Game 113: Red Sox at Royals

Get out your brooms: the Boston Red Sox may sweep the Kansas City Royals.

Coming into the evening half a sport behind KC, the Sox may return to playoff place with a win.

Kutter Crawford seems to be like he’s operating on fumes. because the break he’s made three begins: 5.0 innings, 6 runs (loss); 4.2 innings, 5 runs (loss); and 5.1 innings, 5 runs (Sox got here again to win 11-6). He’s allowed 12 house runs over that point and leads all pitchers in homers allowed at 26. And that’s with zero house runs allowed throughout April. In nearly the identical quantity of innings final yr, over the entire season, he allowed 17 house runs. So one thing is askew it doesn’t matter what.

He’s opposed by Cole Ragans who enters with a season 3.36 ERA / 2.82 FIP. Over his final three begins, because the break, he’s allowed a complete of 9 runs and a pair of house runs. Complete. He shut down the Purple Sox just a few weeks again for 7.0 innings and allowed only a single run to attain. That was simply earlier than the break, on July 12 on the finish of the final run, and the bats have been actually scorching after a gradual begin in opposition to the Dodgers.

Rob Refsnyder will get the beginning in opposition to a righty.

Danny Jansen catches with Connor Wong taking part in first base.

Nick Sogard is within the lineup once more at shortstop with Romy Gonzalez making an attempt to convey some offense to second base.

First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET on WEEI and NESN.

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