8:10 pm
August 5

Red Sox @ Royals

Who will WIN this matchup?

Boston Red Sox (53-54)

@ Kansas City Royals (42-64)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Winckowski (BOS): 4-5; 5.00 ERA

Greinke (KC) 3-6; 4.41 ERA

 

Current odds:

Boston Red Sox: (-115)

Kansas City Royals: (-104)

 

• The starting line-up for the Red Sox is as follows:

• The starting line-up for the Royals is as follows:

• When Eric Hosmer steps into the batting cage at his home in suburban Miami in the offseason, a frequent guest is fellow Miamian J.D. Martinez. They no longer have to wait until the offseason to hit together after Hosmer was acquired by the Boston Red Sox in a trade-deadline deal on Tuesday. Hosmer and Martinez likely will be hitting back-to-back on Friday as the Red Sox play the second game of a four-game road series against the Kansas City Royals. Hosmer went 0-for-3 with a walk in his Red Sox debut on Thursday as the Royals took the first game of the series, 7-4. Salvador Perez hit a controversial three-run home run to cap Kansas City’s four-run seventh inning.

• Matheny is focused on his young players establishing a positive trajectory as Hosmer and his teammates did early in the last decade. And he expects it to start now. The Royals are extremely young after several veterans were traded away at the deadline. One of the few veterans remaining is Greinke, who is in his second stint with the Royals.

• Greinke, who owns a 2-5 record and a 5.09 ERA in nine career appearances (eight starts) against the Red Sox, has won his last three decisions at home. In his past four starts in Kansas City, Greinke has allowed just two runs in 22 innings.

• Winckowski will be facing the Royals for the first time in his career. The 24-year-old rookie won his latest start, when he gave up two runs in five innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday, after losing each of his four prior outings. He pitched to a 6.75 ERA during the skid.

4/10
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Boston Red Sox
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