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Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City Regular Season Final

Final score

The Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 3–1 on Monday, May 18, 2026 on the road.

Team Runs 2026 record
Boston Red Sox 3 87-75
at Kansas City Royals 1 69-93

Line score

Team
Boston Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 9 0
Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0
  • W: Sonny Gray (5-1)
  • L: Seth Lugo (1-4)
  • S: Aroldis Chapman

Home runs

  • Boston Red Sox: Willson Contreras (10)

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the game.

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Top 6th Boston Red Sox Willson Contreras homers (10) on a fly ball to left center field. Mickey Gasper scores. 2–0
Top 7th Boston Red Sox Jarren Duran out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Isaac Collins. Connor Wong scores. 3–0
Bottom 7th Kansas City Royals Jac Caglianone doubles (9) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Wilyer Abreu. Carter Jensen scores. 3–1

Box score

Boston Red Sox

Batter
Jarren Duran LF 2 0 0 1 2 1 .181
Mickey Gasper DH 5 1 2 0 0 1 .333
Wilyer Abreu RF 5 0 0 0 0 2 .291
Willson Contreras 1B 4 1 1 2 0 0 .253
Masataka Yoshida LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259
Ceddanne Rafaela CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
Andruw Monasterio SS 4 0 2 0 0 2 .256
Marcelo Mayer 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .219
Connor Wong C 4 1 1 0 0 1 .255
Nick Sogard 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .286
Totals 35 3 9 3 3 8
Pitcher
Sonny Gray (W, 5-1) 6.0 5 1 1 1 9 0 80 2.93
Justin Slaten (H, 4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 0.00
Garrett Whitlock (H, 9) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 2.95
Aroldis Chapman (S, 11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.54

Kansas City Royals

Batter
Maikel Garcia 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .262
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 .302
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .198
Salvador Perez C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .201
Carter Jensen DH 2 1 0 0 1 1 .234
Starling Marte PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .295
Jac Caglianone RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .254
Isaac Collins LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .221
Michael Massey 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .220
Kyle Isbel CF 3 0 1 0 0 2 .275
Totals 32 1 6 1 1 13
Pitcher
Seth Lugo (L, 1-4) 6.0 5 2 2 2 5 1 93 3.68
Alex Lange 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 15 5.40
John Schreiber 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 13 3.44
Steven Cruz 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 7.45

Game info

Weather
82 degrees, Partly Cloudy
Wind
10 mph, R To L
First pitch
6:10 PM
Time of game
2:25
Attendance
15,531
Umpires
Home Plate: Laz Diaz, First Base: James Jean, Second Base: Erich Bacchus, Third Base: Malachi Moore

2026 season series

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