Jarrod Dyson capped a 10-pitch at-bat with a tiebreaking, two-run double in a three-run third and the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat the Boston Red Sox 7-3 Sunday for their first series win in nearly three weeks.
Mike Minor (6-4) allowed two runs and nine hits over 6 2/3 innings for the Royals.
Whit Merrifield got his 800th major league hit in the first and hit a two-run homer in the sixth against Yacksel Ríos.
Salvador Pérez tied the score with a third-inning single for his 47th RBI, and Dyson’s double to left put the Royals ahead 4-2.
Merrifield homered in the sixth to make it 6-2. Hunter Dozier, who stopped an 0-for-21 slide with a single in the second, added an RBI single in the sixth.
Rafael Devers hit his 18th home run of the season in the eighth, a drive off Carlos Hernández.
Royals C Cam Gallagher (right shoulder impingement syndrome) was placed on the 10-day injured list. Kansas City recalled Sebastian Rivero from Triple-A Omaha. Adalberto Mondesi exited the game in the seventh as a precautionary measure. Mondesi has spent two stints on the IL this season with an oblique strain and hamstring strain.
Royals: RHP Brady Singer (3-5, 4.76) opens a three-game series at the New York Yankees Tuesday against RHP Gerrit Cole (8-3, 2.31) in his first appearance since Major League Baseball started its crackdown on the use of grip substances. Kansas City is starting a 10-game trip.