{"id":2424397,"date":"2026-05-20T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2424397"},"modified":"2026-05-20T06:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:40:00","slug":"red-soxs-weird-lineup-experiment-turns-into-perfect-fit-vs-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/red-soxs-weird-lineup-experiment-turns-into-perfect-fit-vs-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox\u2019s Weird Lineup Experiment Turns Into Perfect Fit vs. Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/kansas-city\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Kansas City Royals;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Kansas City Royals&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">The Kansas City Royals<\/a> turned to lefty <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/12104\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bailey Falter;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bailey Falter&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Bailey Falter<\/a> to kick off the contest against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. As a result, Boston rolled with a pretty odd \u2014 but productive \u2014 lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Boston&#8217;s lineup <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedSox\/status\/2056833334563471416\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:was the following;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;was the following&quot;}\" class=\"link \">was the following<\/a>:<\/p>\n<section class=\"consent\">\n<div class=\"card-loader relative mb-2.5 flex flex-col overflow-hidden rounded-[2px] p-2.5 shadow-[0_1px_2px_1px_rgba(0,0,0,.08),0-1px_3px_0_rgba(0,0,0,.06)] before:block before:h-[110px] before:bg-dirty-seagull before:content-['_'] after:absolute after:left-0 after:top-0 after:size-full after:content-['_']\" data-testid=\"loader\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.10\"\/><\/section>\n<p>Having <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/61600\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Andruw Monasterio;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Andruw Monasterio&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Andruw Monasterio<\/a> at No. 5, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/60891\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nick Sogard;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nick Sogard&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Nick Sogard<\/a> at No. 6, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/60536\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carlos Narv\u00e1ez;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Carlos Narv\u00e1ez&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Carlos Narv\u00e1ez<\/a> at No. 7, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10992\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Isiah Kiner-Falefa;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Isiah Kiner-Falefa&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Isiah Kiner-Falefa<\/a> at No. 8 and Caleb Durbin at No. 9 didn&#8217;t necessarily bring optimism to the fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"bodyad-wrapper hidden\" id=\"sda-body\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-ads\" id=\"sda-bodysda\">\n<div class=\"responsive-sda\" id=\"_R_35gudcaanpfiv65bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_35gudcaanpfiv65bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_35gudcaanpfiv65bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballnow.com\/team\/boston-red-sox\/feed\/comments?page=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Do you have a take to get off your chest? Do you want to engage in a growing Red Sox community? Comment on our content alongside staff and fans alike!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Do you have a take to get off your chest? Do you want to engage in a growing Red Sox community? Comment on our content alongside staff and fans alike!&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>Do you have a take to get off your chest? Do you want to engage in a growing Red Sox community? Comment on our content alongside staff and fans alike!<br \/><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While this is the case, the lineup certainly worked. Boston broke out of its slump in a big way and took down the Royals, 7-1. On top of this, Kiner-Falefa and Durbin combined to rack up four base hits and an RBI. Kiner-Falefa went 3-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. Durbin went 1-for-3 with an RBI. Those arguably are the most shocking stats of the night.<\/p>\n<p>Boston&#8217;s offense has struggled all over. It needs contributions from the bottom of the lineup if it&#8217;s going to snap out of this. On Tuesday, both Kiner-Falefa and Durbin delivered when Boston needed them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>More MLB:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballnow.com\/2026\/05\/19\/this-jarren-duran-catch-might-be-the-best-of-the-2026-mlb-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:This Jarren Duran Catch Might Be the Best of the 2026 MLB Season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;This Jarren Duran Catch Might Be the Best of the 2026 MLB Season&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>This Jarren Duran Catch Might Be the Best of the 2026 MLB Season<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals turned to lefty Bailey Falter to kick off the contest against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. As a result, Boston rolled with a pretty odd \u2014 but productive \u2014 lineup. Boston&#8217;s lineup was the following: Having Andruw Monasterio at No. 5, Nick Sogard at No. 6, Carlos Narv\u00e1ez at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2424398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[475120,340898,357713,475122,475125,376107,475121,402966],"class_list":["post-2424397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-andruw-monasterio","tag-bailey-falter","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-caleb-durbin","tag-carlos-narvaez","tag-isiah-kiner-falefa","tag-nick-sogard","tag-the-kansas-city-royals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Red-Soxs-Weird-Lineup-Experiment-Turns-Into-Perfect-Fit-vs.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424399,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424397\/revisions\/2424399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2424398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}