The rally chased both losing starter Eduardo Rodriguez (2-6) and reliever Matt Barnes, who faced five batters and retired none.Salvador Perez hit his third homer in two games, his 20th of the season, in the second inning, and Kendrys Morales had three hits for the Royals.Rookie Matt Strahm (2-0) relieved Yordano Ventura and pitched 2 2/3 innings of hitless relief to get the win.Rodriguez, making his first start since leaving his August 16 outing at Baltimore due to hamstring rightness, was leading 4-2 entering the sixth, when the Royals rang up their biggest inning since August 5, 2013.David Ortiz hit his 31st homer of the season, tying Jimmie Foxx for 18th place on the all-time list with 534, and Xander Bogaerts had a two-run single in a three-run fifth inning for Boston.
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A player must miss a minimum of three games to be placed on the bereavement list, so Farrell said the Red Sox will simply play one man short Sunday night and for the first few innings Monday night.
Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia missed the game after a death in the family, but he’s expected back Tuesday. “That’s what I set out to do”, he said.
“I think it means that we have a heck of a team, really”, Porcello said.
Boston’s David Ortiz opened the bottom half with a double – his 50th home extra base hit this season – and scored on Betts’ double to KO Andriese. His first season in Boston was really rough, but Porcello has been excellent in his second go-round. “. Obviously, Rick here at Fenway has been unbeatable”.
The Boston Red Sox need the Toronto Blue Jays to start losing some games if they want to jump back into first place in the American League East. “That’s what you look at with the way our offense is built”.
Be proactive – Use the “Flag as Inappropriate” link at the upper right corner of each comment to let us know of abusive posts. “We’re still hungry and we’re still fighting for that”. Neither Andriese and Porcello, 3-0 against the Rays this season, got a no-decision.
Red Sox: LHP Drew Pomeranz (2-3, 4.06) is looking to build on his strong start last Thursday against the Rays when he struck out a career-best 11, but got the loss despite giving up only two runs in six innings.
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Mookie Betts hit his 30th homer, a solo shot, and drove in two runs for the Red Sox, who hold the AL’s first wild-card spot but had lost four of five. He became the third hitter (with Ted Williams and Tony Conigliaro) to have 30 home runs before he reached the age of 24.
