Red Sox recall RHP Aro from Triple-A, option RHP Barnes

In the outfield, the Red Sox truly found the fountain of youth.

Kansas proceeded to push ahead on a double by Mike Moustakas, who also hit a home run in the sixth inning to make it a 4-2 game. Moustakas followed with his RBI double.

Chris Young (9-6) retired one batter and Wade Davis got the final three outs for his 11th save. Volquez would not give up another hit until the sixth. When Hosmer reached first base, the Royals trailed by a run. While his throw was on target, though, it skipped into the dirt and wound up in the Royals’ dugout, allowing the runner to score.

The common criticism of Bradley always has been his ability to consistently hit major league pitching.

The Royals entered the series against last-place Boston with a 14½-game lead in the division and a five-game winning streak.

But Bradley redeemed himself when he threw out Infante at the plate as the Royals second baseman rounded third and, inexplicably, tried to stretch it into an inside-the-park job. Shaw is batting. 434 since his August 1 call-up, and Bradley is hitting. He struck out two.

Inserted in the role when closer Koji Uehara was lost for the season with a fractured wrist earlier this month, Tazawa was lucky he got any outs in the ninth. Adrian Beltre and Rangers Manager Jeff Banister were both ejected in the fifth inning.

Mookie Betts has a. 467 average with three homers, seven RBIs and 14 runs in 10 career meetings with the Royals. The ninth started with Jackie Bradley Jr., the ace defensive outfielder playing left field on this day in the rain, failing to catch a fly ball but then throwing Omar Infante out at the plate trying for an inside-the-park homer. C Salvador Perez’s homer Saturday night gave the Royals 96 for the season, one more than they had all of past year…. Morales threw away a bunt attempt to give the Red Sox another run. 091 in his last five games overall and is hitless in 18 at-bats over his last five at Fenway. Sabathia departed in the third inning with right knee pain. Duffy is 0-2 with a 5.23 ERA in four career starts vs. the Red Sox.

Cueto, though, assured that he has his teammates’ backs. 500 this late in a season for the first time since the end of 2013. Jason Heyward had three hits as St. Louis averted getting swept for the first time this season. The right-hander didn’t get any help nor a decision Tuesday despite allowing one run with seven strikeouts in six innings of a 3-1 win at Cincinnati.

3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on.

Bradley came up again with the game tied at 4 and Ryan Hanigan on first base in the bottom of the seventh inning. Jordan Zimmermann (10-8) allowed four runs over 5 2/3 innings. The Red Sox made it 4-0 in the third when Hanigan singled with runners on second and third, then scored on Bradley’s triple. The Diamondbacks completed their first four-game sweep over the Reds.

At first base, calling what Travis Shaw is on exceeds a hot streak. Brock Holt and Xander Bogaerts are the team’s two players who received the most All-Star game consideration. The play was reviewed, but stood. Kenley Jansen, who had converted 17 consecutive save opportunities, allowed a leadoff single to rookie Carlos Correa in the ninth before the Astros tied it up on a two-out RBI single by Marwin Gonzalez.