Freddy Fermin played the part of hero Friday night. The Royals catcher drove in the winning run in the 12th inning as the Kansas City opened a weekend series against the Boston Red Sox with a 2-1 victory in 12 innings at Kauffman Stadium.

Its Friday, May 9 and the Red Sox (19-19) are in Kansas City to take on the Royals (22-16). Hunter Dobbins is slated to take the mound for Boston against Michael Lorenzen for Kansas City.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Kansas City Royals vs. Houston Astros MLB game to be played on May 14, 2025 on ESPN.

WELL, HERE ARE NINE THINGS TO KNOW AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI HAS ITS NEW CITY MANAGER, MARIO VASQUEZ WAS APPOINTED AS THE CITY MANAGER THURSDAY. NOW, THIS COMES AFTER PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER BRIAN PLATT WAS FIRED BACK IN MARCH.

Freddy Fermin hit a line drive RBI single into left center in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 win over the Boston Red So.

Isaac Paredes hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the ninth inning Tuesday night to lift the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory against the Kansas City Royals. The game was tied at 1 after a home run by Jeremy Peña in the sixth inning when Paredes led off the bottom of the ninth against John Schreiber.

The Red Sox (-110 moneyline odds to win) square off against the Royals (-109) in an expected tight contest. The Boston Red Sox will hand the ball to Hunter Dobbins (2-1, 3.78 ERA), who is looking for win No. 3 on the season, and the Royals will turn to Michael Lorenzen (3-3, 4.23 ERA).

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