Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals Preview, Live Stream, Watch Major League Baseball Online
It's the first of three meetings in the series.
It's an epic clash at Kauffman Stadium as the Kansas City Royals host the Boston Red Sox in Major League Baseball. The matchup is on May 16, 2016 at 7:05 p.m. ET.
This American League battle pits East going up against Central Division teams as the Red Sox find themselves second in their group with a 24-14 record as of this writing. They are on a two-game winning streak and have been 7-3 in their last 10 games in total.
Boston's last series was a four-game battle against the Houston Astros where Boston won 3-1 and showed that they had the touch when at bat as they poured on points in all four games.
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They opened up with an impressive 11-1 win to open the series and closed it out with a 10-9 victory.
David "Big Papi" Ortiz has been spectacular this year so far as he leads the team in home runs with 10 in the season. He also leads the team in Runs Batted In with 33, with Jackie Bradley, Jr. second with 30.
"Big Papi" is also in the top three in terms of batting averages as he hits at a .320 pip so far this season.
Meanwhile, the Royals are third in the Central Division with an 18-19 record and they are 5.5 games behind the current leaders the Chicago White Sox at the moment. They won their last game but have been sub-par in a 10-game stretch where they went 4-6.
Against the Atlanta Braves in their last series, Kansas won 2-1 but were very inconsistent and need to find their focus in facing a tough Red Sox squad.
As for their team leaders in batting, Eric Hosmer leads the team with a .336 batting average, while Mike Moustakas has seven home runs to lead the Royals in that division. Finally, Salvador Perez has 20 Runs Batted In to lead the team.
It should be an interesting series opener between the two teams and to watch the game live, click here.
