RED SOX POSTCAST: 5-Run 1st Backs Bello & Sox Extend Win Streak to 6 Straight

The Red Sox (63-51) opened up their series with the Kansas City Royals Monday night at Fenway with an 8-5 victory. With the win, the Sox have won 6 in a row and are a season- high 12 games over .500. The Sox have won 9 of 11 overall and are 13-1 over their last 14 at Fenway. The Sox bullpen allowed 4 runs in the 8th and Aroldis Chapman came on in a save situation in the 9th and retired the side 1-2-3 to close out the victory.  -----   Bello's Bringing It: Brayan Bello made the start in the opener and notched his 8th win. Bello went 6.0 Innings and gave up 1 run (unearned) on 6 hits. Bello walked only 1 and struck out 5. It's the 9th time this season where Bello gave up 0 or 1 earned run in an outing and 2nd straight. The Sox are now 10-9 in Bello's 19 starts this season. Bello now has a 3.03 ERA thru 20 outings. Bello was 18-for-25 on 1st-pitch strikes.    -----  Sox at the Dish: The Red Sox sent 8 hitters to the plate and scored 5 runs in the 1st Inning against Bailey Falter, who made his Royals debut Monday night. Rob Refsnyder delivered with a 2-run Single and later in the Inning, Jarren Duran hit a 2-out, 3-run Home Run on a 2-2 Pitch. Sox added on in the 3rd with Trevor Story reaching with a 2-out walk, stealing 2nd and scoring on an RBI Single from Ceddanne Rafaela. Wilyer Abreu knocked in a run with an RBI Single in the 8th and that put the Sox up, 8-1. Story went 1-for-3 with a walk and has hit in 6 in a row (10 Hits. 4 2B. 3 HR. 8 RBIs).  ----- At-Bat of the Game: Jarren Duran's 2-out 3-run Home Run in the 1st made it 5-0. It was Duran's 12 Home Run of the season and his 2nd vs. a lefty pitcher. The Sox ended up scoring 6 of their 7 runs with 2 outs in an inning.   ----- #'s of the DAY:       --The Red Sox have hit 24 3-run Home Runs this season. --Trevor Story and Ceddanne Rafaela both picked up stolen bases in the 3rd Inning.  Story is a perfect 19-for-19 in stolen base attempts. It was Rafaela's 15th of the    season. The Sox have 97 stolen bases thru 114 games. The club stole 144 bases in 2024.    --The Red Sox have now scored 78 1st-Inning runs this season and have scored 5 or more runs in the 1st on 4 different occasions.     --The Sox record fell to 16-16 at Fenway after a loss to the Angels on June 3. The Sox have won 13 of their last 14 & are 22-5 over their last 27 at home. --The Red Sox collected 2 extra-base hit (1 2B & 1 HR) in Monday's win and now have (136) Extra-Base Hits over their last (31) Games.        --With the Red Sox scoring first Monday night, it's just the 5th the time the Sox have gotten on the board first in the last 16 games.    ----- What's On Tap?: Garrett Crochet opposes RHP Ryan Bergert in the 2nd game of the 3-game series Tuesday night at Fenway. Dustin May is set to make his Boston debut in the series finale Wednesday night, and he'll go against Michael Wacha.  After Wednesday's finale, the Sox go on the road for 6 in row with 3 in San Diego against the Padres and 3 in Houston with the Astros (August 12-14).    -----  LOCKED ON RED SOX POSTCAST- Join us all season long as we go live within minutes of the last out with our latest Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST. We are part of the Locked On Red Sox YouTube Page. 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