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Kansas City Royals' Bruce Chen is coming off a dominating performance against the Chicago White Sox, yielding four hits and one run over a season best-tying eight innings of Wednesday’s 2-1, 11-inning win. He is 0-3 with a 5.21 ERA over his last eight appearances - four starts - against the Red Sox, but he’s had Carl Crawford’s number over the years. Royals is counting on Bruce Chen to help the team rebound from Tuesday’s ugly effort on the mound. Kansas City Royals' Melky Cabrera, the only active Royal to have faced Lackey more than eight times, is 9 for 25 lifetime against him.
Boston Red Sox' John Lackey faced the Royals since 2009, is 1-1 with a 1.48 ERA over his last four meetings with Kansas City. His ERA ranks as the highest in all of baseball among pitchers with at least 90 innings, Francona remains confident in his ability to contribute from here on out. He won three consecutive outings June 5-17 only to lose his next three. He finds himself on the verge of a four-start win streak after limiting Seattle to one run and eight hits over seven innings of Friday’s 7-4 victory. He needed a good deal of run support earlier in the season, but the right-hander has been much better lately. Watch Kansas City Royals vs Boston Red Sox Game Live TV Channel FSKC and NESN.