouts:Sale 2-4; Thornburg 0-3; Workman 2-1; Velázquez 3-0

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jason HammelL	2.0	9	8	8	1	0	3	58-37	88.2	6.16

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • BOS

4-0

Sandy Leon singles on a line drive to right fielder Rosell Herrera. Xander Bogaerts scores. Brock Holt to 2nd.

EV: 94.4 mph229 ftLA: 13°

3-0

Brock Holt singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Rosell Herrera. J.D. Martinez scores. Steve Pearce scores. Xander Bogaerts to 3rd.

EV: 101.3 mph245 ftLA: 14°

1-0

Mookie Betts homers (22) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 102.2 mph💣 410 ftLA: 30°

Top 2 • BOS

8-0

Xander Bogaerts homers (14) on a fly ball to left field. Steve Pearce scores.

EV: 102.0 mph💣 413 ftLA: 26°

6-0

J.D. Martinez homers (27) on a fly ball to right center field. Andrew Benintendi scores.

EV: 103.9 mph💣 401 ftLA: 22°

Bot 2 • KC

8-1

Alcides Escobar singles on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Jorge Bonifacio scores. Hunter Dozier to 2nd.

EV: 90.9 mph240 ftLA: 16°

Bot 7 • KC

8-2

Adalberto Mondesi lines out sharply, second baseman Brock Holt to first baseman Steve Pearce. Lucas Duda scores.

EV: 101.1 mph150 ftLA: 9°

Top 8 • BOS

9-2

Jackie Bradley Jr. doubles (13) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Rosell Herrera. Eduardo Nunez scores.

EV: 103.5 mph365 ftLA: 20°

Bot 8 • KC

9-4

Mike Moustakas homers (17) on a fly ball to right field. Rosell Herrera scores.

EV: 102.8 mph💣 400 ftLA: 30°

Top 9 • BOS

10-4

Steve Pearce doubles (10) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jorge Bonifacio. Blake Swihart scores.

EV: 107.0 mph398 ftLA: 19°

Bot 9 • KC

10-5

Whit Merrifield singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Blake Swihart. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 100.9 mph192 ftLA: 12°

Bench
Salvador PerezC	3	0	1	0	0	2	.215/.256/.381	95.3	.400	.360
Jason HammelP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Burch SmithP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brian FlynnP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brandon MaurerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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