Oct 7, 2023 Playoff - Game 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
2023 Boston 0 0 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 11 14 0
2023 Kansas City 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 13 1
Boston AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Kansas City AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg
Duran CF-LF 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 Lowe 1B 5 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .400
Henderson SS 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Torres 2B 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .400
Belt 1B 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500 Steer LF 5 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .400
Davis PH-1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burger DH 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .250
Harris II RF-CF 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .600 McMahon 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Vogelbach DH 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 Diaz C 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Escobar DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Olivares PH-RF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Castro 3B 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667 Sanchez RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Donaldson 3B 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 Senzel PH-RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Benintendi LF 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Rafaela PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
McCutchen PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maile C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Blanco RF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Pena SS 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Wong C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Varsho CF 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Gomes PH-C 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 37 8 13 8 1 13 4 0 2 0 .351
Kim 2B 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250
40 11 14 11 6 7 3 2 3 0 .350
Boston IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc
Rodriguez W(1-0) 5.0 9 6 6 1 1 8 98 68 30 10.80 24 100(103) 32
Alexander H(1) 2.1 2 1 1 1 0 1 24 20 4 3.86 8 30(31)
Devenski H(1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 2 22 14 8 9.00 5 20(19)
Yates 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 9 5 0.00 2 25(31) +
9.0 13 8 8 2 1 13 158 111 47 8.00 39
Kansas City IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc
Clevinger L(0-1) 4.1 8 6 6 2 2 5 88 61 27 12.46 23 110(105) 26
Cox 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 2 0.00 3 30(31)
Kelly, J 1.0 1 3 1 0 2 0 30 17 13 9.00 7 20(24) ++
Matz 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 33 24 9 0.00 8 75(75) ++
Maton 0.0 4 2 2 1 0 0 13 11 2 0.00 4 15(21) --
Holton 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 6 2 0.00 2 25(27)
9.0 14 11 9 3 6 7 180 125 55 9.00 47
Bos: Gomes hit for Wong in the 5th
Gomes moved to C in the 5th
McCutchen hit for Benintendi in the 7th
Duran moved to LF in the 7th
Harris II moved to CF in the 7th
Blanco moved to RF in the 7th
Davis hit for Belt in the 8th
Escobar moved to DH in the 8th
Davis moved to 1B in the 8th
Donaldson moved to 3B in the 8th
KC: Senzel hit for Sanchez in the 6th
Senzel moved to RF in the 7th
Olivares hit for Diaz in the 8th
Rafaela hit for Senzel in the 8th
Olivares moved to RF in the 9th
E-Lowe(1)
2B-Belt(1), Benintendi(1), Castro(1), Diaz(1), Senzel(1), Olivares(1), Steer(1)
3B-Harris II 2(2)
HR-Bos Henderson(1) off Clevinger(1) in the 4th with bases empty, 415 feet
