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Red Sox
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
June 18, 2021
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Boston Red Sox, played on June 18, 2021 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 18, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 18, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Nick Pivetta |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kyle Zimmer |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 29,870 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim Wolf 1B: Nestor Ceja 2B: Sam Holbrook 3B: Mike Muchlinski |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Christian Arroyo | Second Baseman |
| Alex Verdugo | Left Fielder |
| J.D. Martinez | DH |
| Xander Bogaerts | Shortstop |
| Rafael Devers | Third Baseman |
| Hunter Renfroe | Right Fielder |
| Christian Vazquez | Catcher |
| Marwin Gonzalez | First Baseman |
| Danny Santana | Center Fielder |
| Alex Cora | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | Right Fielder |
| Carlos Santana | First Baseman |
| Salvador Perez | Catcher |
| Jorge Soler | DH |
| Adalberto Mondesi | Shortstop |
| Hunter Dozier | Left Fielder |
| Kelvin Gutierrez | Third Baseman |
| Michael Taylor | Center Fielder |
| Nicky Lopez | Second Baseman |
| Mike Matheny | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
June 18, 2021
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Arroyo vs. Zimmer
Arroyo strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Verdugo vs. Zimmer
Verdugo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Zimmer
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bogaerts vs. Zimmer
Bogaerts hits a line drive into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Pivetta
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Verdugo. Merrifield reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Santana vs. Pivetta
Santana takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Pivetta
Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Renfroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Soler vs. Pivetta
Soler hits a fly ball into left field. Verdugo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Mondesi vs. Pivetta
Mondesi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arroyo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Devers vs. Zimmer
Devers strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Renfroe vs. Zimmer
Renfroe hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vazquez vs. Zimmer
Vazquez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Renfroe moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Gonzalez vs. Zimmer
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards second. Lopez scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Dozier vs. Pivetta
Dozier hits a line drive into left field. Verdugo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Pivetta
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Devers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Pivetta
Taylor hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Pivetta
Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Santana settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Bubic
Kris Bubic now pitching.
Santana hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Arroyo vs. Bubic
Arroyo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Santana moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Verdugo vs. Bubic
Verdugo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Santana scores. Arroyo moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Martinez vs. Bubic
Martinez hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Bogaerts vs. Bubic
Bogaerts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mondesi fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Pivetta
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Devers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Pivetta
Santana takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Pivetta
Perez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Santana moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Soler vs. Pivetta
Soler strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Mondesi vs. Pivetta
Mondesi hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dozier vs. Pivetta
Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Devers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Devers vs. Bubic
Devers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Renfroe vs. Bubic
Renfroe strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vazquez vs. Bubic
Vazquez hits a fly ball into right field. Merrifield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Pivetta
Gutierrez strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Pivetta
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Pivetta
Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Merrifield vs. Pivetta
Merrifield hits a fly ball into left field. Verdugo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Bubic
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Santana vs. Bubic
Santana takes first base on ball four. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Arroyo vs. Bubic
Arroyo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutierrez fields it and throws to second for the out. Gonzalez moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Verdugo vs. Bubic
Verdugo strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Martinez vs. Bubic
Martinez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores. Arroyo moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Bogaerts vs. Santana
Ervin Santana now pitching.
Bogaerts takes first base on ball four. Arroyo moves to third. Martinez moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Devers vs. Santana
Devers strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Pivetta
Santana hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Pivetta
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Soler vs. Pivetta
Soler strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Mondesi vs. Pivetta
Mondesi takes first base on ball four. Santana moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Dozier vs. Pivetta
Dozier strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Renfroe vs. Santana
Renfroe hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lopez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Vazquez vs. Santana
Vazquez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Merrifield. Vazquez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Gonzalez vs. Santana
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Santana vs. Santana
The umpire calls a balk on Santana Vazquez moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Santana vs. Santana
Santana hits a ball on the ground towards first. Santana scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Santana for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Andriese
Matt Andriese now pitching.
Gutierrez hits a line drive into right field. Renfroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Andriese
Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Renfroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Andriese
Lopez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Merrifield vs. Andriese
Merrifield hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Renfroe. Merrifield reaches second base with a double. Lopez goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Santana vs. Andriese
Santana hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Arroyo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Arroyo vs. Brentz
Jake Brentz now pitching.
Arroyo strikes out. Perez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Arroyo out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Verdugo vs. Brentz
Verdugo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Santana scoops it up and throws to first, with Brentz covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Brentz
Martinez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Andriese
Perez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Andriese
Soler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mondesi vs. Andriese
Jarrod Dyson pinch runs for Jorge Soler.
Mondesi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Arroyo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dozier vs. Andriese
Dozier strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bogaerts vs. Barlow
Scott Barlow now pitching. Jarrod Dyson now playing left field.
Bogaerts hits a popup towards third. Gutierrez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Devers vs. Barlow
Devers hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Renfroe vs. Barlow
Renfroe strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Vazquez vs. Barlow
Vazquez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Barlow
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Rios
Yacksel Rios now pitching.
Gutierrez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Rios
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Devers fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Rios
Rios fires to first and picks off Taylor. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Rios
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Merrifield vs. Rios
Merrifield strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Holland
Greg Holland now pitching.
Santana hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Arroyo vs. Holland
Arroyo is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Verdugo vs. Holland
Verdugo hits a fly ball into left field. Dyson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/18/2021 -- Boston at KCA (N)
Boston AB R H RBI KCA AB R H RBI
Arroyo C, 2b 5 0 1 0 Whit Merrifield, rf 5 0 2 1
Verdugo A, lf 5 0 2 1 Carlos Santana, 1b 2 1 1 0
Martinez J, dh 4 0 1 1 Salvador Perez, c 4 2 2 1
Bogaerts X, ss 3 0 0 0 Jorge Soler, dh 4 0 1 0
Devers R, 3b 4 1 1 1 Jarrod Dys, pr-dh-lf 0 0 0 0
Renfroe H, rf 4 0 1 0 Adalberto Mondes, ss 3 1 1 3
Vazquez C, c 4 0 3 0 Hunter Dozier, lf 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez M, 1b 4 1 1 0 Scott Barlow, p 0 0 0 0
Santana D, cf 3 1 1 0 Greg Holland, p 0 0 0 0
Kelvin Gutierrez, 3b 3 0 0 0
Michael A. Taylo, cf 4 0 1 0
Nicky Lopez, 2b 3 1 2 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 3 11 3 32 5 10 5
Boston 001 010 010 -- 3
KCA 003 001 10x -- 5
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Pivetta N (L) 5.0 6 3 3 3 6
Andriese M 2.0 4 2 2 0 1
Rios Y 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
KCA IP H R ER BB SO
Kyle Zimmer 2.0 3 0 0 0 3
Kris Bubic (W) 2.2 5 2 2 1 2
Ervin Santana 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
Jake Brentz 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Scott Barlow 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Greg Holland (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
DP -- Boston 1, KCA 2
LOB -- Boston 8, KCA 8
2B -- Whit Merrifield 2, Vazquez C
HR -- Adalberto Mondesi, Salvador Perez, Devers R
Balk -- Ervin Santana
T -- 3:20
A -- 29870
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