BOS 7, KC 4 | Jul 8, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, July 8, 2018•Kauffman Stadium•88°F, Sunny

BOS

Red Sox

Royals

Final

WIN

Rick Porcello

LOSS

Heath Fillmyer

SAVE

Craig Kimbrel

The Red Sox defeated the Royals 7-4.

★Andrew Benintendi4-for-5, 0 RBI

★Whit Merrifield5-for-5, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 7: Xander Bogaerts doubles (25) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Alex Gordon. Steve Pearce scores. Mitch Moreland to 3rd.

Weather: 88°F, SunnyWind: 6 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 6:15 PM UTCT: 3:25Att: 28,443Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Jim Wolf

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91.6%C

14 missed calls

+18.3% BOS

No run favor

Win Probability

KC WinBOS Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	7	14	0
KC	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0

Game 530748 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Boston Red Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Mookie BettsRF	4	2	1	0	1	1	.342/.432/.673	90.9	.262	.257
Andrew BenintendiLF	5	2	4	0	0	1	.293/.379/.515	101.9	.599	.579
Steve PearceDH	2	1	2	1	2	0	.323/.376/.545	104.9	.737	.491
Mitch Moreland1B	4	1	1	2	1	0	.288/.358/.525	106.6	.398	.385
Xander BogaertsSS	3	1	2	2	1	0	.281/.355/.520	109.5	.492	.449
Rafael Devers3B	4	0	1	0	1	1	.246/.294/.431	97.2	.166	.155
Eduardo Núñez2B	5	0	2	2	0	0	.259/.289/.374	110.1	.430	.391
Sandy LeónC	5	0	0	0	0	2	.250/.292/.391	85.6	.121	.110
Jackie Bradley Jr.CF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.200/.292/.327	106.4	.257	.268
Bench
Rick PorcelloP							.333/.333/.667	-	-	-
Matt BarnesP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	35	7	14	7	7	5	-	-	-	-

2B:Benintendi; Bogaerts

TB:16

RBI:Pearce; Núñez 2; Moreland 2; Bogaerts 2

SB:Jr.

SF:Pearce; Bogaerts

GIDP:Núñez 2; Moreland; León 2

Team LOB:10

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	1	5	1	0	0	.303/.371/.429	98.8	.588

Pitching

Boston Red Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Rick PorcelloW	7.0	9	3	3	1	9	111-78	86.4	3.58
Matt Barnes	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	14-10	89	2.33
Tyler Thornburg	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	12-8	88.6	13.50
Craig KimbrelS	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	13-11	92.4	1.98
Totals	9.0	12	4	4	1	13	150-107	-	-

WP:Porcello; Thornburg

Inherited runners-scored:Kimbrel 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Porcello 111-78; Barnes 14-10; Thornburg 12-8; Kimbrel 13-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Porcello 4-8; Barnes 1-0; Thornburg 0-1; Kimbrel 0-0

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Heath FillmyerL	4.1	8	4	3	3	0	0	73-39	89.2	3.38

Game Notes

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B1Replay review: Red Sox challenged (force play), call on the field was upheld: Jorge Bonifacio flies out to center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr.

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B4Wild pitch by Rick Porcello

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B9Wild pitch by Tyler Thornburg

Scoring Plays

Top 3 • BOS

1-0

Steve Pearce out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Alex Gordon. Mookie Betts scores.

EV: 77.6 mph274 ftLA: 38°

Bot 3 • KC

1-2

Jorge Bonifacio doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Drew Butera scores. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 103.6 mph384 ftLA: 20°

Top 4 • BOS

2-2

Eduardo Nunez singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jorge Bonifacio. Xander Bogaerts scores.

EV: 104.6 mph183 ftLA: 7°

Bot 4 • KC

2-3

Adalberto Mondesi singles on a line drive to center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. Alex Gordon scores.

EV: 99.1 mph273 ftLA: 15°

Top 5 • BOS

4-3

Xander Bogaerts out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Abraham Almonte. Andrew Benintendi scores. Steve Pearce to 3rd.

EV: 96.7 mph364 ftLA: 30°

3-3

Mitch Moreland walks. Mookie Betts scores. Andrew Benintendi to 3rd. Steve Pearce to 2nd.

Top 7 • BOS

7-3

Eduardo Nunez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Alex Gordon. Mitch Moreland scores. Xander Bogaerts to 3rd.

EV: 105.5 mph9 ftLA: -19°

6-3

Xander Bogaerts doubles (25) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Alex Gordon. Steve Pearce scores. Mitch Moreland to 3rd.

EV: 100.5 mph21 ftLA: -6°

5-3

Mitch Moreland singles on a line drive to center fielder Abraham Almonte. Andrew Benintendi scores. Steve Pearce to 2nd.

EV: 90.4 mph202 ftLA: 11°

Bot 9 • KC

7-4

Whit Merrifield singles on a ground ball to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 73.6 mph116 ftLA: 11°

Inherited runners-scored:Sparkman 3-1; Romero 2-1

Pitches-strikes:Fillmyer 73-39; Sparkman 44-28; Romero 13-8; Adam 21-9; Peralta 17-7

Groundouts-flyouts:Fillmyer 8-3; Sparkman 2-1; Romero 1-0; Adam 1-1; Peralta 1-0

Bench
Heath FillmyerP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Glenn SparkmanP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Enny RomeroP	1.000/1.000/2.000	-	-	-
Jason AdamP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Wily PeraltaP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-