Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox

KC 1 — 5 BOS

Final — 2026-09-12

MVP: Ranger Suarez 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 8 K

Boston Red Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 5-1. Ranger Suarez led the way with 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 8 K. Ranger Suarez earned the win and (gpid=sa:677976) took the loss.

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

WP Ranger Suarez

LP (gpid=sa:677976)

Scoring Plays

Bot 4: Adley Rutschman singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Roman Anthony scores. (0-1)

Top 6: Carter Jensen homers (24) on a fly ball to right field. (1-1)

Bot 6: Wilyer Abreu doubles (36) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder John Rave. Mickey Gasper scores. Adley Rutschman scores. (1-3)

Bot 7: Caleb Durbin singles on a fly ball to left fielder Matthew Lugo. Nick Sogard scores. Caleb Durbin out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Matthew Lugo to second baseman Michael Massey. (1-4)

Bot 8: Nick Sogard doubles (13) on a line drive to center fielder John Rave. Trevor Story scores. (1-5)

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jensen	C	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	.231	.318	.452	.770
Rojas	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.277	.344	.621
Collins	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.324	.338	.662
Perez	DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.276	.384	.660
Loftin	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.233	.318	.378	.696
Rave	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.306	.435	.741
(gpid=sa:683090)	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.182	.250	.182	.432
Massey	2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.315	.439	.754
Pasquantino	1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.239	.327	.384	.711
Isbel	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.272	.333	.605
Caglianone	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.282	.331	.493	.824
Witt	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.280	.359	.450	.809

BOS — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Anthony	LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.241	.344	.380	.724
Seigler	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.327	.400	.727
Rutschman	C	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	.239	.319	.422	.741
Story	SS	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	.234	.262	.341	.603
Abreu	RF	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	.257	.337	.467	.804
Kiner-Falefa	2B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.268	.344	.348	.692
Gasper	DH	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.265	.373	.488	.861
Durbin	3B	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.248	.327	.378	.705
Sogard	1B	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	.267	.362	.408	.770
Duran	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.205	.261	.363	.624

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
McGee	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	17-12	7.15	1.94
Lange	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	25-13	6.04	1.57
(gpid=sa:677976)	5.2	4	3	3	0	4	81-51	2.73	1.23	L
(gpid=sa:543238)	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	9-6	0.00	0.91

BOS — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Whitlock	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11-10	1.84	0.82	H
Suarez	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	1	96-69	3.33	1.19	W
Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16-11	1.99	1.13

Venue: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox

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