Bos Harris II(1) off Clevinger(2) in the 5th with bases empty, 348 feet
Bos Donaldson(1) off Maton(1) in the 9th with bases empty, 349 feet
KC Lowe(1) off Rodriguez(1) in the 1st with bases empty, 333 feet
KC Torres(1) off Alexander(1) in the 7th with bases empty, 345 feet
SB-Bos Henderson(1) off Clevinger(1) + Diaz(1), 1st
Bos Kim(1) off Kelly(1) + Diaz(2), 6th
Bos Blanco(1) off Maton(1) + Maile(1), 9th
CS- KC Steer picked off by Rodriguez in the 5th Inn
RBI-Bos - Belt(1), Gomes(1), Benintendi 2(2), Castro(1), Henderson 2(2), Duran(1), Harris II 2(2), Donaldson(1)
KC - Diaz(1), Torres(1), Varsho(1), Lowe(1), Pena(1), Steer 3(3)
IBB-Bos McCutchen off Matz
SF-Belt(1), Varsho(1)
WP-Matz(1)
BK-Kelly, J(1)
PB-Diaz
Great-Benintendi(1), Varsho(1)
Poor-Castro 2(2)
OfA-Harris II(1)
LOB-Boston 9 Kansas City 4
DP-Boston 1 Kansas City 1
GWRBI-Harris II
Game MVP:Michael Harris II
Kauffman Stadium (09-12-2024 14:11:35) Time 3:31, 60ø, Wind: 4 MPH In from RF Night Game
Oct 7, 2023 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
2023 Boston 0 0 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 11 14 0
2023 Kansas City 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 13 1
2023 Boston Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5
1 Duran CF-LF 1>K 3>G3u G43 SB2 W G46/fo,23,B1,3H
2 Henderson SS S Fs8 HR BK,23,12 G3u,3H,23 G3u
3 Belt 1B SB2 W D K F8,3H/SF
Davis PH-1B 8>G53
4 Harris II RF-CF G63,23,12 T,2H 5>HR T G13
5 Vogelbach DH K W K23 G3u
Escobar DH G53
6 Castro, W 3B 2>G43 D,3H,13 S 7>W
Donaldson 3B 9>HR
7 Benintendi LF G13 D,3H,2H PB,12 G13
McCutchen PH WP,12 IBB
Blanco RF S
8 Wong C S P5
Gomes PH-C Fd8 K SB2 S,2H
9 Kim 2B K 4>G53 6>E3,B1 W,23,12 S,23
Ab6
1 Duran CF-LF K
2 Henderson SS G363/dp
3 Belt 1B
Davis PH-1B
4 Harris II RF-CF
5 Vogelbach DH
Escobar DH
6 Castro, W 3B
Donaldson 3B
7 Benintendi LF
McCutchen PH
Blanco RF
8 Wong C
Gomes PH-C
9 Kim 2B
2023 Kansas City Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5
1 Lowe 1B 1>HR S,12 K 7>P3 9>K
2 Torres 2B G63 S,23,12 5>Fd7 HR K
3 Steer LF K D,3H,2H,1H S G53 K
4 Burger DH K K S,12 K
5 McMahon 3B 2>K K P3 8>F9
6 Diaz C D S,2H Po16 S
Olivares PH-RF D
7 Sanchez RF G43,23 K
Senzel PH-RF D,13
Rafaela PH S,23
Maile C
8 Pena SS G43 4>K Fs7 G64/fo,B1,3H
9 Varsho CF 3>W P3 F9/SF/945 K
Boston IN OUT
Rodriguez AB1-1 AB3-6
Alexander AB3-7 AB4-5
Devenski AB4-6 AB5-1
Yates AB5-2 End
Kansas City IN OUT
Clevinger AB1-1 AB3-5
Cox AB3-6 AB3-8
Kelly, J AB3-9 AB4-6
Matz AB4-7 AB5-5
Maton AB5-6 AB5-9
Holton AB6-1 End
Oct 7, 2023 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
2023 Boston 0 0 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 11 14 0
2023 Kansas City 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 13 1
Inn Out B-S On Bos-KC Result
1-Boston
1 0 2-2 - 0-0 Duran struck out, 1 out
1 1 0-1 - 0-0 Henderson singled on the infield
1 1 0-0 1 0-0 Henderson stole 2nd
1 1 3-1 2 0-0 Belt walked
1 1 3-1 12 0-0 Harris II grounded to short, Henderson to 3rd, Belt to 2nd, 2 out
1 2 0-2 23 0-0 Vogelbach struck out, 3 out
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1-Kansas City
1 0 0-1 - 0-0 Lowe hit a solo homer down the right field line, 333 feet, Kansas City 1 Boston 0
1 0 1-2 - 0-1 Torres grounded to short, 1 out
1 1 3-2 - 0-1 Steer struck out, 2 out
1 2 2-2 - 0-1 Burger struck out, 3 out
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2-Boston
2 0 0-2 - 0-1 Castro grounded to second, 1 out
2 1 0-2 - 0-1 Benintendi grounded to the pitcher, 2 out
2 2 1-1 - 0-1 Wong singled between third and short
2 2 1-2 1 0-1 Kim struck out, 3 out
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2-Kansas City
2 0 2-2 - 0-1 McMahon struck out, 1 out
2 1 2-0 - 0-1 Diaz doubled off the wall down the third base line
2 1 1-1 2 0-1 Sanchez grounded to second, Diaz to 3rd, 2 out
2 2 0-2 3 0-1 Pena grounded to second, 3 out
