Kansas City at Boston — MLB August 9, 2023

3 – 4

Final

Fenway Park, Boston, MA

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

Decisions

Win N. Pivetta BOS

5.0 IP · 4 H · 2 ER · 8 K · 4.16 ERA

Loss J. Lyles KC

8.0 IP · 7 H · 4 ER · 6 K · 6.13 ERA

Save K. Jansen BOS

1.0 IP · 1 H · 1 ER · 1 K · 3.13 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	KC	BOS
Top 2nd MJ Melendez homered (454 ft.) to deep right center	1	0
Bottom 2nd Triston Casas homered (445 ft.) to deep right center	1	1
Top 4th MJ Melendez homered (392 ft.) to deep left center	2	1
Bottom 4th Alex Verdugo doubled to left center, Rafael Devers scored, Masataka Yoshida scored	2	3
Bottom 4th Reese McGuire singled to center, Luis Urías out, Alex Verdugo scored	2	4
Top 9th Freddy Fermin homered (417 ft.) to deep left center	3	4

Box score

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
M. Garcia DH	3	0	1	0	1	1	.278
B. Witt Jr. SS	3	0	1	0	1	0	.269
M. Massey 2B	4	0	1	0	0	2	.223
S. Perez 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.246
M. Melendez LF	4	2	2	2	0	1	.223
F. Fermin C	4	1	1	1	0	1	.303
D. Waters RF	3	0	0	0	0	3	.237
E. Olivares PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
D. Blanco PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237
M. Duffy 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.259
K. Isbel CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	.225
Totals		3	7		3	12

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Lyles L	8.0	7	4	4	1	6	102

Boston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Duran CF-LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.302
M. Yoshida LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.304
A. Duvall CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243
T. Story DH	4	0	0	0	0	3	.000
R. Devers 3B	2	1	0	0	1	0	.263
T. Casas 1B	3	1	1	1	0	0	.252
A. Verdugo RF	3	1	1	2	0	1	.275
L. Urías 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.169
R. McGuire C	3	0	1	1	0	0	.265
P. Reyes SS	3	0	3	0	0	0	.321
Totals		4	7		1	6