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 Brock Holt singled in a run while Mike Napoli and Stephen Drew
recorded two hits apiece for the Red Sox, who have won five of their
last six games. Clay Buchholz (5-5) battled through six innings and
was charged with four runs on 10 hits before four relievers combined
for three scoreless frames, with All-Star Koji Uehara taking care of
the ninth for his 19th save.
Eric Hosmer drove in a pair of runs among three hits, Omar Infante
also went 3-for-5 while scoring twice and All-Stars Salvador Perez
and Alex Gordon each recorded two hits and an RBI as the Royals fell
for the fourth time in five contests. James Shields was reached for
four runs - three earned - in 5 2/3 innings while Scott Downs (0-3)
surrendered Gomes’ blast to absorb the loss in relief.
Hosmer and Holt traded RBI singles in the first two innings before
Kansas City jumped on top with four straight hits to open the
fourth, including back-to-back RBI singles by Perez and Gordon to
make it 3-1. Hosmer’s two-out run-scoring base hit in the fifth
increased the Royals' lead.
Shields was coasting until the sixth, when Daniel Nava reached on a
one-out single and Bogaerts snapped a 90 at-bat homerless drought
with a two-run shot to center. Drew followed with a ground-rule
double and Shields recorded a strikeout before deferring to Downs,
who left up a 2-2 fastball that Gomes hammered into the seats in
center for the go-ahead blast.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: The Red Sox could activate RF Shane Victorino
(back/hamstring) from the disabled list on Saturday. … Buchholz
struck out three without walking a batter and has issued one free
pass in 35 2/3 innings spanning five starts since coming off the DL.
… Gordon (wrist), who sat out the final four games before the break
and did not play in the All-Star Game, returned to left field and
singled twice.
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