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3-Boston
3 0 1-0 - 0-1 Duran grounded to first, 1 out
3 1 2-0 - 0-1 Henderson flied to shallow center, 2 out
3 2 0-0 - 0-1 Belt doubled off the wall in right center
3 2 1-2 2 0-1 Harris II lined a triple down the first base line, Belt scored, Boston 1 Kansas City 1
3 2 3-0 3 1-1 Vogelbach walked
3 2 2-0 13 1-1 Castro doubled to left center, Harris II scored, Vogelbach to 3rd, Boston 2 Kansas City 1
3 2 2-2 23 2-1 Benintendi lined a double down the first base line, Vogelbach scored, Castro scored, Boston 4 Kansas City 1
3 2 2-0 2 4-1 Wong popped to third, 3 out
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3-Kansas City
3 0 3-0 - 4-1 Varsho walked
3 0 1-1 1 4-1 Lowe grounded a single between third and short, Varsho to 2nd
3 0 0-1 12 4-1 Torres singled to left, Varsho to 3rd, Lowe to 2nd
3 0 1-2 123 4-1 Steer doubled off the wall in left center, Varsho scored, Lowe scored, Torres scored, Boston 4 Kansas City 4
3 0 1-2 2 4-4 Burger struck out, 1 out
3 1 0-2 2 4-4 McMahon struck out, 2 out
3 2 2-1 2 4-4 Diaz lined a single up the middle, Steer scored, Kansas City 5 Boston 4
3 2 2-2 1 4-5 Sanchez struck out, 3 out
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4-Boston
4 0 1-0 - 4-5 Kim grounded to third, 1 out
4 1 0-2 - 4-5 Duran grounded to second, 2 out
4 2 1-2 - 4-5 Henderson hit a solo homer to right center, 415 feet, Boston 5 Kansas City 5
4 2 0-2 - 5-5 Belt struck out, 3 out
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4-Kansas City
4 0 0-2 - 5-5 Pena struck out, 1 out
4 1 2-1 - 5-5 Varsho popped to first, 2 out
4 2 0-2 - 5-5 Lowe struck out, 3 out
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5-Boston
5 0 3-2 - 5-5 Harris II hit a solo homer down the right field line, 348 feet, Boston 6 Kansas City 5
5 0 0-2 - 6-5 Vogelbach struck out, out at 1st, 1 out
>Cox pitching
5 1 0-1 - 6-5 Castro bunted for a single
5 1 1-0 1 6-5 Passed ball, Castro to 2nd
5 1 2-1 2 6-5 Benintendi grounded to the pitcher, 2 out
>Gomes is batting for Boston batting
5 2 0-1 2 6-5 Gomes flied to deep left center, 3 out
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5-Kansas City
>Gomes playing C
5 0 1-2 - 6-5 Torres flied deep down the left field line, 1 out
5 1 2-2 - 6-5 Steer lined a single between third and short
5 1 0-0 1 6-5 Burger singled on the infield, Steer to 2nd
5 1 1-0 12 6-5 McMahon popped to first, 2 out
5 3 0-0 12 6-5 Steer picked off 2nd, 3 out
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6-Boston
>Kelly pitching
6 0 0-1 - 6-5 Kim bunted to first, safe on an error
6 0 3-0 2 6-5 Duran walked
6 0 0-0 12 6-5 Balk, Kim to 3rd, Duran to 2nd
6 0 1-1 23 6-5 Henderson grounded to first, Kim scored, Duran to 3rd, 1 out, Boston 7 Kansas City 5
6 1 1-0 3 7-5 Belt flied to right center, Duran scored, 2 out, Boston 8 Kansas City 5
6 2 1-2 - 8-5 Harris II lined a triple down the first base line
6 2 3-2 3 8-5 Vogelbach grounded to first, 3 out
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6-Kansas City
6 0 2-2 - 8-5 Diaz singled to left
>Alexander pitching
>Senzel batting
6 0 0-1 1 8-5 Senzel lined a double down the third base line, Diaz to 3rd
6 0 1-2 23 8-5 Pena flied to shallow left, 1 out
6 1 1-0 23 8-5 Varsho flied to right, Diaz scored, Senzel out at 3rd, 3 out, Boston 8 Kansas City 6
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7-Boston
>Senzel playing RF
7 0 3-2 - 8-6 Castro walked
>Matz pitching
>McCutchen is batting for Boston batting
7 0 1-0 1 8-6 Wild pitch, Castro to 2nd
7 0 2-0 2 8-6 McCutchen intentionally walked
7 0 0-2 12 8-6 Gomes struck out, 1 out
7 1 3-2 12 8-6 Kim walked, Castro to 3rd, McCutchen to 2nd
7 1 1-0 123 8-6 Duran grounded to second, forcing Kim at second, Castro scored, McCutchen to 3rd, 2 out, Boston 9 Kansas City 6
