Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox

KC 1 — 4 BOS

Final — 2026-09-13

MVP: Payton Tolle 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 7 K

Boston Red Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 4-1. Payton Tolle led the way with 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 7 K. Garrett Whitlock earned the win and Craig Kimbrel took the loss. Aroldis Chapman recorded the save.

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

WP Garrett Whitlock

LP Craig Kimbrel

SV Aroldis Chapman

Scoring Plays

Bot 2: Caleb Durbin homers (13) on a fly ball to left center field. (0-1)

Top 7: Carter Jensen singles on a ground ball to right fielder Wilyer Abreu. John Rave scores. Tyler Tolbert to 3rd. (1-1)

Bot 7: Roman Anthony singles on a line drive to left fielder Isaac Collins. Caleb Durbin scores. Nick Sogard to 3rd. (1-2)

Bot 8: Trevor Story singles on a ground ball to left fielder Isaac Collins. Willson Contreras scores. Adley Rutschman scores. (1-4)

KC — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jensen	C	2	0	1	1	0	1	.232	.319	.452	.771
Tolbert	CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.298	.363	.413	.776
Rojas	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.275	.340	.615
Collins	LF	2	0	0	0	2	0	.221	.326	.337	.663
Perez	1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.229	.274	.381	.655
Loftin	3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.316	.375	.691
Rave	RF	0	1	0	0	1	0	.222	.311	.435	.746
(gpid=sa:683090)	RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.200	.143	.343
Massey	2B	4	0	1	0	0	2	.280	.314	.437	.751
Maile	C	2	0	1	0	1	0	.162	.244	.270	.514
Pasquantino	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.326	.383	.709
Caglianone	DH	2	0	0	0	0	2	.281	.331	.491	.822
Witt	SS	4	0	1	0	1	3	.280	.360	.448	.808

BOS — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Anthony	LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.241	.342	.376	.718
Contreras	1B	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.277	.387	.517	.904
Jones	DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.210	.306	.377	.683
Rutschman	C	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.318	.423	.741
Story	SS	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	.239	.266	.344	.610
Abreu	RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.257	.336	.466	.802
Monasterio	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.240	.300	.385	.685
Gasper	PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.373	.488	.861
Durbin	3B	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	.250	.332	.386	.718
Eaton	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.132	.267	.263	.530
Sogard	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.263	.360	.402	.762
Duran	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.260	.362	.622

KC — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Thomas	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	11-7	9.35	1.85
Kimbrel	0.1	0	1	1	2	0	0	16-7	4.60	1.36	L
Pearson	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	22-16	2.36	1.17
Cameron	6.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	85-57	3.84	1.19

BOS — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Weissert	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11-9	3.54	1.27	H
Whitlock	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	9-7	1.81	0.83	W
Tolle	6.0	4	0	0	1	7	96-70	3.02	1.08
Miller	0.1	0	1	1	2	0	16-5	2.28	1.31	H
Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	2	3	25-13	1.95	1.14	S

Venue: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox

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