Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox

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Kansas City Royals

56-57, 28-29 Away

Final
5 - 8

Boston Red Sox

63-51, 38-21 Home

Red Sox ride Duran HR, strong outing from Bello to 6th straight win, beating Royals 8-5

Red Sox stay hot with sixth straight win

Rob Refsnyder drove in two runs, and Duran added a leaping, run-saving catch in front of the Green Monster in the fourth.

Bello (8-5) allowed an unearned run and six hits. The right-hander has surrendered three earned runs or fewer in 13 of his last 14 outings.

The Royals got back-to-back home runs from Vinnie Pasquantino and Maikel Garcia off Jorge Alcala as part of a four-run eighth. But Aroldis Chapman handled the ninth for his 21st save.

Royals starter Bailey Falter (7-6) was pulled after four innings. He was charged with seven runs and eight hits.

Refsnyder put the Red Sox in front with a two-run single in the first. Duran then pushed the lead to 5-0 with two out, hitting a 419-foot drive deep to center for his 12th homer.

Boston rookie Roman Anthony was scratched from his scheduled start in right field due to mid-back tightness. He was replaced by Wilyer Abreu.

Key moment With Boston leading 8-5 in the eighth, Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. singled to right field. Nick Loftin attempted to score from second, but Abreu’s throw from right beat him and Loftin was tagged out in a collision with catcher Connor Wong. The Royals challenged, arguing Wong illegally blocked the plate, but it was upheld after a video review.

Key stat The Red Sox have outscored their opponents 44-16 during their win streak.

Up next Rookie right-hander Ryan Bergert (1-0, 2.78 ERA) starts for Kansas City on Tuesday night, and left-hander Garrett Crochet (12-4, 2.23 ERA) goes for the Red Sox.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Perez grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Garcia flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Chapman relieved Whitlock
	8th Inning	Wong struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Toro flied out to left.

Statistics

KC		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	5
5	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	2
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	8
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	33
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
20	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
175	Pitches	157
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
22	Total Bases	15
41	Plate Appearances	36
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
6	Extra Base Hits	2
7.6	Runs Created	5.5
.324	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.595	Slugging Percentage	.455
.351	Secondary Average	.273
.366	On Base Percentage	.389
.960	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.843
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
7.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.2
46.0	Batter Rating	50.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.27	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.36
.270	Isolated Power	.121
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.073	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.061
10.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
95.5	MLB Rating	95.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0