7 2 0-2 13 9-6 Henderson grounded to first, 3 out
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7-Kansas City
>Duran playing LF
>Harris II playing CF
>Blanco playing RF
7 0 0-2 - 9-6 Lowe popped to first, 1 out
7 1 1-0 - 9-6 Torres hit a solo homer down the left field line, 345 feet, Boston 9 Kansas City 7
7 1 0-1 - 9-7 Steer grounded to third, 2 out
7 2 0-2 - 9-7 Burger struck out, 3 out
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8-Boston
>Davis is batting for Boston batting
8 0 1-2 - 9-7 Davis grounded to third, 1 out
8 1 1-2 - 9-7 Harris II grounded to the pitcher, 2 out
>Escobar is batting for Boston batting
>Escobar playing DH
8 2 0-2 - 9-7 Escobar grounded to third, 3 out
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8-Kansas City
>Davis playing 1B
>Donaldson playing 3B
8 0 1-1 - 9-7 McMahon flied down the right field line, 1 out
>Olivares batting
>Devenski pitching
8 1 3-1 - 9-7 Olivares doubled off the wall in right center
>Rafaela batting
8 1 3-1 2 9-7 Rafaela lined a single up the middle, Olivares to 3rd
8 1 0-2 13 9-7 Pena grounded to short, forcing Rafaela at second, Olivares scored, 2 out, Boston 9 Kansas City 8
8 2 2-2 1 9-8 Varsho struck out, 3 out
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9-Boston
>Maton pitching
>Olivares playing RF
9 0 0-2 - 9-8 Donaldson hit a solo homer down the left field line, 349 feet, Boston 10 Kansas City 8
9 0 0-2 - 10-8 Blanco bunted for a single
9 0 0-0 1 10-8 Blanco stole 2nd
9 0 0-1 2 10-8 Gomes lined a single between third and short, Blanco scored, Boston 11 Kansas City 8
9 0 2-1 1 11-8 Kim lined a single between third and short, Gomes to 3rd
>Holton pitching
9 0 1-2 13 11-8 Duran struck out, 1 out
9 1 1-1 13 11-8 Henderson grounded to first, second to first double play, 3 out
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9-Kansas City
9 0 0-2 - 11-8 Lowe struck out, 1 out
>Yates pitching
9 1 3-2 - 11-8 Torres struck out, 2 out
9 2 2-2 - 11-8 Steer struck out, 3 out
Recap
KC 1st: Scored 1 run on a hit.
KC Nathaniel Lowe hit a solo HR(1) to take the lead. Bos 0 KC 1.
Bos 3rd: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 4 hits and on one walk.
Bos Michael Harris II tripled scoring Belt to tie the score. Bos 1 KC 1.
Bos Willi Castro doubled scoring 1 to take the lead. Bos 2 KC 1.
Bos Andrew Benintendi doubled scoring 2. Bos 4 KC 1.
KC 3rd: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 4 hits and on one walk.
KC Spencer Steer doubled scoring 3 to tie the score. Bos 4 KC 4.
KC Elias Diaz singled scoring Steer to take the lead. Bos 4 KC 5.
Bos 4th: Scored 1 run on a hit.
Bos Gunnar Henderson hit a 415 foot solo HR(1) to tie the score. Bos 5 KC 5.
Bos 5th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.
Bos Michael Harris II hit a solo HR(1) to take the lead. Bos 6 KC 5.
Bos 6th: Scored 2 runs on a hit, on one walk and an error.
Bos Gunnar Henderson hit a grounder scoring 1. Bos 7 KC 5.
Bos Brandon Belt hit a fly ball scoring 1. Bos 8 KC 5.
KC 6th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.
KC Daulton Varsho hit a fly ball scoring 1. Bos 8 KC 6.
Bos 7th: Scored 1 run on 3 walks.
Bos Jarren Duran hit a grounder scoring 1. Bos 9 KC 6.
KC 7th: Scored 1 run on a hit.
KC Gleyber Torres hit a solo HR(1). Bos 9 KC 7.
KC 8th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.
KC Jeremy Pena hit a grounder scoring 1. Bos 9 KC 8.
Bos 9th: Scored 2 runs on 4 hits.
Bos Josh Donaldson hit a solo HR(1). Bos 10 KC 8.
Bos Yan Gomes singled scoring Blanco. Bos 11 KC 8.
Bos Grayson Rodriguez pitched 6 innings and picked up the win: 6 IP, 3 earned runs, 5 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He's now 1-0 in the playoffs.
KC Mike Clevinger pitched 5.1 innings and took the loss: 5.1 IP, 2 earned runs, 2 hits, 0 BB, 0 K. He's now 0-1 in the playoffs.