Red Sox beat Royals behind Willson Contreras' homer and Sonny Gray's strong outing
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Willson Contreras hit his team-leading 10th homer and Sonny Gray outdueled Seth Lugo as the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Monday night. The first pitch was moved up 30 minutes because heavy thunderstorms were forecast for later Monday.
Gray (5-1) allowed one run on five hits in six-plus innings. He struck out nine and walked one. He has given up two runs over 16 innings (1.
13 ERA) since returning from the injured list on May 6. Three relievers followed Gray, with Aroldis Chapman working the ninth for his 11th save in as many opportunities. Lugo (1-4) allowed two runs on five hits in six innings for Kansas City, which has lost seven of eight.
PHILLIES 5, REDS 4 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryson Stott hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and Jhoan Duran worked a 1-2-3 ninth as Philadelphia extended their winning streak to five games with a win over Cincinnati. The Phillies (25-23) won for the eighth time in nine games and moved two games over . 500 for the first time this season.
They are 16-4 under interim manager Don Mattingly, who took over last month after Rob Thomson was fired. Philadelphia scratched MLB home run leader Kyle Schwarber due to illness, and Stott was moved up to the No. 6 spot in a shuffled lineup and hit his fifth homer of the season.
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