Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 5,
Boston 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, June 18, 2021
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 97°
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - Nestor Ceja, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 29870
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 97°
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - Nestor Ceja, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 29870
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Christian Arroyo | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .262 |
| Alex Verdugo | LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .291 |
| J.D. Martinez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .308 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .321 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .283 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .261 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .197 |
| Danny Santana | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .118 |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Christian Vazquez (12) | |||||||||
| HR - Rafael Devers (17) | |||||||||
| TB - Christian Arroyo, Alex Verdugo 2, J.D. Martinez, Rafael Devers 4, Hunter Renfroe, Christian Vazquez 4, Marwin Gonzalez, Danny Santana | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Verdugo (32), J.D. Martinez (42), Rafael Devers (56) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - J.D. Martinez (18) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Rafael Devers 2 (29), Danny Santana (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Marwin Gonzalez (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nick Pivetta (L 6-3) | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4.36 |
| Matt Andriese | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.40 |
| Yacksel Rios | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Nick Pivetta 98-63, Matt Andriese 29-20, Yacksel Rios 22-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nick Pivetta 4-4, Matt Andriese 1-1, Yacksel Rios 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nick Pivetta 24, Matt Andriese 9, Yacksel Rios 4 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .271 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .291 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .187 |
| Jarrod Dyson | PR-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .344 |
| Hunter Dozier | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .148 |
| Scott Barlow | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Greg Holland | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Kelvin Gutierrez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .232 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .233 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .242 |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield 2 (18) | |||||||||
| HR - Salvador Perez (18), Adalberto Mondesi (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 4, Carlos Santana, Salvador Perez 5, Jorge Soler, Adalberto Mondesi 4, Michael A. Taylor, Nicky Lopez 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (38), Salvador Perez (46), Adalberto Mondesi 3 (9) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield (11), Adalberto Mondesi 3 (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Carlos Santana (15), Adalberto Mondesi (3), Hunter Dozier (16) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Adalberto Mondesi (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| PO - Michael A. Taylor (1st by Rios) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Kyle Zimmer | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.02 |
| Kris Bubic (W 2-2) | 2.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.17 |
| Ervin Santana (H 1) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.82 |
| Jake Brentz (H 7) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Scott Barlow (H 10) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.06 |
| Greg Holland (SV 4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Kyle Zimmer 34-24, Kris Bubic 50-31, Ervin Santana 21-12, Jake Brentz 14-9, Scott Barlow 17-10, Greg Holland 16-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Kyle Zimmer 1-0, Kris Bubic 4-1, Ervin Santana 1-0, Jake Brentz 1-0, Scott Barlow 1-0, Greg Holland 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Kyle Zimmer 8, Kris Bubic 13, Ervin Santana 6, Jake Brentz 3, Scott Barlow 5, Greg Holland 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ervin Santana 2-0 | ||||||||