By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
The Kansas City Royals seven game win streak was snapped as the Boston Red Sox poured on runs against their bullpen after Cole Ragans was unable to go past the fifth inning, falling 10-1 on Saturday night at Kauffman Stadium.
Boston started the scoring taking the lead in the top of the third inning, Rafael Devers doubling home Jarren Duran, but the Royals were able to tie the game up in the bottom half of the inning when Mark Canha singled home Bobby Witt Jr, but from there Kansas City would be unable to push any more runs across.
The Red Sox scored three runs in the fifth inning off Ragans, back to back to back singles by Duran, Devers, and Alex Bregman driving in Carlos Narváez, Ceddanne Rafaela, and Bregman’s single scoring Duran to push the lead to 4-1. Another three runs scored in the seventh on a home run by Trevor Story, before the final three runs were added in the eighth, a two run home run by Narváez and Devers singling to score Rafaela who tripled.
Ragans took the loss, falling to 2-2 on the season, striking out eight batters despite not being able to go past five innings for a fourth straight start. Witt Jr., Vinnie Pasquantino, and Hunter Renfroe each had two hits in the loss.
Kansas City and Boston wrap up their series tomorrow. Seth Lugo takes the mound for the Royals against Lucas Giolito for the Red Sox. First pitch is at 1:10pm, pregame at 12:30 on KFEQ (680AM/95.3FM).
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