Game Day Thread – Sunday, September 18

###[Royals](/r/KCRoyals) [@](http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2017_ipad/684/kcbos_684.jpg) [Red Sox](/r/RedSox) – 12:35 PM CDT

###Game Status: In Progress

###Links & Info
* Current conditions at Fenway Park: 81°F – Partly Cloudy – Wind 14 mph, Out To RF
* TV: **Royals**: Bally Sports Kansas City, **Red Sox**: NESN
* Radio: **Royals**: KCSP 610, **Red Sox**: WCCM 1490 AM/103.7 FM (es), WEEI 93.7
* [MLB Gameday](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/663207/)
* [Game Graphs](http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2022-09-18&team=Red%20Sox&dh=0&season=2022)
* [Savant Gamefeed](https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?gamePk=663207)

||Probable Pitcher (Season Stats)|Report|
|:–|:–|:–|
|[Royals](/r/KCRoyals)|[Kris Bubic](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=663460) (2-12, 5.81 ERA, 119.1 IP)|No report posted.|
|[Red Sox](/r/RedSox)|[Nick Pivetta](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=601713) (9-11, 4.34 ERA, 164.0 IP)|No report posted.|

|Royals Lineup vs. [Pivetta](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=601713)|AVG|OPS|AB|HR|RBI|K|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|1 [Melendez](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=669004) – C|.333|1.666|3|1|1|2|
|2 [Witt Jr.](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=677951) – SS|.333|.666|3|0|0|2|
|3 [Perez, S](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=521692) – DH|.222|.444|9|0|1|3|
|4 [Pasquantino](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=686469) – 1B|.500|1.333|2|0|1|0|
|5 [Olivares](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=658668) – LF|.000|.000|2|0|0|0|
|6 [Massey](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=686681) – 2B|.500|1.000|2|0|0|0|
|7 [Eaton](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=681987) – 3B|.500|1.000|2|0|0|0|
|8 [Waters](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=671221) – CF|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|9 [Isbel](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=664728) – RF|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|10 [Bubic](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=663460) – P|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|11 [Cuas](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=621016) – P|-|-|-|-|-|-|

|Red Sox Lineup vs. [Bubic](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=663460)|AVG|OPS|AB|HR|RBI|K|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|1 [Pham](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=502054) – LF|.500|1.150|4|0|1|1|
|2 [Devers](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=646240) – 3B|.250|.500|8|0|2|0|
|3 [Bogaerts](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=593428) – SS|.000|.000|6|0|0|2|
|4 [Martinez, J](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=502110) – DH|.400|1.500|5|1|2|1|
|5 [Refsnyder](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=608701) – RF|.200|.400|5|0|0|2|
|6 [Arroyo](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=624414) – 1B|.500|1.000|4|0|0|0|
|7 [Hernández, K](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=571771) – CF|1.000|5.000|1|1|1|0|
|8 [Chang](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=644374) – 2B|.333|.666|6|0|2|1|
|9 [McGuire](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=624512) – C|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|10 [Pivetta](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=601713) – P|-|-|-|-|-|-|

|ALC Rank|Team|W|L|GB (E#)|WC Rank|WC GB (E#)|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|1|[Cleveland Guardians](/r/ClevelandGuardians)|79|66|- (-)|-|- (-)|
|2|[Chicago White Sox](/r/WhiteSox)|75|71|4.5 (13)|5|6.0 (12)|
|3|[Minnesota Twins](/r/minnesotatwins)|72|73|7.0 (11)|6|8.5 (10)|
|**4**|**[Kansas City Royals](/r/KCRoyals)**|**58**|**88**|**21.5 (E)**|**10**|**23.0 (E)**|
|5|[Detroit Tigers](/r/MotorCityKitties)|55|90|24.0 (E)|11|25.5 (E)|

###Division Scoreboard
CWS 10 @ DET 4 – Top 8, 2 Outs

MIN 1 @ CLE 0 – Top 6, 1 Out

^^^Last ^^^Updated: ^^^09/18/2022 ^^^02:01:31 ^^^PM ^^^CDT, ^^^Update ^^^Interval: ^^^5 ^^^Minutes