{"id":631,"date":"2026-05-18T13:33:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=631"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:33:42","slug":"game-47-red-sox-at-royals-lineups-and-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=631","title":{"rendered":"Game 47: Red Sox at Royals lineups and notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Having dropped yet another series in Atlanta, the Red Sox will continue their road trip when they open a three-game series at Kansas City Monday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=629\">Boston College women\u2019s lacrosse knocked out of NCAA tournament in second round<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Sunday\u2019s 8-1 loss to the Braves included another dismal performance by Brayan Bello, who surrendered seven runs, eight hits, and three walks in five innings. Their struggles at the plate continued as well, as they have just 14 runs over the last eight games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The series with the Royals will be a matchup of last place teams. While the Sox are at the bottom of the AL East, Kansas City is in the basement of AL Central with the Tigers. Here are the standings.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Sonny Gray will get the start for the Sox, while the Royals will counter with Seth Lugo. Here is a preview.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Lineups<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><b>RED SOX (19-27):<\/b> TBA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Pitching:<\/b> RHP Sonny Gray (4-1, 3.18 ERA)<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><b>ROYALS (20-27):<\/b> TBA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Pitching:<\/b> RHP Seth Lugo (1-3, 3.76 ERA)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Time:<\/b> 7:40 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>TV, radio:<\/b> NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Red Sox vs. Lugo:<\/b> Wilyer Abreu 3-7, Willson Contreras 3-8, Jarren Duran 3-9, Mickey Gasper 0-1, Isiah Kiner-Falefa 0-4, Carlos Narv\u00e1ez 0-2, Ceddanne Rafaela 0-6, Nick Sogard 1-5, Connor Wong 1-3, Masataka Yoshida 2-6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=627\">Watch \u2018Three Kings\u2019: The story of Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, and the 2004 Red Sox<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Royals vs. Gray:<\/b> Isaac Collins 1-6, Elias D\u00edaz 1-4, Maikel Garcia 1-3, Kyle Isbel 2-6, Starling Marte 3-12, Michael Massey 1-6, Vinnie Pasquantino 3-9, Salvador Perez 6-34, Lane Thomas 2-10, Bobby Witt Jr. 4-17<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Stat of the day:<\/b> The Red Sox have won five of the seven games started by Gray, including the last three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>Notes:<\/b> Gray is 9-2 with a 1.76 ERA in 13 starts against the Royals, bit has not faced them since 2023. \u2026 The righthander has allowed just one run on six hits and three walks in 11 innings to win his two starts since coming off the injury list from a strained hamstring. \u2026 Jarren Duran and Willson Contreras each have three hits in the last two games. Along with Wilyer Abreu, they are a combined 9-for-24 against Lugo. \u2026Lugo is 0-3 with a 6.61 ERA in three starts against the Red Sox. After a strong start in which he allowed just five runs \u2014 four earned \u2014 and 19 hits over 31\u2153 innings of his first five starts, Lugo has struggled of late, getting tagged for 18 runs and 37 hits in 21\u2153 inning over  his last four starts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=625\">Boys\u2019 high school hockey is \u2018having an existential crisis.\u2019 It starts with the rinks.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonny Gray will be on the mound when the Red Sox open a three-game series at Kansas City Monday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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