Major League Baseball
MATCHUP
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals
Stats: Overall | Home/Away | Grass | Today's Starters | Bullpens | Starting Staffs
Records: Umpire: N/A | Last 5 | Last 10 | After Win | After Loss
Teams: Boston Red Sox | Kansas City Royals
Summary
7:40 PM ET W/L Units H A O/U RL W/L RL Units
Boston 20-19 -5.26 11-9 9-10 18-19-2 19-20 0.02
Kansas City 23-16 8.37 15-5 8-11 13-25-1 19-20 -4.75
Live Odds | All Odds
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Recent Trends
Kansas City:
  • KC are 15-2 in their last 17 overall.
  • KC are 15-2 in their last 17 games on grass.
  • KC are 12-2 in their last 14 games following a win.
Starters | In-Depth | Starting Staffs
Overall W/L TW/TL IP H WHIP ERA AF AA O/U
Hunter Dobbins (R)
Michael Lorenzen (R)		 2-1
3-3		 2-1
4-3		 16.2
38.1		 18
40		 1.32
1.41		 3.78
4.23		 10.3
4.0		 4.7
4.0		 2-1
2-5
Last 3 W/L TW/TL IP H WHIP ERA AF AA O/U
Hunter Dobbins (R)
Michael Lorenzen (R)		 2-1
2-0		 2-1
3-0		 16.2
16.2		 18
16		 1.32
1.38		 3.78
3.78		 10.3
6.7		 4.7
3.0		 2-1
1-2
Bullpens | In-Depth
  Total   Available
  IP WHIP ERA IP WHIP ERA
BOS 96.0 1.11 3.19 96.0 1.11 3.19
Last 3 24.2 1.05 4.01 24.2 1.05 4.01
  IP WHIP ERA IP WHIP ERA
KC 105.1 1.17 2.48 105.1 1.17 2.48
Last 3 25.1 0.99 1.78 25.1 0.99 1.78
Umpire
  W/L O/U Runs Str % HR P
N/A - - - - - -
Overall Stats | In-Depth
  W/L O/U Avg ERA
BOS
KC		 20-19
23-16		 18-19
13-25		 .252
.242		 3.88
2.94
  vs R vs L Start Pen
BOS
KC		 .250
.243		 .256
.238		 3.95
2.97		 3.78
2.88
Home/Away Stats | In-Depth
  W/L O/U Avg ERA
BOS
KC		 9-10
15-5		 10-9
7-13		 .244
.256		 4.20
2.61
  vs R vs L Start Pen
BOS
KC		 .246
.252		 .239
.276		 4.57
2.25		 3.58
3.22
Last 10 | In-Depth
  W/L O/U Avg ERA
BOS
KC		 5-5
9-1		 5-5
3-7		 .277
.296		 3.43
1.52
  vs R vs L Start Pen
BOS
KC		 .274
.291		 .287
.333		 3.67
1.80		 3.00
0.93
Series Game Records
BOS O AW AL
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4 		6-6
6-6
6-6
2-1
 4-3
2-4
5-1
0-0
 2-3
4-2
1-5
2-1
KC O AW AL
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4 		7-5
7-5
6-6
3-0
 4-4
5-2
4-3
1-0
 3-1
2-3
2-3
2-0
Stadium
Kauffman Stadium
Wind (MPH) 0-10 10-20 20+
Over/Under 1-6 6-6 0-1
Injuries
Boston Red Sox
Fielders   Status/Updated Notes
Romy Gonzalez 2B Ques Thurs - Back - 5/8/25 Gonzalez is dealing with a back injury, and it is uncertain if he will face the Royals on Thursday.
Triston Casas 1B Late May - Leg - 5/4/25 Casas has hit the 10-day injured list due to a left patellar tendon rupture, and will be out of action till late May.
Masataka Yoshida LF Out indefinitely - Shoulder - 3/27/25 Yoshida has landed on the 10-day injured list due to a right shoulder labral repair, and a timetable for return has yet to be established.
Pitchers   Status/Updated Notes
Chris Murphy RP Out indefinitely - Elbow - 3/28/25 Murphy has been placed on 60-day injured list while recovering from left UCL surgery, and he will miss an undetermined length of time.
Zach Penrod SP Out indefinitely - Elbow - 3/27/25 Penrod has ended up on the 60-day injured list due to a left elbow UCL sprain, and he will miss an undetermined length of time.
Patrick Sandoval SP Out indefinitely - Elbow - 2/17/25 Sandoval has landed on the 60-day injured list due an elbow injury, and he will miss an undetermined length of time.
Walker Buehler SP Out Indefinitey - Shoulder - 5/2/25 Buehler is on the 15-day injured reserve list due to a right shoulder inflammation, and there is no timetable for his return.
Richard Fitts SP Out indefinitely - Pectoral - 4/13/25 Fitts has been placed on a 15-day injured list due to a pectoral injury, and there is no timetable for recovery.
Kutter Crawford SP Early May - Knee - 3/27/25 Crawford has been ticketed for the 15-day injured list with right patellar tendiopathy, and he is projected to be sidelined till the early part of May.
Kansas City Royals
Fielders   Status/Updated Notes
No injuries to report.
Pitchers   Status/Updated Notes
Alec Marsh SP Out indefinitely - Shoulder - 5/2/25 Marsh has been shifted to the 60-day injury list due to a shoulder injury, and team officials have yet to provide an exact return date.
James McArthur SP Out indefinitely - Elbow - 5/1/25 McArthur has been shifted to the 60-day injured list due to surgery on his right elbow, and he is without a definitive timetable for return.
