The Boston Red Sox came up just a bit short against the Kansas City Royals, 5 to 4, on May 17, 1981.

Final

Royals

9-18

5

Red Sox

16-16

4

KCR

BOS

1

0

1

2

1

3

0

4

0

5

0

1

6

0

7

0

8

2

0

9

2

1

R

5

4

H

11

17

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

KCR

BOS

Single by Jim Rice; Dwight Evans scored.

0

1

Top 2nd

KCR

BOS

Double by Dave Chalk; John Wathan scored.

1

Bottom 2nd

KCR

BOS

Double by Rick Miller; Carney Lansford scored.

1

2

Bottom 5th

KCR

BOS

Single by Carney Lansford; Jim Rice scored.

1

3

Top 8th

KCR

BOS

Home run by Willie Aikens.

2

3

Home run by Hal McRae.

3

Top 9th

KCR

BOS

Single by U L Washington; Cesar Geronimo scored.

4

3

Single by Willie Aikens; Willie Wilson scored.

5

3

Bottom 9th

KCR

BOS

Single by Carney Lansford; Jim Rice scored.

5

4

Royals

Red Sox

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Wilson LF	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	3
U L Washington SS	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
Willie Aikens 1B	5	1	2	2	1	0	2	0	5
Hal McRae DH	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	6
Amos Otis CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
John Wathan RF,C	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Frank White 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Chalk 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Jerry Grote C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lee May PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Cesar Geronimo PR,RF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	38	5	11	5	2	2	6	1	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Dennis Leonard (W)	8.0	15	3	3	1	4
Dan Quisenberry (S)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0
Totals	9.0	17	4	4	1	4

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Jerry Remy 2B	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	4
Dwight Evans RF	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
Carl Yastrzemski 1B	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Rice LF	5	2	3	1	0	1	0	4
Tony Perez DH	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Carney Lansford 3B	5	1	5	2	0	0	1	5
Dave Stapleton SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rich Gedman C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Miller CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Totals	42	4	17	4	1	4	1	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
John Tudor	7.2	7	3	3	1	6	2
Tom Burgmeier (L)	1.0	4	2	2	1	0	0
Bob Stanley	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	11	5	5	2	6	2

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More Red Sox Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

O'Neill

RBI

11

Wong

AVG

.370

Wong

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Bello

K

32

Houck

ERA

0.63

Slaten

Team Rankings

HR

33

2nd

R

112

13th

SO

227

3rd

ERA

2.49

1st

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Orioles	16	8	.667
Yankees	16	8	.667
Red Sox	14	11	.560	2.5
Blue Jays	13	11	.542	3.0
Rays	12	13	.480	4.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/25	BOS	@	CLE	1:10 PM
Fri 4/26	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 4/27	CHC	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Sun 4/28	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Tue 4/30	SFG	@	BOS	7:10 PM

Last Game

Guardians

17-7

0

Final

8

Red Sox

14-11

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

23

Ward

22

García

Batting Average Leaders

.364

Ohtani

.357

Altuve

.347

Betts

Hit Leaders

36

Ohtani

35

Kwan

35

Altuve

Run Leaders

24

Betts

23

Marte

22

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.458

Betts

.432

Soto

.430

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.677

Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

.671

Abrams

SB Leaders

12

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Garrett

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.33

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

9.75

Jones

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

3

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

413.3

Betts

393.9

Cruz

386

Henderson

DraftKings Points Leaders

312

Betts

297

Cruz

296

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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