Red Sox Lose to Royals 4-2, Fall Out of 1st Place in AL East
Saturday, July 29, 2017
The Red Sox fall to 56-48 and are now a half game behind the New York Yankees for first place.
Earlier in the day, the Red Sox placed starter David Price on the 10-day DL with elbow inflammation.
Royals Use Long Ball to Beat Red Sox
The Royals used two home runs to beat the Red Sox.
Salvador Perez hit a solo home run in the second inning over the Green Monster to give the Royals a 1-0 lead.
In the fourth, Mike Moustakas hit a three-run home run just inside of the Pesky Pole to put the Royals up 4-0.
The Red Sox would get on the board in the bottom of the inning when Rafael Devers scored on a Mookie Betts single to cut the Royals lead to 4-1.
Boston would score again in the 7th when Chris Young scored on a Sandy Leon groundout to make it 4-2 Royals.
The Red Sox would put a man on base with two outs in the 9th, but Devers grounded into a fielders choice to end the game.
The Red Sox have now lost 5 of their last 6 games.
Series Continues
The Red Sox and Royals continue their series on Saturday, July 29 at 7 p.m.
The pitching matchup is Boston’s Eduardo Rodriguez against Kansas City’s Trevor Cahill.
Red Sox now in second place for first time since June 28
— Rob Bradford (@bradfo) July 29, 2017
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