By MATT PIKE
Another acquisition at the MLB trade deadline made his debut for the Kansas City Royals, but despite a solid showing from Ryan Bergert on the mound, the Boston Red Sox stole game two from the Royals winning 6-2 on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox opened the scoring off Bergert in the third inning, Jarren Duran’s RBI double driving in Romy Gonzalez following his one out single. In the very next inning, with one out, Bobby Witt Jr tripled and then scored the tying run on an RBI single by Maikel Garcia. Bergert retired the next six batters before he would be pulled in the sixth inning.
Maikel comes through to tie things up. pic.twitter.com/Csgpi5Rf3T
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) August 6, 2025
Bergert retired the first two batters of the sixth inning, but after walking Alex Bregman was pulled for Angel Zerpa, in favor of the lefty-lefty matchup against Wilyer Abreu. Abreu though doubled, putting two runners in scoring position, and then both scored as Trevor Story singled bringing both home to give Boston the 3-1 lead.
Randal Grichuk doubled for the Royals in the seventh inning, driving in Garcia after his leadoff walk to cut the Red Sox lead to one. But that would be all Kansas City would get, and Boston added three more runs in the bottom half of the inning with Abreu hitting a two RBI single, driving in David Hamilton and Duran, and Story driving in Bregman with another single to end the scoring.
Bergert took the loss, falling to 1-1 on the season, pitching a career high 5 2/3 innings giving up two runs on two hits while striking out two and walking two. At the plate, Garcia was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and an RBI. Grichuk was 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and an RBI.
Kansas City and Boston wrap up their series tomorrow. Michael Wacha (5-9, 3.38 ERA) takes the mound for the Royals against Dustin May (6-7, 4.85 ERA) making his Red Sox debut after being acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers. First pitch is at 6:10pm, pregame coverage begins at 5:30 on KFEQ (680AM/95.3FM).
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