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

8

O'Neill

Tyler O'Neill

RBI

11

Wong

Connor Wong

AVG

.356

Wong

Connor Wong

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Bello

Brayan Bello

K

34

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

ERA

0.63

Slaten

Justin Slaten

Team Rankings

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HR

34

2nd

R

117

14th

SO

235

9th

ERA

2.73

1st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Orioles Orioles
16 9 .640
Yankees Yankees
17 10 .630
Red Sox Red Sox
14 13 .519 3.0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
13 14 .481 4.0
Rays Rays
13 14 .481 4.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM
Sun
4/28
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Tue
4/30
SFG SFG
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Wed
5/1
SFG SFG
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Thu
5/2
SFG SFG
@
BOS BOS
1:35 PM

Last Game

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BOS Red Sox

14-13

1

Final

7

CHC Cubs

17-9

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MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.382

Betts

Mookie Betts

.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

Mookie Betts

40

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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28

Betts

Mookie Betts

24

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

Mookie Betts

SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

337

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM