What the Royals had to say after their brief visit to Fenway Park

In the visiting manager’s office Thursday afternoon at Fenway Park, Royals manager Ned Yost chuckled at a proposition he had likely never heard before: Even though his team lost, could the game’s finish be considered the best possible scenario?

“Yeah,’’ Yost conceded. “The reality of it is yeah.’’

The final score of the Red Sox-Royals contest that began on Aug. 7 and concluded Thursday afternoon will be 5-4, thanks to a walkoff single by Brock Holt in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Holt’s RBI came 12 minutes into the resumption of the suspended game, sending the Sox off to San Diego with a much-needed win under their belt.