Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 7,
Boston 6
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 34466
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 34466
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .261 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .306 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .205 |
| Mike Moustakas | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .299 |
| Drew Butera | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .308 |
| Ryan Goins | PR-3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .257 |
| Jon Jay | RF | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .264 |
| Abraham Almonte | CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .224 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .216 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .225 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .259 |
| Totals | 51 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jorge Soler (7), Drew Butera (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Jorge Soler (3), Alex Gordon (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Jorge Soler 6, Drew Butera 2, Salvador Perez 2, Ryan Goins, Jon Jay 4, Lucas Duda 2, Alex Gordon 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jorge Soler 3 (9), Jon Jay (6), Alcides Escobar (7), Alex Gordon (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (6), Lucas Duda 5 (16), Alex Gordon 2 (8) | |||||||||
| SF - Jon Jay (1), Alcides Escobar (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Abraham Almonte (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Alcides Escobar (1, 2nd by Sale/Vazquez) | |||||||||
| SB - Salvador Perez (1, 3rd off Barnes/Vazquez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jakob Junis | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3.29 |
| Tim Hill | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.35 |
| Brad Keller | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.48 |
| Blaine Boyer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.53 |
| Kelvin Herrera (W 1-0; BS 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.84 |
| Burch Smith (H 1) | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.61 |
| Brian Flynn (SV 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 |
| WP - Brad Keller 2 | ||||||||
| HBP - Xander Bogaerts (by Smith) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jakob Junis 101-67, Tim Hill 6-3, Brad Keller 10-5, Blaine Boyer 27-16, Kevin McCarthy 24-19, Kelvin Herrera 16-12, Burch Smith 14-10, Brian Flynn 8-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jakob Junis 7-4, Tim Hill 0-0, Brad Keller 1-0, Blaine Boyer 1-1, Kevin McCarthy 5-1, Kelvin Herrera 0-0, Burch Smith 1-0, Brian Flynn 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jakob Junis 26, Tim Hill 2, Brad Keller 2, Blaine Boyer 4, Kevin McCarthy 9, Kelvin Herrera 5, Burch Smith 3, Brian Flynn 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brad Keller 1-1, Brian Flynn 2-2 | ||||||||
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Andrew Benintendi | CF-LF | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Hanley Ramirez | DH | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .311 |
| J.D. Martinez | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .337 |
| Mookie Betts | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .337 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .323 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .375 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .264 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | RF-CF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .194 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .185 |
| Tzu-Wei Lin | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 |
| Eduardo Nunez | PH-2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .240 |
| Totals | 51 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Andrew Benintendi (8), Rafael Devers 2 (8) | |||||||||
| HR - Mitch Moreland (4), Eduardo Nunez (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Andrew Benintendi 4, J.D. Martinez, Mitch Moreland 6, Rafael Devers 4, Jackie Bradley Jr., Christian Vazquez, Eduardo Nunez 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Mitch Moreland (14), Jackie Bradley Jr. 2 (9), Christian Vazquez (4), Eduardo Nunez (9) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jackie Bradley Jr. (3), Christian Vazquez (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Xander Bogaerts 2 (7), Christian Vazquez (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Rafael Devers (6), Christian Vazquez 2 (3), Xander Bogaerts (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chris Sale | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.14 |
| Matt Barnes (H 6) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.38 |
| Craig Kimbrel (BS 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.42 |
| Carson Smith | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.66 |
| Heath Hembree | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.11 |
| Brian Johnson (L 1-1) | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.00 |
| HBP - Jorge Soler (by Sale), Lucas Duda (by Sale) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Chris Sale 96-68, Matt Barnes 21-14, Craig Kimbrel 20-11, Carson Smith 19-13, Heath Hembree 31-18, Brian Johnson 16-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Sale 9-2, Matt Barnes 1-1, Craig Kimbrel 1-0, Carson Smith 2-0, Heath Hembree 4-1, Brian Johnson 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chris Sale 29, Matt Barnes 5, Craig Kimbrel 4, Carson Smith 5, Heath Hembree 9, Brian Johnson 6 | ||||||||