BOSTON: The Boston Red Sox had the emotion and a seven-game winning streak on their side. The Kansas City Royals had the pitching and enough timely hitting to come away with a doubleheader sweep.
Lorenzo Cain walked with the bases loaded in the 10th inning to give Kansas City a 5-4 victory in the second game of a doubleheader yesterday as the Royals swept a Red Sox team coming off an emotional week.
“Doubleheaders haven’t fared too well for us. We haven’t won many series here,” said Billy Butler.
“We were real close to winning all three of them. (Daniel) Nava had the big hit yesterday, and we had the big hits today.” Ervin Santana (2-1) pitched seven strong innings in the opener, when Kansas City won 4-2. Kelvin Herrera (2-2) got the win in the night game, a makeup of the one postponed on Friday night because of the city-wide lockdown during the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers. AGENCIES