Red Sox power past Royals 8-3

The Royals have now won eleven of twelve and are 18-6 in August. All four teams ahead of them in the wild-card race lost Sunday.

“It feels good. My first inning, I definitely didn’t really know going into a game situation”, Wright said.

The Red Sox spoiled an opportunity to potentially take over top spot in the AL East last night and ultimately their 6-3 loss combined with Toronto’s 15-8 win has the Jays a game up in the dog fight and now the Sox have to play catch up against a much tougher opponent.

Kansas City Royals’ Salvador Perez celebrates his solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016.

Matt Strahm (2-0) pitched 2 2/3 innings of hitless relief for 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.

Wright gave up five runs – including two homers – in the first inning, and the Royals held on for a 6-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Pedroia hit into an eighth-inning double play, ending the skid, but his run was almost a record-setter. Alex Gordon’s single, a walk, a sacrifice bunt and Paulo Orlando’s sacrifice fly made it 2-0.

Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will be away from the team on Sunday due to a family matter. David Price, signed to a blockbuster contract during the offseason, looks to win his fourth straight start and halt Boston’s skid on Saturday.TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, FSN Kansas City, NESN (Boston) PITCHING MATCHUP: Royals LH Danny Duffy (11-1, 2.66 ERA) vs.

Boston capitalized on center fielder Paulo Orlando’s error to score three times off starter Yordano Ventura in the fifth. He then bounced in the double play in the eighth.

Strahm relieved and got Ortiz to hit into his second DP.

Red Sox: LHP David Price (12-8, 4.00) leads the majors with nine starts of at least eight innings this season.

Trying to tie a KC Royals record with 11 straight winning decisions, he only lasted 5.0 innings, while allowing 9 hits, 2 walks, 3 home runs, and 7 earned runs with only 2 strikeouts. Neither Andriese and Porcello, 3-0 against the Rays this season, got a no-decision. The pair matched up last Wednesday in St. Petersburg.