BOSTON – Hunter Renfroe hit two home runs, the second a 434-foot board that ran over the Green Monster to end a tie in the sixth inning and cause the Red Sox to rally from a four-touchdown deficit to overcome. on Monday 6-5 to the Kansas City Royals.
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Kiké Hernández started the bottom of the first inning with a home run for the second straight game, Bobby Dalbec also blew the wall and Renfroe hit a near-two-run homer in the fourth as Boston rallied after trailing 5-1.
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The score was 5-5 in the sixth when Renfroe’s strike, off Josh Staumont (0-2), crashed into a spectacular above Lansdowne Street. It was Renfroe’s 13th home run game; his last had been against the Rays last year at Fenway Park.
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It was Boston’s fourth straight win after they hit the New York Yankees with a three-game sweep. The Red Sox are 17 games above .500, and they top the AL East by one game over Tampa Bay.
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For the Royals, Cuban Jorge Soler 4-2 with a run scored. Carlos Santana 4-1 with one run scored and three RBIs. The Venezuelan Salvador Pérez 4-0. Puerto Rican Emmanuel Rivera 4-2.
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For the Red Sox, Puerto Ricans Hernández 3-2 with one run scored and one produced; Christian Vazquez 3-0. Venezuelan Marwin González 3-1.
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