Boston at Kansas City — MLB September 2, 2023

9 – 5

Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	13	0
KC	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	11	2

Decisions

Win T. Houck BOS

5.0 IP · 7 H · 4 ER · 5 K · 5.07 ERA

Loss A. Marsh KC

2.2 IP · 7 H · 6 ER · 1 K · 6.23 ERA

Save N. Pivetta BOS

3.0 IP · 2 H · 1 ER · 5 K · 4.49 ERA

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	BOS	KC
Top 1st Rafael Devers doubled to deep right center, Alex Verdugo scored	1	0
Top 1st Triston Casas homered (428 ft.) to deep right center, Rafael Devers scored	3	0
Bottom 2nd Nelson Velázquez doubled to left center, Matt Beaty to third, Michael Massey scored	3	1
Top 3rd Trevor Story hit into fielder's choice, Masataka Yoshida out, Adam Duvall to third, Justin Turner scored	4	1
Top 3rd Enmanuel Valdez singled to deep right center, Reese McGuire to third, Trevor Story scored, Adam Duvall scored	6	1
Top 4th Justin Turner singled to deep left center, Rafael Devers scored	7	1
Top 4th Masataka Yoshida grounded out, Triston Casas to third, Justin Turner scored	8	1
Top 6th Trevor Story doubled to deep center, Triston Casas scored	9	1
Bottom 6th Nelson Velázquez singled to left center, Matt Beaty to second, Drew Waters to third, Michael Massey scored	9	2
Bottom 6th Maikel Garcia singled to right center, Nelson Velázquez to second, Matt Beaty to third, Drew Waters scored	9	3
Bottom 6th MJ Melendez walked, Maikel Garcia to second, Nelson Velázquez to third, Matt Beaty scored	9	4
Bottom 9th MJ Melendez homered (416 ft.) to deep right	9	5

Box score

Boston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
A. Verdugo RF	5	1	3	0	0	0	.280
R. Devers 3B	5	2	2	1	0	1	.269
J. Turner DH	5	2	2	1	0	1	.286
T. Casas 1B	4	2	2	2	1	0	.265
A. Duvall CF-LF	4	1	1	0	1	1	.274
M. Yoshida LF	3	0	1	1	1	0	.294
C. Rafaela CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.375
T. Story SS	5	1	1	2	0	2	.185
R. McGuire C	4	0	0	0	1	1	.285
E. Valdez 2B	4	0	1	2	0	0	.232
L. Urías 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180
Totals		9	13		4	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
T. Houck W	5.0	7	4	4	1	5	95
J. Winckowski	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	19
N. Pivetta S	3.0	2	1	1	0	5	37

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
M. Garcia 3B	5	0	2	1	0	2	.281
B. Witt Jr. SS	5	0	0	0	0	1	.276
M. Melendez LF	3	1	3	2	2	0	.236
S. Perez 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.247
F. Fermin C	5	0	0	0	0	2	.282
M. Massey 2B	5	2	3	0	0	1	.225
D. Waters CF	5	1	1	0	0	1	.228
M. Beaty DH	1	1	0	0	0	1	.246
N. Velázquez RF	4	0	2	2	0	1	.247
Totals		5	11		2	10