At Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Mo.

BOSTONABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Betts rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .272

CYoung lf 5 1 3 1 0 1 .276

Bogaerts ss 5 0 2 2 0 0 .321

Ramirez dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .241

Bradley Jr. cf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .261

Travis 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .409

Rutledge 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .233

Leon c 4 2 2 2 0 2 .233

Marrero 3b 2 2 2 1 1 0 .176

Totals38813837  

KANSAS CITYABRHBIBBSOAvg.

Merrifield 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .288

Bonifacio rf 4 1 1 2 0 3 .250

Cain cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .285

Moss lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .184

Hosmer 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .305

Wood p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Perez c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .283

Butera c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242

Moustakas 3b 3 1 1 1 0 2 .277

Cuthbert dh-1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .198

Escobar ss 2 0 1 0 0 1 .199

Torres ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333

Gordon lf-cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .189

Totals29343110  

Boston001 403 000 —  8 13  0

Kansas City010 000 002 —  3  4  1

 E—Cain (3). LOB—Boston 7, Kansas City 1. 2B—CYoung (8), Travis (3), Leon (6), Marrero (4). HR—Bonifacio (10), off Sale, Moustakas (19), off Sale. S—Gordon. SF—Marrero. Runners left in scoring position—Boston 1 (Ramirez), Kansas City 1 (Bonifacio). RISP—Boston 5 for 9, Kansas City 0 for 2. GIDP—Wood. DP—Boston 1 (Abad, Bogaerts, Travis).

BostonIPHRERBBSONPERA

Sale W 9-3 8⅓ 4 3 3 1 10 110 2.85

Abad ⅔ 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.57

Kansas CityIPHRERBBSONPERA

Strahm L 2-4 3 7 5 5 1 4 75 4.80

Alexander 2 1 0 0 1 1 33 1.44

McCarthy 2 3 3 3 1 0 37 3.24

Wood 2 2 0 0 0 2 33 6.51

 Strahm pitched to 4 batters in the 4th. Inherited runners-scored—Abad 1-0, Alexander 1-1. WP—Strahm, Alexander. Umpires—Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Gabe Morales; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Eric Cooper. T—2:54. A—25,983 (37,903).

How the runs scored

SECOND INNING

 ROYALS — Hosmer grounded out, second baseman Rutledge to first baseman S.Travis. Perez struck out. Moustakas homered to right on a 1-0 count. Cuthbert popped out to first baseman S.Travis.

THIRD INNING

 RED SOX — D.Marrero doubled to right. Betts singled to center, D.Marrero scored. On center fielder L.Cain’s throwing error, Betts to second. C.Young struck out. Bogaerts grounded out, third baseman Moustakas to first baseman Hosmer. H.Ramirez struck out.

FOURTH INNING

 RED SOX — Bradley Jr. singled to right. S.Travis doubled to left, Bradley Jr. scored. Rutledge hit an infield single to third. On Strahm’s wild pitch, S.Travis to third, Rutledge to second. Leon doubled to center, S.Travis scored, Rutledge scored. Alexander pitching. On Alexander’s wild pitch, Leon to third. D.Marrero hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder L.Cain, Leon scored. Betts grounded out, shortstop A.Escobar to first baseman Hosmer. C.Young singled to center. C.Young was out advancing, catcher Perez to second baseman Merrifield, C.Young out.

SIXTH INNING

 RED SOX — K.McCarthy pitching. Rutledge grounded out, shortstop A.Escobar to first baseman Hosmer. Leon singled to center. D.Marrero walked on a full count, Leon to second. Betts flied out to center fielder L.Cain. C.Young doubled to left, Leon scored, D.Marrero to third. Bogaerts singled to center, D.Marrero scored, C.Young scored. H.Ramirez grounded out, shortstop A.Escobar to first baseman Hosmer.

NINTH INNING

 ROYALS — A.Gordon struck out. Merrifield walked on a full count. J.Bonifacio homered to center on a 2-2 count, Merrifield scored. Moss singled to center. Abad pitching. T.Wood grounded into a double play, pitcher Abad to shortstop Bogaerts to first baseman S.Travis, Moss out.