Kansas City at Boston

Kansas City lost its fourth in a row 2-1 to the Red Sox last night when J.D. Martinez hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth for Boston, which totaled only three hits. The Royals have scored only 24 runs their past 10 games and they are 23-47 on the road this season. The Red Sox have ageless Rich Hill on the mound and he comes off five shutout innings on two hits on Sunday against Baltimore. Brady Singer hasn't been as effective on the road where he has a 3.83 ERA and .264 opponent batting average. The Royals are 16-36 versus the AL East and 6-16 the last 22 meetings with Boston, which is 96-46 its past 142 games against teams with .400 or lower winning percentages. Take the Red Sox.