The Boston Red Sox brought a franchise legend to Kansas City over the weekend, and he got to meet Bobby Witt Jr.

Their second straight loss, following a seven-game winning streak, dropped the Royals to 24-18. Strong pitching — KC’s 2.99 team ERA ranks second in baseball — has helped the Royals to a major league-best 17 victories when scoring four or fewer runs. They totaled four in the three-game series against the Red Sox.

Freddy Fermin hit a line drive RBI single into left center in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 win over the Boston Red So.

The Kansas City Royals fattened up on the Colorado Rockies and Chicago White Sox over the past two weeks, but their bats couldn't live up to the challenge of facing a quality pitching staff. In a three-game weekend series against the Boston Red Sox,

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Garrett Crochet had been as advertised so far in his Red Sox career. On Saturday, he powered his team to a big win with a fastball that he threw harder than at any other point this year.

The Boston Red Sox lost to the Detroit Tigers 14-2 on Monday night at Comerica Park, following up a good series win against the Royals with a disappointing defe