Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Boston 6,
Kansas City 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, June 28, 2021
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 92°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Shane Livensparger, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 22766
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 92°
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Shane Livensparger, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 22766
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| Boston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .284 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .185 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .243 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .273 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Hanser Alberto | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Emmanuel Rivera | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Hunter Dozier | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .156 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .230 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Whit Merrifield (7), Carlos Santana (13), Michael A. Taylor (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 6, Jorge Soler 2, Carlos Santana 4, Ryan O'Hearn, Emmanuel Rivera 2, Hunter Dozier, Michael A. Taylor 4, Nicky Lopez | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (44), Carlos Santana 3 (45), Michael A. Taylor (26) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Carlos Santana (4), Michael A. Taylor (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Emmanuel Rivera (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Danny Duffy | 3.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.44 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.64 |
| Josh Staumont (L 0-2) | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.19 |
| Carlos Hernandez | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.82 |
| WP - Kyle Zimmer | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 62-38, Kyle Zimmer 13-10, Josh Staumont 24-15, Carlos Hernandez 39-23 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 4-2, Kyle Zimmer 1-0, Josh Staumont 2-1, Carlos Hernandez 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 15, Kyle Zimmer 3, Josh Staumont 7, Carlos Hernandez 9 | ||||||||
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Enrique Hernandez | CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .277 |
| J.D. Martinez | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .297 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .329 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .272 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .266 |
| Bobby Dalbec | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .211 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .194 |
| Michael Chavis | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Totals | 30 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Xander Bogaerts (24) | |||||||||
| HR - Enrique Hernandez (8), Hunter Renfroe 2 (11), Bobby Dalbec (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Enrique Hernandez 5, Xander Bogaerts 2, Hunter Renfroe 8, Bobby Dalbec 5, Marwin Gonzalez, Michael Chavis | |||||||||
| RBI - Enrique Hernandez (23), Hunter Renfroe 3 (40), Bobby Dalbec (34), Michael Chavis (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Bobby Dalbec (18), Michael Chavis (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bobby Dalbec 2 (34) | |||||||||
| GIDP - J.D. Martinez (11), Xander Bogaerts (4), Michael Chavis (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Michael Chavis (1, 2nd by Zimmer/Perez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Garrett Richards | 5.2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4.96 |
| Hirokazu Sawamura (W 4-0) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.56 |
| Josh Taylor (H 10) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.04 |
| Matt Barnes (SV 17) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.73 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Garrett Richards 94-67, Hirokazu Sawamura 14-10, Josh Taylor 14-7, Matt Barnes 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Garrett Richards 10-2, Hirokazu Sawamura 2-0, Josh Taylor 1-0, Matt Barnes 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Garrett Richards 27, Hirokazu Sawamura 4, Josh Taylor 3, Matt Barnes 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Hirokazu Sawamura 1-0 | ||||||||