FINAL SCORE: Royals 6, Red Sox 2
IN BRIEF: Trade acquisition Andrew Cashner's unimpressive Red Sox stint continued (1-4, 7.53) as he allowed six runs and three homers in 5 1/3 innings and the Red Sox lost for the ninth time in the past 10 games, 6-2 to the lowly Royals at Fenway Park. BOX SCORE
RED SOX RECORD: 60-56
HIGHLIGHTS
3rd inning:
Devers doubles to left, Benintendi singles to right, scoring Devers (1-0, BOS).
4th inning:
Dozier walks, Soler hits a two-run homer to left on a 0-and-0 pitch from Cashner (2-1, KC)
5th inning:
O'Hearn homers to right on a 3-2 pitch from Cashner (3-1, KC).
6th inning:
Merrifield singles to left, moves to second on Cashner's wild pitch and to third on Gordon's groundout, Dozier singles to center, scoring Merrifield (4-1, KC).
Soler hits a two-run homer to left on a 1-0 pitch from Cashner (6-1, KC).
8th inning:
Martinez hits a ground-rule double to right, Vazquez doubles to left, scoring Martinez (6-2, KC).
NICE CATCH BY CHAVIS ON POPUP BEHIND 2ND BASE:
UP NEXT:
Vs. Royals, Wednesday, 7:10 p.m., NESN
Vs. Angels, Thursday, 7:10 p.m., NESN
Vs. Angels, Friday, 7:10 p.m., NESN
Vs. Angels, Saturday, 4:05 p.m., NESN
Vs. Angels, Sunday, 1:05 p.m., NESN, TBS
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