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Mondesí flied out to right fielder Betts.

J.Dyson grounded out, shortstop Bogaerts to first baseman H.Ramírez.

Grounded out, shortstop Bogaerts to first baseman H.Ramírez.

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Hosmer homered to left on a 2-1 count, J.Dyson scored, L.Cain scored.

Homered to left on a 2-1 count, J.Dyson scored, L.Cain scored.

A.Gordon homered to center on a 1-0 count, K.Morales scored.

Homered to center on a 1-0 count, K.Morales scored.

Betts singled to left, Pedroia scored, Bogaerts to second.

Singled to left, Pedroia scored, Bogaerts to second.

Pedroia singled to center, B.Holt scored.

Royals first.  J.Dyson walked on a full count.  Cuthbert flied out to right fielder Betts.  J.Dyson stole second.  L.Cain walked on a full count.  J.Dyson stole third, L.Cain stole second.  Hosmer homered to left on a 2-1 count, J.Dyson scored, L.Cain scored.  K.Morales singled to center.  A.Gordon homered to center on a 1-0 count, K.Morales scored.  A.Escobar flied out to center fielder Bradley Jr.  Butera singled to center.  Mondesí grounded out, first baseman H.Ramírez unassisted.

Red Sox first.  Pedroia singled to left.  Bogaerts singled to center, Pedroia to third.  Ortiz fouled out to catcher Butera.  Betts singled to left, Pedroia scored, Bogaerts to second.  H.Ramírez walked on a full count, Bogaerts to third, Betts to second.  S.León struck out.  Bradley Jr. struck out.

Red Sox sixth.  T.Shaw flied out to center fielder J.Dyson.  B.Holt doubled to right.  C.Young pitching.  Pedroia singled to center, B.Holt scored.  On C.Young's wild pitch, Pedroia to second.  Bogaerts grounded out, shortstop A.Escobar to first baseman Hosmer.  Ortiz struck out.

Royals eighth.  L.Cain homered to center on a 2-0 count.  Abad pitching.  Hosmer struck out.  K.Morales singled to center.  A.Gordon grounded out, first baseman H.Ramírez unassisted, K.Morales to second.  B.Burns pinch-running for K.Morales.  A.Escobar walked on four pitches.  On Abad's wild pitch, B.Burns to third, A.Escobar to second.  Butera struck out.

Red Sox ninth.  Moylan pitching.  Pedroia singled to left.  Bogaerts singled to left, Pedroia to second.  K.Herrera pitching.  Ortiz grounded into a double play, pitcher K.Herrera to third baseman Cuthbert to first baseman Hosmer, Pedroia out, Bogaerts to second.  On catcher Butera's throwing error, Bogaerts to third.  Betts singled to right, Bogaerts scored.  H.Ramírez singled to right, Betts to third.  On defensive indifference, H.Ramírez to second.  S.León grounded out, second baseman Mondesí to first baseman Hosmer.

The Royals beat the Marlins, 5-2, on Thursday in the series rubber match. Kansas City got back in the win column after the Marlins snapped their nine-game winning streak on Wednesday. The stretch has the Royals back in the wild card chase, sitting just 4.0 games out of the second AL wild card spot.

The Red Sox lost to the Rays, 2-1, on Thursday in Tampa, splitting the four-game series. Wednesday and Thursday were the first back-to-back losses for Boston since August 10-11. Since then, they've gone 10-4, and are tied with Toronto for the AL East lead.

The Royals took two of three between the teams in Kansas City in May, and have won four of the last five overall against Boston. But since the 2014 season, the Red Sox hold an 11-6 edge in the series.

Ian Kennedy threw 8.0 shutout innings against the Twins on Saturday, allowing just four hits and picking up his eighth win of the season. The performance gives him an ERA of 0.79 in his last five starts. He is the first Royal to have a five-start span with a sub-1.00 ERA since Zack Greinke did it in 2009.

Steven Wright last pitched on August 5, where he threw a complete game shutout of the Dodgers in Los Angeles, allowing just three hits. This will be his first start after going on the DL for a strained right shoulder. Wright has one career start against the Royals, which came earlier this season. He allowed three runs in 8.0 innings, but took the loss.

The Royals and Red Sox are the only two teams in the majors with seven players with 100+ hits.

HP - Wolf, 1B - Johnson, 2B - Whitson, 3B - Cooper

BOSTON -- If the Kansas City Royals are going to prevail in the rubber game of their three-game series against the Boston Red Sox on Sunday at Fenway Park, they're probably going to have to figure out how to keep second baseman Dustin Pedroia off the base paths.
The Red Sox leadoff man went 4-for-5 as Boston snapped a three-game losing skid with an 8-3 win against the Royals on Saturday. He has been on base in 18 straight games and has had a hit in 17 of those games. Before he grounded into a double play in the eighth inning he had a hit in 11 straight at-bats, one shy of the major-league record.

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BOSTON (AP)  August continues to be kind to the Kansas City Royals.
Eric Hosmer and Alex Gordon homered, and Ian Kennedy allowed one run through five innings as the Kansas City Royals continued their monthlong hot streak with a 6-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.

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Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox on August 26, 2016

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