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2. Jarren Duran joked that he wanted to sleep Tuesday into Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium so he didn’t lose any of his “good feels” following his ninth-inning home run on Tuesday. “If they let me, I probably would sleep here,” he said, smiling.
After a successful road trip, the Red Sox must find a way to carry that momentum back to Fenway Park, where they’ve gone just 8-14.
Contreras went 3-for-4 with a triple and one run scored in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Royals.
Red Sox starter Sonny Gray left a 93 mph four-seam fastball to Royals slugger Jac Caglianone right down the middle of the plate with two outs in the fourth inning Monday. Caglianone, who ranks in the 97th percentile in average exit velocity among major league hitters this season,
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