Royals rally with 4 in 9th; beat Red Sox 8

And screw your stupid “Sweet Caroline” crap too. “Obviously I do this for a way of living, for a job, but everything happens in due time”.

“I explained to him that he’s extremely locked-in with swinging the bat”, Lovullo said of their exchange. “I said, ‘It’s not on you.’ It was just a great throw”.

The Royals were down by two runs, then they led by two runs, and then they trailed by two runs again. Mike Moutsakas then came through with the finishing blow, doubling to right-center to bring home two and give the Royals the 8-6 lead.

“I know he’s got a good arm, but I got caught up a little bit in the inside the park home run – and I really…”

While Volquez was settling in, the Royals’ offense began to pick him up at the plate.

Even with the fog, the day appeared much brighter for the Royals back in the fourth, when Hosmer sparked a rally with a single up the middle. Morales threw away a bunt attempt to give the Red Sox another run.

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. Despite an enviable wealth of options in the bullpen, Yost remained passive as Edinson Volquez stumbled in the sixth and the seventh innings. What had been a 6-4 lead resulted in an 8-6 setback.

Volquez had only thrown 88 pitches. T.Shaw popped out to third baseman Moustakas. Bradley Jr. doubled to right, Hanigan scored. The Red Sox are 22-28 as the underdog and have an overall money line of -1,758. “It was an awesome ninth inning for us. This is Rodriguez’s second career game against the Royals. The ball bounced around and Infante looked to have a good shot at an inside-the-park home run. Mike Jirschele waved him home. He was thrown out at the plate. With nobody out. Royals fans were appalled.

After that, Butera singled, Escobar singled, Zobrist lined out to a leaping Xander Boegarts, and Cain singled to load the bases with two outs.

Blake Swihart led the barrage with a 4-for-4 performance with three runs scored, two doubles and two RBIs. Wacha (15-4) got his fourth consecutive victory, allowing 1 run and 4 hits while striking out 3 and walking 2. 247 after entering August hitting.125, and he is hopeful that he has turned the corner and is ready to become a consistent presence in the Red Sox lineup. He entered Thursday with a. 194 average in his first 31 games in the second half.

Moustakas’ four RBI’s are a season-high. 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. He struck out five batters.

Boston is a +131 underdog in this game and the Over/Under (O/U) is nine runs. Wade Davis worked through the ninth to pick up his 11th save of the year, spotting Greg Holland, who had the day off. “You can’t ever count us out until it’s over”.

While the Red Sox took a lead in both the second and the seventh innings on RBI doubles off the bat of Jackie Bradley Jr., Kansas City battled its way back into the game as it took advantage of fielding errors and a struggling Tazawa. The Royals are 17-35 in the last 52 meetings in Boston.

This game continued a trend of a poor Sox team this year that has absolutely torched some of the best pitchers in the league, to the likes of Felix Hernandez, Sonny Gray, Chris Sale and more. Following the trip, Kansas City sits at 75-48, the best record in the American League.