The Royals took a step back in the Wild Card picture with a loss to Boston on Monday.
Entering Monday, the Royals sat just half a game out in the American League Wild Card standings. With a three-game home tilt against Boston, entering the week at 2.5 back, came opportunity for Kansas City to capture some palpable momentum. In Monday's series opener, that was not to be.
The Red Sox scored twice in the second inning, with an RBI double by infielder David Hamilton and a run-scoring groundout by 2024 All-Star Game MVP Jarren Duran. The Royals eventually tied it up, scoring one in the third on a single by shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and another in the fourth on a single from designated hitter Freddy Fermin.
Kansas City got two of those runs back in the seventh inning. Adam Frazier, who had also come into the contest as a pinch hitter, hit an RBI single. Third baseman Maikel Garcia then doubled to score Frazier. Each team got one more run from there. Red Sox catcher Connor Wong batted in Masataka Yoshida, who had four of the Red Sox's 18 hits, in the top of the eighth. Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino responded with a solo home run, his 16th of the season, in the home half.
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