Whit Merrifield drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Eric Hosmer hit a two-run home run and the Kansas City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Monday night for their eighth win in nine games. After an abysmal start to his 2017 campaign, Hammel has turned it around and is now 3-1 with a 3.36 ERA in the last 30 days.
Maybin began the decisive inning when he lined a 1-0 changeup from Tyler Clippard (1-4) into the left-field seats. The Red Sox scored 4 runs in the 4th inning and 3 more in the 6th, which proved to be far more than Chris Sale was going to allow. The last Red Sox player with 10 or more such starts prior to the All-Star break was Pedro Martinez with 11 in 1999.
"Walks will kill you", Benintendi said. "And I hit it pretty good".
Kelvin Herrera worked around an Andrew Benintendi (Arkansas Razorbacks) triple in the ninth for his 16th save. Ramon Torres grounds out to shallow infield, Xander Bogaerts to Mitch Moreland.
Barnes threw 10 pitches, just two for strikes.
Correa sent Price's first pitch of the fifth inning into the seats in left field for his 13th home run to put Houston up 2-1. I just wasn't getting it down. The 24-year-old is 7-for-14 with two homers and six RBIs in his last three contests overall and 3-for-6 in a small sample size versus Wednesday starter Ian Kennedy. Hosmer finally dinged him in the third with an estimated 446-foot shot to center, a line drive that cleared the seats and landed in the fountains.
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Miguel Cabrera's bat hit a home run Wednesday afternoon.
"This one kind of stings because that group has been so good, so consistent for the better part of the whole entire season", manager John Farrell said. "You get a little bit of an idea and a game plan knocked out before the game and he did exactly what we would have hoped, which was to keep the game close, keep it under control and get us into the sixth inning".
James Hoyt plunked Mookie Betts in the right knee with one out in the seventh before hitting Dustin Pedroia in the back with a pitch.
"I've always said", Royals backup catcher Drew Butera told the Kansas City Star. X-rays were negative. Royals C Salvador Perez did not start because of discomfort in his rib cage area from a swing Sunday.
The Royals and first-round draft pick Nick Pratto agreed to a contract that includes a $3.45 million signing bonus. Before that, the lone piece of damage came courtesy of Mike Moustakas, who drilled his 100th career homer to right field in the bottom of the second. The Royals recalled RHP Kevin McCarthy from Triple-A Omaha. McCarthy is in his second stint with the club this season.
Kuhl (2-6) held the Brewers to two runs, seven hits and two walks over five innings and earned his first victory since April 8.
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