Boston at Kansas City

Boston has won the first two games of this series by a combined score of 25-9 as the hapless Royals are no match for the first-place Red Sox, who now are 33-17 on the road while Kansas City is 11-34 at home. The Red Sox have won five in a row overall while scoring a total of 43 runs, and the Royals are on an eight-game losing streak. Boston has won 61 of its last 89 games dating to last season and 40 of their last 51 against teams with winning percentages below .400. Boston has won 10 of Rick Porcello's last 14 road starts, and he is continuing his trend of having a good season every other year.  Porcello is 10-3 with a 3.57 ERA and he has won his last three starts, including 4-3 over the Nationals while allowing two runs in six innings on Monday. Take the Red Sox.