Wait for it – Holt and the Red Sox win the match of August 7th

BOSTON – Brock Holt helped the Red Sox quickly put the Kansas City Royals to work in a two-week victory.

Holt signed a singles with a point in the RBI and Boston beat Kansas City 5-4 on Thursday to complete the suspended game against the weather that began Aug. 7.

"We wanted to stop it as quickly as possible," said Holt, who flew to San Diego with his teammates after the match. "It was probably the best result we could have had today."

The initial competition was interrupted after an hour late 49 minutes after the start of the rain on August 8, with a score of 4-4 and no player at the end of the 10th inning. Royals receiver Meibrys Viloria was one-two against Red Sox reliever Josh Taylor.

The game resumed 14 days, 14 hours and 18 minutes later, when Taylor (1-1) threw a ball to Nick Dini, who hit for Viloria and aligned himself to first base.

"It's weird, especially when I'm expecting to face a left-handed (Viloria), then they're bringing in a right-handed (Dini)," Taylor said.

Taylor eliminated Ryan O 'Hearn and Bubba Starling was eliminated to end the Royals' run. Starling took the place of nine-hole forward Billy Hamilton, who scored two goals against four on Aug. 4 with a shoot-off on Aug. 7, but was designated for an assignment on Aug. 16.

Christian Vazquez doubled his stake in the middle of the field after Andrew Benintendi escaped, seeking to take the lead in the 10th ranking in Boston. Richard Lovelady (0-3) intentionally attacked Sam Travis before Holt scored in a line on the left to score Chris Owings, who was running for Vazquez.

The official game time was 3:48, with only 12 minutes of play Thursday.

"The way things went, (I thought), we could play 16 innings," said Alex Cora, Red Sox coach, whose team lost 14 of 22 when entering. a good swing. "

Viloria's two-run single in the third set, Aug. 7, gave Kansas City a 2-0 lead. J.D. Martinez tied with a two-run tie in the fourth and Xander Bogaerts's double was 4-2 in the fifth.

Whit Merrifield scored one point in the sixth inning and Nicky Lopez doubled seventh to tie the score to 4 points. The game was finally stopped at 22:47. and the game was suspended at 12:36

With Kansas City nearly 30 games in the playoffs, manager Ned Yost suggested after the suspension that teams wait until the end of the season to see if the end of the match was necessary. "It's the smart thing to do," Yost said Aug. 8.

Prior to Thursday, Boston's last suspended game was on April 16, 2010, at home against Tampa Bay, and resumed the next day. The last suspended game of Kansas City, a home game between Cleveland, on August 31, 2014, ended on Sept. 22.

NO DAYS OF LEAVE

Both teams lost a day off to finish the match. The Royals came from Baltimore on Wednesday night before a weekend streak in Cleveland. The Red Sox were already at home after a consecutive loss to Philadelphia.

FREE BASEBALL

Fans under 18 years old could enter Fenway Park for free and a $ 5 adult entry fee was to be paid to the Jimmy Fund. First-timers were allowed to bypass the field alert and concessions were sold at a reduced price.

JIMMY FINANCED

The 18th annual WEEI / NESN Jimmy Fund radio-telethon was held on Tuesday and Wednesday and featured the stories of cancer patients, doctors and researchers on both shows. A total of $ 3,471,104 was raised over two days to support the nearby Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

TRAINER ROOM

Royals: RHP Jake Newberry was placed on the 10-day wounded list with an inflammation of the right shoulder before the game. RHP Kyle Zimmer was recalled from Triple-A Omaha. . RHP Jesse Hahn (UCL sprained right elbow) began Wednesday a rehabilitation mission to Arials League Royals.