Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Boston 7,
Kansas City 4
When: 2:15 PM ET, Sunday, July 8, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Ryan Blakney, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 28443
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Ryan Blakney, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 28443
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mookie Betts | RF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .342 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 |
| Steve Pearce | DH | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .323 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .288 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .281 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .246 |
| Eduardo Nunez | 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .259 |
| Sandy Leon | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .250 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Totals | 35 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Andrew Benintendi (22), Xander Bogaerts (25) | |||||||||
| TB - Mookie Betts, Andrew Benintendi 5, Steve Pearce 2, Mitch Moreland, Xander Bogaerts 3, Rafael Devers, Eduardo Nunez 2, Jackie Bradley Jr. | |||||||||
| RBI - Steve Pearce (19), Mitch Moreland 2 (43), Xander Bogaerts 2 (54), Eduardo Nunez 2 (24) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mitch Moreland (23), Rafael Devers (41), Sandy Leon 2 (16) | |||||||||
| SF - Steve Pearce (1), Xander Bogaerts (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mitch Moreland (7), Eduardo Nunez 2 (13), Sandy Leon 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jackie Bradley Jr. (10, 2nd off Adam/Butera) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Rick Porcello (W 11-3) | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3.58 |
| Matt Barnes | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Tyler Thornburg | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Craig Kimbrel (SV 27) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.98 |
| WP - Rick Porcello, Tyler Thornburg | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Rick Porcello 111-78, Matt Barnes 14-10, Tyler Thornburg 12-8, Craig Kimbrel 13-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Rick Porcello 4-4, Matt Barnes 1-0, Tyler Thornburg 0-1, Craig Kimbrel 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Rick Porcello 31, Matt Barnes 3, Tyler Thornburg 3, Craig Kimbrel 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Craig Kimbrel 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .312 |
| Mike Moustakas | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .254 |
| Lucas Duda | DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .240 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .243 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .208 |
| Abraham Almonte | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .180 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .222 |
| Drew Butera | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .165 |
| Totals | 39 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield 2 (27), Jorge Bonifacio (4), Adalberto Mondesi (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 7, Jorge Bonifacio 3, Alex Gordon, Adalberto Mondesi 3, Drew Butera 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (29), Jorge Bonifacio 2 (3), Adalberto Mondesi (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Adalberto Mondesi (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Lucas Duda 5 (23) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Adalberto Mondesi (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Heath Fillmyer (L 0-1) | 4.1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Glenn Sparkman | 1.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16.20 |
| Enny Romero | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Jason Adam | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.66 |
| Wily Peralta | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.17 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Heath Fillmyer 73-39, Glenn Sparkman 44-28, Enny Romero 13-8, Jason Adam 21-9, Wily Peralta 17-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Heath Fillmyer 8-2, Glenn Sparkman 2-1, Enny Romero 1-0, Jason Adam 1-0, Wily Peralta 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Heath Fillmyer 22, Glenn Sparkman 10, Enny Romero 3, Jason Adam 5, Wily Peralta 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Glenn Sparkman 3-1, Enny Romero 2-1 | ||||||||