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HOT AND COLD AND
HOT AND OUT ... June 28, 2021 ... Hunter Renfroe homered twice, the second a 434-foot solo shot over the Green Monster to break a sixth-inning tie, and the Red Sox rallied from a four-run deficit to beat Kansas City 6-5. Garrett Richards gave up three home runs before recording his fifth out, but he then held the Royals scoreless until leaving with two outs in the sixth. And the Red Sox batters pounded out four home runs of their own. With the wind blowing out on a 90-degree night, the teams matched homers for four innings — three apiece. Kansas City hit three off Richards in the first two innings, but Royals starter Danny Duffy gave the lead back on three Red Sox homers in the first four innings. Kiké Hernández led off the bottom of the first with a home run for the second straight game, Bobby Dalbec also homered and Renfroe had a two-run shot in the fourth as Boston came back after falling behind 5-1. The score was 5-5 in the sixth when Renfroe’s second homer banged off a billboard above Lansdowne Street. It was Renfroe’s 13th career multihomer game. After giving up three homers in the first two innings, Richards held the Royals scoreless in the third. That seemed like a good time for the umpires to check him for illegal substances. Richards laughed off the inspection. He then posted another three scoreless innings before allowing two singles in the sixth. Hirokazu Sawamura (4-0) relieved him with one on and two outs and got Merrifield on a first-pitch groundout to protect the 5-5 tie. Sawamura followed with a scoreless seventh. Josh Taylor pitched the eighth, his 23rd straight scoreless outing and Matt Barnes came in for the ninth to earn his 17th save. |
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