Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals

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Boston Red Sox

22-20, 11-11 Away

Final
3 - 1

Kansas City Royals

24-18, 16-7 Home

Devers’ homer boosts Giolito to first win since 2023 as Red Sox beat Royals 3-1

Salvador Perez all smiles after catching a strike from his mom

Giolito (1-1) allowed two singles and one unearned run in 6 2/3 innings to get his first win for Boston. He missed last season with a partially torn elbow ligament, and his last victory was for Cleveland on Sept. 15, 2023.

Devers — again starting at designated hitter two days after Red Sox homer John Henry flew to Kansas City to meet with the disgruntled slugger over his refusal to play first base — followed up his 4-for-4 performance on Saturday with a monster homer. With one out and a runner on first in the sixth, Seth Lugo's first pitch to dead center, his seventh longball of the year.

In the third inning, Giolito threw wildly past third on Kyle Isbel’s bunt, allowing Drew Waters to score. He faced the minimum after that.

Wilyer Abreu tied it in the fourth with his 10th homer, a 430-foot shot to right. Abreu had three hits, snapping an 0-for-13 slide.

Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.

Lugo (3-4) allowed three runs in six innings for his fifth straight quality start.

Kansas City had four hits, all singles, and lost consecutive games for the first time since a six-game skid from April 14-19.

Key moment With two on and nobody out in the third, Giolito escaped the jam by getting two groundouts sandwiched around a strikeout of Bobby Witt Jr.

Key stat Devers has reached safely in eight of his last nine plate appearances.

Up next Red Sox RHP Tanner Houck (0-2, 6.10 ERA) opposes Tigers RHP Jackson Jobe (2-0, 4.88) at Detroit on Monday.

Royals RHP Michael Wacha (2-4, 2.98) faces the Astros at Houston on Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Canha fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Garcia lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Biggio ran for Perez
	9th Inning	Perez singled to right, Pasquantino to second.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino safe at first on fielding error by second baseman Hamilton.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. fouled out to first.

Statistics

BOS		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	0
1	Sacrifice Hit	1
8	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	0
134	Pitches	121
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	4
34	Plate Appearances	33
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	0
3.4	Runs Created	-0.7
.250	Batting Average	.129
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.469	Slugging Percentage	.129
.219	Secondary Average	.032
.273	On Base Percentage	.156
.741	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.285
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.6
28.0	Batter Rating	6.0
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.94	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.67
.219	Isolated Power	.000
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
-.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.097
6.0	Runs Produced	1.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
80.3	MLB Rating	60.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0