Red Sox Beat Royals 9-5 [VIDEO]

The Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 9-5 on Monday, August 5th, pulling within 1.5 games of the 3rd Wild Card spot.

The win was Alex Cora's 500th career win as Red Sox manager.

James Paxton, making his 2nd start for the Red Sox went 6.0 innings allowing 5 hits and 2 runs. He struck out 4 and walked 1 to pick up the win.

The Red Sox pounded out 18 hits with every player having at least 1 hit.

Masataka Yoshida was 4-5 with a pair of doubles.

Jarren Duran was 1-3 with a double, his 35th of the season, driving in 3 runs.

Connor Wong had a pair of hits, with a double, driving in 2 runs. Rafael Devers was 2-4. Nick Sogard was 2-5, David Hamilton was 2-5 and Ceddanne Rafaela was 2-5

Romy Gonzaelez pinch-hitting hit a homer run, driving in 2 runs in the 7th inning.

Rafaela made an eye-popping catch in centerfield.

The Red Sox and Royals will play game 2 of the 3-game series on Tuesday night with the pregame starting at 7:10 and 1st pitch at 8:10 on AM 1370 WDEA

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