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Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox Starting Lineups — September 13, 2026
Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.
3:05 PM ET · Fenway ParkFinal lineups locked · Sep 13, 2:05 PM ETStats updated Oct 27, 3:32 AM ET
Lineup strength vs today's starter
Weighted by batting-order spot. Season rates are regressed toward league average before they enter the model.
KC.723
−13 ptsOPS edge
BOS
.736
Even matchup
Power
Season HR
88vs91
Discipline
Adj. OBP
.318vs.327
Top of order
Slots 1–4
.744vs.773
Bottom of order
Slots 7–9
.693vs.712
KC wins 5 of 9 batting-order slots · BOS wins 4
KCSlotBOS
Nick Loftin.701
1.723Roman Anthony
Bobby Witt Jr..796
2.710Jahmai Jones
Jac Caglianone.807
3.793Wilyer Abreu
Salvador Perez.669
4.871Willson Contreras
Michael Massey.747
5.737Adley Rutschman
Matthew Lugo.690
6.639Trevor Story
Isaac Collins.672
7.708Caleb Durbin
Luke Maile.651
8.755Nick Sogard
Tyler Tolbert.758
9.672Nate Eaton
7 of 9 Kansas City Royals hitters have the platoon advantage vs Payton Tolle (7 of 9 for Boston Red Sox)
Kansas City Royals
- Platoon advantage in 7 of 9 spots
Boston Red Sox
- Platoon advantage in 7 of 9 spots