Welcome to Fenway Park, rivals. I mean, Royals.
The Red Sox and Kansas City Royals are fighting for the last Wild Card spot. Boston is 51-41 and KC is 51-43. Boston has a 1.0 game lead in the playoff chase.
Cooper Criswell returns from Triple A to get the start. In five games in the minors this season, 25.2 innings, he has a 1.40 ERA. In the majors it is a different story: 4.15 ERA / 3.71 FIP. His final outing of his last stint with the Sox he gave up 2 runs in 4 innings against the Yankees but.