Sam Long SP Out indefinitely - Elbow - 4/13/25 Long has been posted to the 15-day injury list due to left elbow inflammation, and he is without a definitive timetable for return.
Hunter Harvey RP Out indefinitely - Shoulder - 4/14/25 Harvey has landed on the 15-day injured list due to a Grade 1 right teres major strain, and he will miss an extended period.
Kyle Wright SP Out indefinitely - Shoulder - 3/25/25 Wright has been posted to the 15-day injury list due to right shoulder surgery, and he is without a definitive timetable for return.
Recent Meetings
Date Home/Away H Starter A Starter Line O/U
8/7/24 KC 8 - BOS 4 C. Ragans K. Crawford -133/8.5 O
8/6/24 KC 5 - BOS 6 S. Lugo B. Bello -122/8.5 O
8/5/24 KC 5 - BOS 9 B. Singer J. Paxton -122/10 O
7/14/24 BOS 5 - KC 4 B. Bello B. Singer -136/9.5 U
7/13/24 BOS 5 - KC 0 K. Crawford S. Lugo -133/9 U
7/12/24 BOS 1 - KC 6 C. Criswell C. Ragans 100/9 U
2023 Season
9/3/23 KC 3 - BOS 7 T. Clarke C. Sale 163/10 P
9/2/23 KC 5 - BOS 9 A. Marsh T. Houck 152/10.5 O
9/1/23 KC 13 - BOS 2 J. Lyles J. Paxton 178/10 O
8/10/23 BOS 2 - KC 0 J. Paxton A. Cox -231/10.5 U
8/9/23 BOS 4 - KC 3 N. Pivetta J. Lyles -222/11 U
8/8/23 BOS 3 - KC 9 K. Crawford B. Singer -181/10 O
8/7/23 BOS 6 - KC 2 B. Bello C. Ragans -188/9.5 U
2022 Season
9/18/22 BOS 13 - KC 3 N. Pivetta K. Bubic -188/10.5 O
9/17/22 BOS 0 - KC 9 R. Hill B. Singer -131/8.5 O
9/16/22 BOS 2 - KC 1 M. Wacha J. Heasley -226/9.5 U
8/7/22 KC 13 - BOS 5 B. Keller K. Crawford 137/9.5 O
8/6/22 KC 5 - BOS 4 D. Lynch IV N. Eovaldi 135/9.5 U
8/5/22 KC 4 - BOS 7 Z. Greinke J. Winckowski 105/9.5 O
8/4/22 KC 7 - BOS 3 K. Bubic N. Pivetta 129/9 O
Boston: Last 10 Games | Season
Date vs/Score Line ATS OPS Avg Starter IP Opp Starter IP
5/8/25 TEX 5-0 -148/9.5 W/U .648 .200 B. Bello 4.2 J. Leiter 5.1
5/7/25 TEX 6-4 -133/9 W/O .990 .324 T. Houck 4.2 T. Mahle 5.0
5/6/25 TEX 1-6 105/8.5 L/U .462 .188 L. Giolito 3.2 N. Eovaldi 6.0
5/4/25 MIN 4-5 -196/8.5 L/O .614 .206 G. Crochet 5.0 C. Paddack 5.0
5/3/25 MIN 3-4 -113/9.5 L/U .780 .324 H. Dobbins 5.2 B. Ober 6.0
5/2/25 MIN 6-1 -115/9 W/U .924 .351 B. Bello 6.2 J. Ryan 6.0
5/1/25 @ TOR 2-4 -110/8.5 L/U .478 .212 T. Houck 7.0 J. Berrios 6.2
4/30/25 @ TOR 6-7 x -101/9.5 L/O .746 .200 L. Giolito 6.0 Y. Rodriguez 1.0
4/29/25 @ TOR 10-2 -128/7.5 W/O 1.159 .350 G. Crochet 7.0 B. Francis 3.0
4/27/25 @ CLE 13-3 -108/7.5 W/O 1.101 .357 B. Bello 6.0 L. Allen 4.1
Kansas City: Last 10 Games | Season
Date vs/Score Line ATS OPS Avg Starter IP Opp Starter IP
5/8/25 CHW 10-0 -238/8.5 W/O 1.029 .415 K. Bubic 7.0 D. Martin 4.1
5/7/25 CHW 2-1 -206/8 W/U .741 .303 M. Wacha 7.0 J. Cannon 6.0
5/6/25 CHW 4-3 -238/8.5 W/U .756 .250 S. Lugo 6.2 S. Burke 6.1
5/5/25 CHW 3-0 -218/7.5 W/U .643 .233 C. Ragans 5.0 S. Smith 5.0
5/4/25 @ BAL 11-6 129/9.5 W/O 1.363 .395 M. Lorenzen 4.2 K. Gibson 4.0
5/3/25 @ BAL 4-0 -101/9 W/U .827 .235 K. Bubic 5.0 T. Sugano 6.0
5/2/25 @ BAL 0-3 127/9 L/U .318 .129 M. Wacha 6.1 D. Kremer 7.0
5/1/25 @ TB 8-2 146/8.5 W/O .974 .357 S. Lugo 6.0 S. Baz 5.2
4/30/25 @ TB 3-0 142/7.5 W/U .741 .306 N. Cameron 6.1 D. Rasmussen 5.0
4/29/25 @ TB 3-1 132/8.5 W/U .587 .242 M. Lorenzen 6.0 T. Bradley 7.0
Abbreviations Legend