James Loney hit a tying single in his Boston debut and Jacoby Ellsbury drove in the go-ahead run as the Red Sox bounced back from a nine-player trade and a 12-inning loss to beat the Royals 8-6 on Sunday. A day after he was the only major leaguer coming to Boston in a deal that sent Josh Beckett, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Nick Punto and more than $250 million in salary to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Loney went 1 for 5.
Will Smith (4-6) allowed five runs, four earned, on nine hits in five-plus innings for Kansas City. Lorenzo Cain hit a three-run homer as the Royals scored four in the fourth to take a 4-2 lead.
