Red Sox 3, Royals 1: Where there’s a Willson, there’s a way, son
May 18, 2026; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras (40) connects for a two run home run against the Kansas City Royals during the sixth inning at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images | Denny Medley-Imagn Images One cannot tell the complete history of the Boston Red Sox without considering the game they played tonight, Monday, May 18, 2026. I mean, one can, but they’d be doing the team a disservice.
Tonight’s game counted and the record should reflect that. It doesn’t matter how wack the team has been and should be looking to the future in the both the near- and long-term. Like, Roman Anthony has suffered a setback and everything.
And yet we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the next thing the Red Sox do. Fuck the past; how is the future? For one night, it seemed pretty rad.
* *( Just now, in writing this post, it occurs to me that I said Kyle Isbel was the starting pitcher . While objectively funny, that’s a very stupid thing to do. That’s a Monday special, folks.
) Anyhow, Sonny was great and outdueled Padres legend Seth Lugo, who got bit by a two-run Willson Contreras dong in the fifth to open the scoring. View Link Hey Seth: Why don’t you lu-go fetch the ball from the stands? Idiot.