Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox

The Kansas City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 3-2 at Fenway Park, riding a three-run burst across the first and third innings. Seth Lugo earned the win, Steven Cruz notched the save, and Sonny Gray took the loss. Lugo tossed five innings for Kansas City, punching out seven and allowing two earned runs on 95 pitches. Gray countered with six frames, fanning five while surrendering all three Royals runs on 90 pitches. His ERA climbed to 2.76. Carter Jensen drove the early damage with a pair of doubles, plating one and scoring twice. Salvador Perez singled home Jensen in the first, then Vinnie Pasquantino followed Jensen's third-inning double with an RBI single. Mickey Gasper cut the deficit to one with a fifth-inning solo shot to right center, and Wilyer Abreu doubled home Adley Rutschman later that frame, but Boston could not draw level. The K model had Lugo projected at seven strikeouts, matching his actual total. Gray finished at five, in line with expectations. The NRFI model leaned neutral, and the first inning finished scoreless despite the Royals plating one in the top half.