The Boston Red Sox came up just a bit short against the Kansas City Royals, 7 to 6, on May 16, 1981.

1981 Boston Red Sox

Final

KCR

Royals

8-18

7

BOS

Red Sox

16-15

6

KCR

BOS

1

1

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

6

3

5

0

0

6

0

2

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

7

6

H

12

11

E

1

0

Top 1st

KCR

BOS

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Willie Aikens; Willie Wilson scored.

1

0

Top 4th

KCR

BOS

Royals

Home run by Willie Aikens.

2

0

Royals

Home run by Hal McRae.

3

0

Royals

Single by Frank White; Amos Otis scored.

4

0

Royals

Single by Cesar Geronimo; Jamie Quirk scored.

5

0

Royals

U L Washington grounded out; Frank White scored.

6

0

Royals

Single by Willie Wilson; Cesar Geronimo scored.

7

0

Bottom 4th

KCR

BOS

Red Sox

Double by Carney Lansford; Dave Stapleton scored.

7

1

Red Sox

Home run by Tony Perez; Carney Lansford scored.

7

3

Bottom 6th

KCR

BOS

Red Sox

Tony Perez grounded out; Dave Stapleton scored.

7

4

Red Sox

Double by Joe Rudi; Carney Lansford scored.

7

5

Bottom 7th

KCR

BOS

Red Sox

Dave Stapleton fly ball; Error by Willie Wilson; Jerry Remy scored.

7

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson LF 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
John Wathan C 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Willie Aikens 1B 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Hal McRae DH 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Amos Otis CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Jamie Quirk 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Frank White 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Cesar Geronimo RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
U L Washington SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 36 7 12 7 2 1 2 2 0 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Gura (W) 6.1 9 6 5 1 3 1
Dan Quisenberry (S) 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 11 6 5 1 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Dwight Evans RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Dave Stapleton SS 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Carney Lansford 3B 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Jim Rice LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Tony Perez 1B 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Joe Rudi DH 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Reid Nichols CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carl Yastrzemski PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Schmidt C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rich Gedman C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Remy 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 35 6 11 4 1 1 5 1 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dennis Eckersley (L) 3.1 8 7 7 0 1 2
Chuck Rainey 4.0 4 0 0 1 1 0
Bill Campbell 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 12 7 7 1 2 2

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HR

9

O'Neill

Tyler O'Neill

RBI

20

Rafaela

Ceddanne Rafaela

AVG

.354

Wong

Connor Wong

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Bello

Brayan Bello

K

46

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

ERA

1.74

Criswell

Cooper Criswell

Team Rankings

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HR

38

16th

R

164

14th

SO

307

19th

ERA

2.72

1st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Orioles Orioles
24 12 .667
Yankees Yankees
25 14 .641 0.5
Red Sox Red Sox
19 18 .514 5.5
Rays Rays
19 19 .500 6.0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
17 20 .459 7.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/10
WSH WSH
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Sat
5/11
WSH WSH
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM
Sun
5/12
WSH WSH
@
BOS BOS
1:35 PM
Mon
5/13
TBR TBR
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Tue
5/14
TBR TBR
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM

Last Game

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ATL Braves

22-12

5

Final

0

BOS Red Sox

19-18

Wed 8 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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12

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

11

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

11

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

RBI Leaders

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38

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

33

Soto

Juan Soto

32

Bohm

Alec Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

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.355

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.353

Kwan

Steven Kwan

.346

Betts

Mookie Betts

Hit Leaders

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54

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

53

Betts

Mookie Betts

50

Contreras

William Contreras

Run Leaders

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36

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

32

Contreras

William Contreras

32

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

OBP Leaders

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.451

Betts

Mookie Betts

.438

Soto

Juan Soto

.425

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.678

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.646

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.631

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

SB Leaders

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23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

15

Turang

Brice Turang

14

Caballero

José Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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6

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

6

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

5

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

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63

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

63

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

60

Cease

Dylan Cease

ERA Leaders

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1.08

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.53

López

Reynaldo López

1.64

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

WHIP Leaders

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0.72

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.75

Cease

Dylan Cease

0.77

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K/9 Leaders

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12.00

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

11.73

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

11.64

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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10.40

Jones

Jared Jones

9.75

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.33

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

Walk Leaders

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4

Eflin

Zach Eflin

5

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

5

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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619.9

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

586.9

Betts

Mookie Betts

569.2

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

DraftKings Points Leaders

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475

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

447

Betts

Mookie Betts

439

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
5/8
HOU HOU
@
NYY NYY
4-3
Wed
5/8
ARI ARI
@
CIN CIN
5-4
Wed
5/8
CLE CLE
@
CWS CWS
2-3
Wed
5/8
SEA SEA
@
MIN MIN
1-11
Wed
5/8
KCR KCR
@
LAA LAA
10-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/10
HOU HOU
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Fri
5/10
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
5/10
NYY NYY
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Fri
5/10
ARI ARI
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
5/10
MIN MIN
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM