KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer each drove in two runs in an eight-run sixth inning Saturday night to help the Kansas City Royals rally to beat the Boston Red Sox 9-4, depriving Tim Wakefield of his 200th victory.
Wakefield, who is 0-2 with three no-decisions since a July 24 triumph against Seattle, took a 4-1 lead into the sixth but failed to get out of the inning. He was pulled after giving up three consecutive hits with one out and the Red Sox holding a 4-3 lead.
Gordon’s two-run double off Matt Albers (4-4) put the Royals up 6-4. Hosmer’s two-run triple off Franklin Morales capped the scoring.
The Royals also got run-producing doubles by Jeff Francoeur and Mike Moustakas. Chris Getz’s single scored Moustakas to make it 4-4.
The eight-run sixth tied a Royals season high for an inning. Gordon led the Royals with two doubles and an eighth-inning single for his 500th career hit.
Wakefield, 45, gave up four runs and nine hits in 5 1⁄3 innings. Hosmer, Moustakas and Salvador Perez weren’t born when Wakefield began a pro career in 1988 as a weak-hitting first baseman for Watertown in the Pittsburgh farm system. He moved to the mound the next year.
Felipe Paulino (2-5) picked up the victory, allowing four runs on eight hits and three walks in six innings. Paulino won for the first time since July 5.
Boston built a 3-1 lead in the fourth with four singles and a walk. Carl Crawford’s single scored Dustin Pedroia, who led off the inning with a single. Darnell McDonald’s sacrifice fly scored Josh Reddick with the other run.
The Red Sox missed an opportunity for a much bigger inning when Mike Aviles flied to deep center, leaving the bases loaded.
Boston added a run in the sixth when Ryan Lavarnway’s single brought home Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who led off the inning with a double, for his first big league RBI.
The Red Sox scored in the third when Lavarnway led off with a walk, took second on a Paulino wild pitch and third on a Darnell McDonald bunt single. He scored when Marco Scutaro grounded into a double play
Billy Butler’s double to right in the bottom of the inning scored Escobar.
NOTES: Center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was held out of the Red Sox lineup with a back bruise.
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