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Red Sox 9, Royals 8

At Fenway Park, Boston

KANSAS CITYABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Merrifield 2b 6 2 4 2 0 0 .300

Bonifacio rf 6 1 1 1 0 4 .263

Cain cf 4 1 2 3 1 1 .270

Hosmer 1b 4 0 1 1 1 1 .320

Perez c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .287

a-Gore pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

Butera c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Moustakas 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .275

Moss dh 4 1 1 0 1 3 .210

Escobar ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .230

Gordon lf 3 2 1 0 2 0 .201

Totals418148511

BOSTONABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Betts rf 4 0 0 1 1 1 .270

Núñez 2b 6 2 3 3 0 1 .556

Benintendi lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .265

Ramirez dh 4 0 1 0 1 1 .253

Bradley Jr. cf 3 2 1 1 1 0 .269

Bogaerts ss 4 0 2 0 1 1 .283

Moreland 1b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .236

Vázquez c 4 1 3 2 0 0 .262

b-Holt pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .196

Leon c 1 1 1 0 0 0 .243

Devers 3b 5 0 2 1 0 2 .294

Totals39913868

Kansas City000 404 000 0 —  8 14  1

Boston011 220 110 1 —  9 13  3

 a-ran for Perez in 9th, b-ran for Vázquez in 8th. E—Moustakas (6), Devers (1), Núñez (1), Rodríguez (1). LOB—Kansas City 9, Boston 9. 2B—Vázquez (11), Leon (9). 3B—Vázquez (2). HR—Cain (12), off Rodríguez, Núñez 2 (2), off Cahill, off Cahill. SB—Merrifield (17), Gordon (4). CS—Cain (1), Gore (1). SF—Perez, Betts, Bradley Jr.. Runners moved up—Núñez, Benintendi, Moreland. GIDP—Moustakas 2, Núñez. DP—KC 2; Boston 2.

Kansas CityIPHRERBBSONPERA

Cahill 4 8 5 5 2 2 90 11.25

Alexander 1 2 1 0 0 0 28 1.98

Feliz 1 0 0 0 0 2 20 2.57

Buchter ⅓ 0 1 0 2 0 18 0.00

Maurer ⅔ 0 0 0 0 1 10 0.00

Soria BS 7 1 2 1 1 0 0 9 3.20

Minor L 5-3 1⅔ 1 1 1 2 3 36 2.49

BostonIPHRERBBSONPERA

Rodríguez 4 7 4 4 3 5 107 4.16

Abad 1 1 2 1 1 1 29 3.09

Boyer BS 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 13 3.55

Scott 1⅔ 1 0 0 0 1 26 3.46

Hembree 1⅓ 1 0 0 0 2 13 3.64

Kimbrel 1 1 0 0 0 2 15 1.24

Barnes W 6-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 3.06

 Cahill pitched to 1 batter in the 5th. Abad pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Boyer pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. Inherited runners-scored—Maurer 1-0, Boyer 2-2, Scott 3-2, Hembree 1-0. IBB—off Minor (Betts). WP—Cahill, Soria, Minor 3, Boyer. PB—Perez, Vázquez. Umpires—Home, Todd Tichenor; First, Nic Lentz; Second, Adam Hamari; Third, Bill Miller. T—4:45. A—36,912 (37,731).

How the runs scored

SECOND INNING

 RED SOX — Bradley singled to center. Bogaerts walked, moving Bradley to second. Moreland flied to center, Bradley advancing to third; Bogaerts out, center to shortstop. Vázquez tripled to right, scoring Bradley. Devers grounded to shortstop.

THIRD INNING

 RED SOX — Betts grounded to pitcher Cahill. Núñez homered to center. Benintendi grounded to pitcher. H.Ramirez grounded to third.

FOURTH INNING

 ROYALS — Moss singled to shortstop. A.Escobar fouled to right. A.Gordon singled to center, moving Moss to third. Merrifield singled to right, scoring Moss, moving A.Gordon to third. Bonifacio struck out. Merrifield stole second. L.Cain homered to right. Hosmer flied to center.

 RED SOX — Bradley grounded to first. Bogaerts singled to first. Bogaerts out trying to advance, catcher to shortstop. Moreland walked. Vázquez doubled to right, scoring Moreland. On Cahill’s wild pitch, Vázquez moved to third. Devers singled to center, scoring Vázquez. Betts flied to left.

FIFTH INNING

 RED SOX — Núñez homered to left. Alexander pitching. Benintendi grounded to third. H.Ramirez singled to left. Bradley reached on fielder’s choice, second unassisted, H.Ramirez out. Bogaerts singled to center, moving Bradley to third. Moreland safe on fielding error by third baseman Moustakas, scoring Bradley, moving Bogaerts to second. Vázquez grounded to third.

SIXTH INNING

 ROYALS — A.Escobar safe at second on throwing error by third baseman Devers. A.Gordon walked. Boyer pitching. On Vázquez’s passed ball, A.Escobar moved to third. Merrifield singled to shortstop, scoring A.Escobar, moving A.Gordon to second. On Boyer’s wild pitch, A.Gordon moved to third, Merrifield to second. Bonifacio singled to right, scoring A.Gordon, moving Merrifield to third. L.Cain walked, moving J.Bonifacio to second. Scott pitching. Hosmer safe on fielder’s choice plus throwing error by second baseman Núñez, scoring Merrifield, moving Bonifacio to third, L.Cain to second. Perez hit sacrifice fly to left. Moustakas grounded into a double play, shortstop to first.

SEVENTH INNING

 RED SOX — Buchter pitching. Benintendi and H.Ramirez walked. On Perez’s passed ball, Benintendi to third. Bradley hit sacrifice fly to right, Benintendi scored. Maurer pitching. Bogaerts fouled to first. Moreland struck out.

EIGHTH INNING

 RED SOX — Soria pitching. Vázquez singled to center. Holt pinch-running for Vázquez. On Soria’s wild pitch, Holt to second. Devers singled to left, Holt to third. Betts hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder L.Cain, Holt scored. Núñez grounded into a double play, third baseman Moustakas to second baseman Merrifield to first baseman Hosmer, Devers out.

TENTH INNING

 RED SOX — Leon doubled to center. Devers struck out, catcher Butera to first baseman Hosmer. Betts was intentionally walked. On Minor’s wild pitch, Leon to third, Betts to second. Núñez grounded out, shortstop A.Escobar to first baseman Hosmer, Leon scored.