The Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals, 5 to 3, on May 17, 1998.

1998 Boston Red Sox

Final

KCR

Royals

16-26

3

BOS

Red Sox

27-15

5

1

1

0

2

0

0

3

1

1

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

1

3

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

3

5

H

10

9

E

0

3

Top 1st

KCR

BOS

Royals

Single by Jeff King; Johnny Damon scored.

1

0

Top 3rd

KCR

BOS

Royals

Pickoff attempt; Error by Derek Lowe; Jose Offerman scored.

2

0

Bottom 3rd

KCR

BOS

Red Sox

Mo Vaughn grounded out; Mark Lemke scored.

2

1

Bottom 5th

KCR

BOS

Red Sox

Home run by Darren Lewis.

2

2

Top 6th

KCR

BOS

Royals

Single by Terry Pendleton; Larry Sutton scored.

3

2

Bottom 6th

KCR

BOS

Red Sox

Single by Lou Merloni; Troy O'Leary scored.

3

3

Red Sox

Sacrifice fly by Mark Lemke; Jason Varitek scored.

3

4

Red Sox

Single by Darren Lewis; Lou Merloni scored.

3

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Johnny Damon CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Shane Halter SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dean Palmer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jose Offerman 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jeff King 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Larry Sutton LF 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Terry Pendleton 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jeff Conine DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Jermaine Dye RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Sal Fasano C 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Shane Mack PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 36 3 10 2 0 1 9 1 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Glendon Rusch (L) 5.0 6 4 4 4 7 1
Brian Bevil 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Matt Whisenant 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scott Service 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 8.0 9 5 5 4 9 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Darren Lewis RF 4 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 6
Damon Buford CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mo Vaughn 1B 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Leyritz DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
Troy O'Leary LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jason Varitek C 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Mike Benjamin SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lou Merloni 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
Mark Lemke 2B 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 30 5 9 5 1 4 9 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Derek Lowe 5.0 5 2 1 1 3 0
Ron Mahay (W) 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0
Jim Corsi 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dennis Eckersley 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Tom Gordon (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 10 3 2 1 9 0

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Red Sox Red Sox
0 0
Orioles Orioles
0 0
Yankees Yankees
0 0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
0 0
Rays Rays
0 0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
10:10 PM
Fri
3/29
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Sat
3/30
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Sun
3/31
BOS BOS
@
SEA SEA
4:10 PM
Mon
4/1
BOS BOS
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM

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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
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1
Brewers Brewers
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2
Cubs Cubs
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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

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
3/20
SDP SDP
@
LAD LAD
15-11
Tue
3/19
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3:05 PM
Thu
3/28
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
STL STL
@
LAD LAD
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
4:10 PM