Kansas City 13, Boston 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, September 1, 2023
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
87°
Umpires:
Home -
Sean Barber, 1B -
Alan Porter, 2B -
Jim Wolf, 3B -
Nate Tomlinson
Attendance:
15470
By Field Level Media
Salvador Perez hit two home runs as the Kansas City Royals emphatically curbed a six-game skid, defeating the visiting Boston Red Sox 13-2 on Friday night.
Perez's 3-for-5, four-RBI night led a Royals offense that totaled four homers and 17 hits. Bobby Witt Jr. (3-for-5) and Nelson Velazquez also left the yard as part of multi-hit efforts for Kansas City (42-94).
Nick Loftin went 2-for-3 with an RBI double and a run in his major league debut. Maikel Garcia (2-for-4, two RBIs) and Freddy Fermin (2-for-4, run) also were key contributors for the Royals.
Jordan Lyles (4-15) pitched eight innings for the third time in five starts, striking out seven while allowing four hits and a two-out, two-run home run by Alex Verdugo in the eighth.
The Red Sox (69-66) dropped their fifth straight.
Boston starter James Paxton (7-5) struggled from nearly the jump as Witt ripped a solo homer down the left field line with one out in the first. Perez made it back-to-back when he struck his 20th of the season out to left-center.
After Lyles' second straight 1-2-3 inning, Kansas City immediately loaded the bases on a Velazquez leadoff double and two walks. Kyle Isbel's fielder's choice extended the lead to 3-0. A wild pitch moved Isbel to second and set up Garcia for a run-scoring single to left, ending Paxton's night.
With Mauricio Llovera in from Boston's bullpen, a Witt RBI grounder and a Perez RBI single to center followed.
Paxton was charged with six runs on five hits in 1 1/3 innings. He walked two without recording a strikeout.
Connor Wong's two-out single in the third was the first Boston hit.
In the bottom of the third, Loftin's first major league hit was a wall-ball double that scored Drew Waters, who had hit a two-out single.
The newcomer got Kansas City's six-run sixth inning started with a leadoff single to right, and he scored on Isbel's double into the left field corner. Garcia followed with another RBI knock before Perez launched a two-run homer to center two batters later.
After Fermin hit a two-out single, Velazquez brought him home on a two-run homer to left-center to increase the rout to 13-0.
In the eighth, Luis Urias was hit by a pitch two batters before Boston got on the board on Verdugo's homer to right.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston |
|
Kansas City |
|
James Paxton |
Player |
Jordan Lyles
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
1.1 |
IP |
8.0 |
|
0 |
Strikeouts |
7 |
|
5 |
Hits |
4 |
|
40.50 |
ERA |
2.25 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
5 |
1 |
8 |
.156 |
6 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
17 |
4 |
32 |
.436 |
13 |
7 |
13 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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