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The Red Sox (21-7) look to again beat down the woeful Royals (7-21) tonight at Fenway Park (7:10 p.m., NESN) behind ace Chris Sale (2-1, 2.31 ERA).
About tonight’s game: Sale, an anthropomorphic stalk of corn that throws 95 miles per hour, will face off against righty Jakob Junis (3-2, 3.34 ERA). After a lot of chatter that Mookie Betts might return to the lineup tonight, he sits again, as the Sox run back last night’s double-digit run notching squad.
About yesterday’s game: Things started very badly when Eduardo Rodriguez loaded the bases before recording a single out, causing the Sox to fall behind 3-0.
They came back.
Xander Bogaerts hit a grand slam, Mitch Moreland added a solo shot and Hector Velazquez cleaned up E-Rod’s mess en route to the 10-6 win. Read the recap here.
Forecast: About 62 and sunny. It’ll do.
A good tweet from yesterday:
This account is no longer in mourning. Thank you for your patience.
— The Official Xander Bogaerts Victory Lap Account (@BenCarsley) April 30, 2018
LINEUPS
Game 29 vs. Royals
| Lineup Spot | Royals | Red Sox |
|---|---|---|
| Lineup Spot | Royals | Red Sox |
| 1 | Whit Merrifield, 2B | Andrew Benintendi, CF |
| 2 | Jorge Soler, DH | Hanley Ramirez, DH |
| 3 | Cheslor Cuthbert, 3B | J.D. Martinez, LF |
| 4 | Salvador Perez, C | Mitch Moreland, 1B |
| 5 | Jon Jay, RF | Xander Bogaerts, SS |
| 6 | Abraham Almonte, CF | Rafael Devers, 3B |
| 7 | Lucas Duda, 1B | Jackie Bradley Jr., RF |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar, SS | Christian Vazquez, C |
| 9 | Alex Gordon, LF | Tzu-Wei Lin, 2B |
| SP | Jakob Junis, RHP | Chris Sale, LHP |