BOS 8, KC 3 | Jun 4, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, June 5, 2019•Kauffman Stadium•85°F, Partly Cloudy

BOS

Red Sox

Royals

Final

WIN

Eduardo Rodriguez

LOSS

Scott Barlow

The Red Sox cruised past the Royals 8-3 in a dominant performance.

★Eduardo Núñez3 RBI

★J.D. Martinez3-for-5, 1 RBI

★Cheslor Cuthbert3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Eduardo Nunez homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Rafael Devers scores. Xander Bogaerts scores.

Weather: 85°F, Partly CloudyWind: 10 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 12:15 AM UTCT: 3:08Att: 13,184Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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90.1%C

15 missed calls

+8.1% BOS

+0.66 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	3	0	3	2	8	10	1
KC	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Game 565730 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Boston Red Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Mookie BettsRF	4	1	1	0	1	0	.275/.387/.459	99.9	.214	.354
Andrew BenintendiLF	4	1	1	0	1	1	.259/.356/.412	97.9	.220	.380
J.D. MartinezDH	5	2	3	1	0	0	.301/.378/.536	106.7	.628	.743
Rafael Devers3B	4	2	1	2	1	0	.314/.373/.498	110	.474	.647
Xander BogaertsSS	4	1	1	1	0	1	.304/.383/.545	110	.327	.354
Eduardo Núñez2B	1	1	1	3	0	0	.227/.248/.320	101.8	.833	.1426
Michael Chavis1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.257/.349/.486	94	.133	.132
Christian VázquezC	4	0	0	0	0	2	.290/.331/.477	96.7	.059	.071
Jackie Bradley Jr.CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.186/.281/.308	107.7	.300	.330
Bench
Brock Holt2B	2	0	2	1	1	0	.250/.325/.306	93.9	.416	.375
Eduardo RodriguezP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	36	8	10	8	4	6	-	-	-	-

HR:Núñez (8th off Diekman, 2 on, 1 out)

2B:Holt; Devers; Benintendi; Betts

3B:Martinez

TB:19

RBI:Núñez 3; Holt; Martinez; Devers 2; Bogaerts

SF:Bogaerts

Team LOB:6

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldRF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.293/.347/.494	91.2	.239

Pitching

Boston Red Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Eduardo RodriguezW	5.2	6	2	2	0	7	1	89-60	90.3	4.88
Heath HembreeH	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-2	95.2	2.77
Marcus WaldenH	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15-8	93.1	1.91
Brandon Workman	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	86	1.98
Ryan Brasier	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	17-11	92.5	4.01
Totals	9.0	7	3	3	1	10	1	138-90	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Hembree 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Rodriguez 89-60; Hembree 4-2; Walden 15-8; Workman 13-9; Brasier 17-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Rodriguez 5-4; Hembree 0-1; Walden 2-0; Workman 2-0; Brasier 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Glenn Sparkman	5.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	80-59	90.3	3.77

Bot 2 • KC

0-2

Cheslor Cuthbert homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Alex Gordon scores.

EV: 96.6 mph💣 390 ftLA: 30°

Top 6 • BOS

3-2

Brock Holt doubles (2) on a line drive to right fielder Whit Merrifield. Rafael Devers scores.

EV: 89.1 mph234 ftLA: 18°

2-2

Xander Bogaerts out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Whit Merrifield. J.D. Martinez scores.

EV: 97.1 mph372 ftLA: 34°

1-2

Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was upheld: J.D. Martinez triples (1) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Whit Merrifield. Mookie Betts scores.

EV: 101.2 mph384 ftLA: 28°

Top 8 • BOS

6-2

Eduardo Nunez homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Rafael Devers scores. Xander Bogaerts scores.

EV: 101.8 mph💣 410 ftLA: 24°

Top 9 • BOS

8-2

Rafael Devers doubles (16) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Billy Hamilton. Andrew Benintendi scores. J.D. Martinez scores.

EV: 102.7 mph403 ftLA: 26°

Bot 9 • KC

8-3

Cheslor Cuthbert grounds out, shortstop Xander Bogaerts to first baseman Michael Chavis. Alex Gordon scores.

EV: 99.4 mph6 ftLA: -24°

Bench
Glenn SparkmanP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Scott BarlowP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brad BoxbergerP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jake DiekmanP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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