The Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals Wednesday afternoon 5-4 as Mookie Betts went 4-4, blasting 3 solo home runs. He now has 11 homers this season!

Betts now has 9 homers in the last 12 games. His homers on Wednesday went 452 feet, 361 feet and 440 feet!

JD Martinez hit his 6th home run of the season, driving in 2 runs

Drew Pomeranz went 6.0 innings allowing 8 hits, 2 earned runs and walked 2 and struck out 3. Joe Kelly, back after his 6 game suspension, pitched a scoreless inning. Matt Barnes gave up 1 run and Craig Kimbrel pitched the 9th picking up the save, striking out the side.

The Boston Red Sox start a 10 game road trip on Thursday, May 3rd. The Red Sox will play 4 games against the Rangers, 3 games against the Yankees and 3 games against the Blue Jays. Thursday night's pregame will start at 7:20 with the 1st pitch at 8:05 on AM 1370 WDEA with David Price scheduled to pitch.

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