Freddy Fermin played the part of hero Friday night. The Royals catcher drove in the winning run in the 12th inning as the Kansas City opened a weekend series against the Boston Red Sox with a 2-1 victory in 12 innings at Kauffman Stadium.

The Boston Red Sox brought a franchise legend to Kansas City over the weekend, and he got to meet Bobby Witt Jr.

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Tanner Houck will be on the mound when the Red Sox open a three-game series at Detroit, which owns the best record in the American League.

The Kansas City Royals fattened up on the Colorado Rockies and Chicago White Sox over the past two weeks, but their bats couldn't live up to the challenge of facing a quality pitching staff. In a three-game weekend series against the Boston Red Sox,