The Red Sox beat the Royals 5-1 on Saturday night in Boston, using a five-run offense and a one-run pitching performance to take the game at Fenway Park. The official ESPN box score credits Boston with the win and Kansas City with one run on five hits.

Boston scored five runs on nine hits and finished without an error. Kansas City managed one run, five hits and one error. The Royals struck out 11 times and left nine runners on base, while Boston's lineup produced the larger total and kept the game under control after taking the lead.

The result was decided by the combination of Boston's extra baserunners and its defensive clean sheet. The Red Sox turned their nine hits into five runs, while Kansas City was held to a single home run and one RBI across its five-hit night.

ESPN lists the game as a 5-1 Boston final. The box score is the source for the score, team totals and error count; this recap does not add a player storyline that the official game record does not establish.