Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Boston 9,
Kansas City 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 2, 2023
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 94°
Umpires: Home - Alan Porter, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Nate Tomlinson, 3B - Sean Barber
Attendance: 20527
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 94°
Umpires: Home - Alan Porter, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Nate Tomlinson, 3B - Sean Barber
Attendance: 20527
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Boston | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Verdugo | RF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .280 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .269 |
| Justin Turner | DH | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 |
| Triston Casas | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| Adam Duvall | CF-LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .274 |
| Masataka Yoshida | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .294 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 |
| Trevor Story | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .185 |
| Reese McGuire | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .285 |
| Enmanuel Valdez | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Luis Urias | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| Totals | 40 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Verdugo (34), Rafael Devers 2 (30), Masataka Yoshida (29), Trevor Story (6) | |||||||||
| 3B - Alex Verdugo (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Triston Casas (22) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Verdugo 6, Rafael Devers 4, Justin Turner 2, Triston Casas 5, Adam Duvall, Masataka Yoshida 2, Trevor Story 2, Enmanuel Valdez | |||||||||
| RBI - Rafael Devers (90), Justin Turner (88), Triston Casas 2 (55), Masataka Yoshida (63), Trevor Story 2 (5), Enmanuel Valdez 2 (13) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Trevor Story (1), Enmanuel Valdez 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Verdugo (44), Rafael Devers (48), Justin Turner 2 (35), Trevor Story 2 (18), Reese McGuire (23) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Masataka Yoshida (19) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Tanner Houck (W 4-8) | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.07 |
| Josh Winckowski | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Nick Pivetta (SV 1) | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4.49 |
| WP - Tanner Houck | ||||||||
| HBP - Matt Beaty (by Houck), Matt Beaty (by Houck), Matt Beaty (by Houck) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Tanner Houck 95-62, Josh Winckowski 19-12, Nick Pivetta 37-28 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Tanner Houck 5-3, Josh Winckowski 0-1, Nick Pivetta 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Tanner Houck 26, Josh Winckowski 6, Nick Pivetta 11 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Josh Winckowski 3-3 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .281 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .276 |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Salvador Perez | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .247 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .282 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .225 |
| Drew Waters | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .228 |
| Matt Beaty | DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Nelson Velazquez | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Maikel Garcia (18), MJ Melendez (28), Michael Massey 2 (16), Nelson Velazquez (3) | |||||||||
| HR - MJ Melendez (13) | |||||||||
| TB - Maikel Garcia 3, MJ Melendez 7, Michael Massey 5, Drew Waters, Nelson Velazquez 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Maikel Garcia (47), MJ Melendez 2 (46), Nelson Velazquez 2 (12) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Nelson Velazquez (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Maikel Garcia 2 (40), Freddy Fermin 4 (36), Drew Waters (26), Nelson Velazquez (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Drew Waters (4), Salvador Perez (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Alec Marsh (L 0-8) | 2.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6.23 |
| Tucker Davidson | 1.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.49 |
| Jackson Kowar | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.20 |
| Collin Snider | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.19 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Alec Marsh 60-33, Tucker Davidson 28-14, Jackson Kowar 37-22, Collin Snider 8-5, Steven Cruz 10-6, James McArthur 9-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Alec Marsh 2-3, Tucker Davidson 1-2, Jackson Kowar 4-0, Collin Snider 2-0, Steven Cruz 0-1, James McArthur 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Alec Marsh 17, Tucker Davidson 8, Jackson Kowar 10, Collin Snider 3, Steven Cruz 3, James McArthur 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tucker Davidson 3-2 | ||||||||