Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals

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Boston Red Sox

54-56, 28-29 Away

Final
5 - 13

Kansas City Royals

44-65, 25-31 Home

Alex Verdugo drives in 2 runs in the Red Sox's 4-3 victory over the Royals

In the top of the second inning with two out and Matt Duffy on first base, Kyle Isbel lashed a drive to left field that looked as if it would be caught by Masataka Yoshida, who lunged and clasped his glove. But Yoshida missed the ball, crashing into the wall. He got up, clearly confused, looking around for the ball.

The ball was not on the field. It had smashed through one of the red lights on the wall that denote the number of outs. Yoshida picked the ball through the hole in the light, with the play ruled a ground-rule double.

The Red Sox scored three runs in fourth to erase a one-run deficit. Masataka Yoshida led off with a double and Rafael Devers had a one-out walk, with Verdugo driving in both with his double. Luis Urias reached on catcher's interference, and Reese McGuire's singled to score Verdugo.

Right-hander Nick Pivetta (8-6) went five innings, allowing two runs — on MJ Melendez's home runs — with eight strikeouts. Kenley Jansen got the save, his 25th of the season, after giving up a homer to Freddy Fermin in the ninth.

Jordan Lyles (3-13) was the loser. He went eight innings, giving up four runs on seven hits with six strikeouts.

Melendez hit his first homer of the night in the second.

Triston Casas' home run in the bottom of the second tied it at 1. Melendez's leadoff homer in the fourth, his 12th of the season for his second career multi-homer game, gave the Royals the lead again.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Red Sox: RHP Garrett Whitlock, out since July 3 with elbow inflammation, made his first rehab start Wednesday, going 2 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts for Triple-A Worcester.

ON THE MOVE

Boston made several roster moves before the game. RHP Kyle Barraclough was selected to the major league roster and LHP Brandon Walter was recalled from Worcester. RHP Nick Robertson was optioned to Worcester, and RHP Dinelson Lamet was designated for assignment.

The Royals and Red Sox wrap up their series Thursday. Right-hander Alec Marsh (0-5, 6.75 ERA) is scheduled to start for Kansas City against left-hander James Paxton (6-3, 3.60).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Devers lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Pham singled to center, McGuire scored.
	9th Inning	Duran grounded out to second, Hosmer scored, McGuire to second.
	9th Inning	McGuire singled to left, Hosmer to third.
	9th Inning	Arroyo lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Hosmer doubled to right.

Statistics

BOS		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
16	Ground Balls	6
6	Strikeouts	6
5	Runs Batted In	12
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	13
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
35	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	2
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
13	Fly Balls	21
0	Caught Stealing	1
137	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	21
38	Plate Appearances	40
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	6
5.1	Runs Created	9.1
.286	Batting Average	.355
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.486	Slugging Percentage	.677
.286	Secondary Average	.484
.342	On Base Percentage	.450
.828	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.127
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.7
38.0	Batter Rating	75.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.61	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.53
.200	Isolated Power	.323
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.079	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.150
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.129
10.0	Runs Produced	25.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
89.0	MLB Rating	111.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0