Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox

KC 3 — 2 BOS

Final — 2026-09-11

MVP: Mickey Gasper 1-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI

Kansas City Royals defeated Boston Red Sox 3-2. Mickey Gasper led the way with 1-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI. Seth Lugo earned the win and Sonny Gray took the loss. Steven Cruz recorded the save.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
BOS	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2

WP Seth Lugo

LP Sonny Gray

SV Steven Cruz

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Salvador Perez singles on a ground ball to left fielder Roman Anthony. Carter Jensen scores. (1-0)

Top 3: Carter Jensen doubles (31) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Roman Anthony. Isaac Collins scores. (2-0)

Top 3: Vinnie Pasquantino singles on a ground ball to right fielder Wilyer Abreu. Carter Jensen scores. (3-0)

Bot 5: Mickey Gasper homers (9) on a fly ball to right center field. (3-1)

Bot 5: Wilyer Abreu doubles (35) on a fly ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Adley Rutschman scores. (3-2)

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jensen	C	5	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	.231	.319	.447	.766
Tolbert	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.299	.366	.419	.785
Collins	LF	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	.223	.325	.339	.664
Perez	DH	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.230	.274	.384	.658
Loftin	3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	.235	.321	.382	.703
Rave	RF	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	.229	.314	.448	.762
Massey	2B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.315	.439	.754
Pasquantino	1B	5	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	.239	.328	.383	.711
Isbel	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.226	.274	.336	.610
Witt	SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	.280	.360	.451	.811

BOS — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Anthony	LF	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.235	.340	.377	.717
Jones	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.314	.388	.702
Rutschman	C	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	.236	.317	.421	.738
Story	SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.233	.262	.338	.600
Abreu	RF	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	.257	.338	.467	.805
Kiner-Falefa	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.268	.340	.348	.688
Gasper	DH	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	.265	.376	.494	.870
Durbin	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.248	.327	.378	.705
Sogard	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.261	.355	.394	.749
Duran	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.207	.263	.366	.629

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Hoffman	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-8	4.50	1.40	H
Thomas	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13-10	9.72	1.86	H
Pearson	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17-11	1.98	1.12	H
Lugo	5.0	7	2	2	2	7	1	95-62	4.99	1.45	W
Cruz	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-6	4.04	1.24	S

BOS — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Weissert	0.2	3	0	0	0	0	18-13	3.60	1.29
Gray	6.0	6	3	3	2	5	90-60	2.76	1.17	L
Moran	1.1	0	0	0	2	2	23-14	3.34	1.15
Miller	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	12-10	2.11	1.28

Venue: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox

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