Boston at Kansas City — MLB May 20, 2026

4 – 3

Final

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO

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

Decisions

Win C. Early BOS

6.1 IP · 6 H · 3 ER · 5 K · 3.33 ERA

Loss S. Cruz KC

0.2 IP · 2 H · 2 ER · 1 K · 8.71 ERA

Save A. Chapman BOS

1.0 IP · 1 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 0.51 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	BOS	KC
Bottom 1st Salvador Perez homered (385 ft.) to deep left	0	1
Top 2nd Nick Sogard singled to right, Ceddanne Rafaela to third, Willson Contreras scored	1	1
Top 2nd Carlos Narváez grounded into double play, Marcelo Mayer to second, Nick Sogard out, Ceddanne Rafaela scored	2	1
Bottom 5th Elias Díaz homered (419 ft.) to deep left center, Starling Marte scored	2	3
Top 7th Jarren Duran homered (383 ft.) to deep left center, Carlos Narváez scored	4	3

Closing line

Box score

Boston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Duran LF	5	1	2	2	0	2	.195
M. Yoshida DH	5	0	1	0	0	0	.258
W. Abreu RF	5	0	1	0	0	3	.292
W. Contreras 1B	4	1	3	0	0	0	.269
C. Rafaela CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.287
N. Sogard 3B-SS	3	0	1	1	1	1	.286
M. Mayer 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.221
C. Narváez C	3	1	1	0	1	1	.221
I. Kiner-Falefa SS	2	0	0	0	0	1	.255
M. Gasper PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.344
C. Durbin 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.168
Totals		4	11		3	10

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
C. Early W	6.1	6	3	3	1	5	93
G. Weissert	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	21
J. Morán	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	4
A. Chapman S	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	16

Kansas City

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
M. Garcia 3B	5	0	0	0	0	0	.255
B. Witt Jr. SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.299
S. Perez 1B	4	1	3	1	0	0	.211
M. Massey PR-2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217
I. Collins LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.215
N. Loftin 2B-1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.222
J. Caglianone RF	4	0	2	0	0	2	.253
S. Marte DH	3	1	1	0	1	1	.294
E. Díaz C	3	1	1	2	0	1	.227
C. Jensen PR-C	1	0	0	0	0	1	.234
K. Isbel CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.268
L. Thomas PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.209
Totals		3	8		1	8