Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox

MLB

Royals

58-88

9-0

Final

Red Sox

70-75

Fenway Park

TV: MLB.TV

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

Who won: Royals 9-0

The Kansas City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 9-0 on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at Fenway Park. The Red Sox win the series 2-1. The Royals outscored the Red Sox 4-0 in the 6th inning. MJ Melendez went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Royals. Christian Arroyo went 2-for-4 for the Red Sox.

Recap · Sep 17

Singer shuts down Red Sox, Royals beat Boston 9-0

After scratching out just six runs in a four-game losing streak, the Kansas City batters felt like they owed their pitchers a little more support.

What it means

Season series: BOS wins series 2-1.
Royals 24-47 on the road; Red Sox 36-37 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

Brady Singer SP

Probable starter · 10-5, 3.23 ERA, 150 K, 1.14 WHIP

Lineup

1MJ MelendezC
2Bobby Witt Jr.SS
3Salvador PerezDH
4Vinnie Pasquantino1B
5Michael A. TaylorCF
6Edward OlivaresRF
7Michael Massey2B
8Hunter DozierLF
9Nate Eaton3B

Red Sox5th in AL East

Rich Hill SP

Probable starter · 8-7, 4.27 ERA, 109 K, 1.30 WHIP

Lineup

1Tommy PhamLF
2Rafael Devers3B
3J.D. MartinezDH
4Alex VerdugoRF
5Christian Arroyo2B
6Triston Casas1B
7Enrique HernandezCF
8Yu ChangSS
9Connor WongC

The series

BOS wins series 2-1

Last meeting: Red Sox 2, Royals 1 (Sep 16)

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Game info

Venue: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts · Attendance 34,925
Officials: Dan Merzel (Home Plate Umpire), Lance Barrett (First Base Umpire), Alfonso Marquez (Second Base Umpire), Ramon DeJesus (Third Base Umpire)