The Red Sox clinched their current series and their season series with the Royals by holding on and winning Tuesday night's game, 6-5, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Sox scored 3 runs in the Top of the 6th inning and never trailed again. The Red Sox have taken the 1st 2 Games of the Series and are now 4-1 vs. the Royals with 1 more to go Wednesday night. Masa Yoshida had 2 Extra-Base Hits and 3 RBIs. 

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Finishing It Off: Kenley Jansen, appearing in a game for the 1st time since last Wednesday at home against the Mariners, got the final 4 outs of the game and picked up his 21st Save of the season and the 441st of his career. Jansen got the final out of the 8th and worked a 1-2-3 9th with a couple of strikeouts. Jansen ended the game by striking out Bobby Witt Jr. 

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How About Dom!: After the Royals tied the game at 3 with 2, 2-out runs in the Bottom of the 5th, Dominic Smith led off the Top of the 6th with a Double. Smith would score the go-ahead run from third on a wild pitch. He was called out initially, but the Red Sox challenged and the call at the plate was overturned. 

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Have a Series, Masa!: Masataka Yoshida hit his 6th Home Run of the season in the 3rd inning and that put the Red Sox up, 3-1, at the time. Yoshida came up with the bases loaded in the 6th and added to the Red Sox 1-run lead with a 2-out, 2-run single to make it 6-3. Yoshida with 2 hits & 3 RBIs Tuesday night and he has 6 Hits (3 2B & 1 HR) in the series. 

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Brayan's Night in KC: Brayan Bello gave up a 1st-Inning run Tuesday night and then settled in and worked 3 straight scoreless innings. Bello took the mound in the Bottom of the 5th with a 3-1 lead. He retired the 1st 2 hitters of the inning and then ran into trouble and did not make it out of the inning. Michael Massey touched him up for a a solo Home Run that made it a 1-run game. Bobby Witt Jr kept the inning alive with a Double and he scored the tying run on a Double from Vinny Pasquantino. Bello was lifted after he issued a walk to Salvador Perez. Bello ended up with his 4th straight no-decision. 

#66's Final Line: 4.2 IP. 5 Hits. 3 R. 3 ER. 3 BB. 6 Ks. 1 Home Run allowed. 

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Bullish Pen: Brennan Bernardino was the 1st reliever out of the pen Wednesday night and he retired MJ Melendez on 1 Pitch to strand 2 base runners. Zack Kelly worked a 1-2-3 6th Inning with 2 Strikeouts. Cam Booser retired the side in order in the home 7th Inning with 3 outs in the air and was removed after allowing a single to the leadoff hitter in the 8th. Luis Garcia gave up a 2-run Double to MJ Melenez and then came back and retired the next 2 hitters. Alex Cora went to Kenley Jansen and he struck out Maikel Garcia to end the inning and strand the potential tying run at 3rd-Base. 

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Hit Streak Ends: Rafael Devers went 0-for-4 with a walk and had his 12-Game Hit Streak come to an end. Devers had 23 hits and 8 multi-hit games during his hit streak. 

----- In Jarren We Trust: Jarren Duran singled with 1 out in the 5th Inning to extend his hit streak to 8 in a row. Duran has hit in 18 of his last 19. Duran has 11 multi-hit games and 17 Extra-Base Hits over this current 19-game stretch. Duran and Royals Bobby Witt Jr are the only 2 AL players to start every game for their teams this season. 

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What's Next?: The Red Sox wrap up their series with the Royals and their 6-Game Road Trip Wednesday night. Kutter Crawford, who has allowed 12 Home Runs over his previous 3 outings, gets the nod in the finale. The Royals go with Cole Ragans, who picked up the win at Fenway back on July 12. 

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Looking Ahead: The Red Sox have a scheduled off day Thursday and open a 6-Game Home Stand with the 1st of 3 against the Houston Astros Friday night at Fenway. Sox will have 3 with the Astros and then 3 more with the Rangers. 

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Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST Notes: --Sox collected 3 more Extra-Base hits in Tuesday's victory and have at least 1 extra-base hit in 48 straight games. 

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Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST follows every Red Sox game all season long. Join us when we go live on the Locked On Sports Boston YouTube Channel and engage in some Sox conversation. Hit Me Up On the X: Steve Lenox (@LenoxOnBaseball) / X

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