Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals

BOS 4 — KC 3

Final — 2026-05-20

Game MVP: Michael Wacha — 6.0 IP, 8 K, 1 ER

	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

WP Connelly Early (4-2)

LP Steven Cruz (0-2, B, 1)

SV Aroldis Chapman (12)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Perez homered to left (379 feet). (1-0)

Top 2: Sogard singled to right, Contreras scored, Rafaela to third. (1-1)

Top 2: Narváez grounded into double play, third to first, Rafaela scored, Mayer to second, Sogard out at third. (1-2)

Bot 5: Díaz homered to left center (405 feet), Marte scored. (3-2)

Top 7: Duran homered to left (366 feet), Narváez scored. (3-4)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Connelly Early	6.1	6	3	3	1	5	2	93-63	3.33	W, 4-2
Greg Weissert	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	21-16	4.50
Jovani Moran	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4-3	2.81
Aroldis Chapman	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	16-10	0.51	S, 12

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Michael Wacha	6.0	6	2	1	2	8	0	105-69	2.70
Steven Cruz	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	1	18-10	8.71	L, 0-2, B, 1
Daniel Lynch IV	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	32-19	1.71
Alex Lange	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	21-15	5.09

Venue: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri (14,091)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Erich Bacchus, First Base Umpire: Malachi Moore, Second Base Umpire: Laz Diaz, Third Base Umpire: James Jean

Broadcast: NESN | RYTV