Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox

MLB

Royals

57-88

1-2

Final

Red Sox

70-74

Fenway Park

TV: MLB.TV

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
KC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	2

Who won: Red Sox 2-1

The Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Friday, September 16, 2022 at Fenway Park. The Red Sox win the series 2-1. The Red Sox outscored the Royals 2-0 in the 8th inning.

Recap · Sep 16

Martinez has RBI single in 8th, Red Sox beat Royals 2-1

J.D. Martinez had an RBI single in the eighth inning and the Boston Red Sox rallied late to beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Friday night.

What it means

Season series: BOS wins series 2-1.
Royals 23-47 on the road; Red Sox 36-36 at home.

Latest headlines

ESPN · Oct 5

Breslow, Tracy: Red Sox not overly reliant on analytics

ESPN · Oct 2

Red Sox's Mickey Gasper has surgery to repair right biceps tendon

ESPN · Oct 1

Red Sox's Sonny Gray not happy for being lifted after 70 pitches

Recap · Oct 1

Fried, Bellinger and García lead Yankees over Red Sox 9-2 for 2-game Wild Card Series sweep

ESPN · Oct 1

Yankees send Red Sox home again, move on to face Rays in ALDS

ESPN · Sep 30

Red Sox's Roman Anthony ruled out of ALWC with injuries

ESPN · Sep 30

Red Sox OF Anthony (hand) exits early; Game 2 status unclear

Recap · Sep 30

Schlittler and Rice torment hometown team as Yankees beat rival Red Sox 9-0 in playoff opener

Injuries and inactives

Royals3rd in AL Cent

Steven Cruz RP
Personal
Out
Mitch Spence RP
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day
Connor Seabold RP
Lat, Strain, right
60-Day-IL
Nick Loftin 3B
Personal
paternity
Tony Gonsolin SP
Illness
15-Day-IL

Red Sox5th in AL East

Caleb Durbin 3B
Finger, Surgery, left
Out
Garrett Whitlock RP
Leg, Fracture, right
Out
Masataka Yoshida DH
Hamstring, Strain, left
Out
Roman Anthony LF
Hand, Strain, right
Out
Tyron Guerrero RP
Shoulder, Strain, right
Out

Probable starters

Royals3rd in AL Cent

Jonathan Heasley SP

Probable starter · 4-10, 5.28 ERA, 70 K, 1.49 WHIP

Lineup

1MJ MelendezDH
2Bobby Witt Jr.SS
3Salvador PerezC
4Vinnie Pasquantino1B
5Michael A. TaylorCF
6Michael Massey2B
7Hunter DozierLF
8Nicky Lopez3B
9Nate EatonRF

Red Sox5th in AL East

Michael Wacha SP

Probable starter · 11-2, 3.32 ERA, 104 K, 1.12 WHIP

Lineup

1Tommy PhamLF
2Rafael Devers3B
3Xander BogaertsSS
4Alex VerdugoRF
5J.D. MartinezDH
6Triston Casas1B
7Christian Arroyo2B
8Enrique HernandezCF
9Kevin PlaweckiC

The series

BOS wins series 2-1

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Game info

Venue: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts · Attendance 33,181
Officials: Ramon DeJesus (Home Plate Umpire), Dan Merzel (First Base Umpire), Lance Barrett (Second Base Umpire), Alfonso Marquez (Third Base Umpire)