Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

21-27, 13-13 Away

<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
7 - 1

Kansas City Royals

20-29, 13-12 Home

Duran and Contreras drive in 3 runs apiece as Red Sox beat Royals 7-1

Duran was 2 for 3 with two walks and Isiah Kiner-Falefa went 3 for 3 with a walk. Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu had two hits apiece.

Caleb Durbin’s single scored Carlos Narváez to give Boston a 2-1 lead in the second.

Garrett Whitlock (3-1) pitched a 1-2-3 eighth. Starter Ranger Suarez gave up one run and four hits and walked three in 4 1/3 innings.

Bailey Falter (0-1) gave up two runs and four hits, walked three and struck out two in two innings.

Lane Thomas went 2 for 4 with an RBI double for the Royals and Carter Jensen also doubled.

Contreras singled to drive in Duran in the first inning.

Bobby Witt Jr. singled, stole second and scored when Thomas doubled with two out to make it 1-1 in bottom of the first.

Duran hit a three-run shot and Contreras singled to drive in Rafaela to cap the scoring in the ninth.

Up next Red Sox LHP Connelly Early (3-2, 3.21 ERA) starts Wednesday against RHP Michael Wacha (4-2, 2.83) in the finale of a three-game series.

	9th Inning	Pasquantino struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Marte struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Caglianone struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Morán relieved Whitlock
	9th Inning	Mayer at second base.
	9th Inning	Sogard at third base.

BOS		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	9
9	Strikeouts	10
7	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
15	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	1
161	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
2	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
21	Total Bases	8
41	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
8.4	Runs Created	1.9
.405	Batting Average	.194
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.568	Slugging Percentage	.258
.297	Secondary Average	.161
.463	On Base Percentage	.265
1.031	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.523
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
9.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.0
54.0	Batter Rating	15.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.93	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.162	Isolated Power	.065
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.098	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
-.108	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.032
14.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.3
102.5	MLB Rating	67.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Kauffman Stadium

Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 14,047 | Capacity:

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tb.png" class="logo-micro">Tampa Bay	33	15	.688	-	W4
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/nyy.png" class="logo-micro">New York	30	21	.588	4.5	L2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tor.png" class="logo-micro">Toronto	23	27	.460	11	W2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/bos.png" class="logo-micro">Boston	22	27	.449	11.5	W3
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/bal.png" class="logo-micro">Baltimore	21	29	.420	13	L3

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/cle.png" class="logo-micro">Cleveland	30	22	.577	-	W6
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/chw.png" class="logo-micro">Chicago	25	24	.510	3.5	L1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/min.png" class="logo-micro">Minnesota	23	27	.460	6	W1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/kc.png" class="logo-micro">Kansas City	20	30	.400	9	L3
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/det.png" class="logo-micro">Detroit	20	31	.392	9.5	L6