BOSTON (Interstat) — Payton Tolle struck out seven over six scoreless innings, Trevor Story drove in two runs and the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 13, at Fenway Park. Boston improved to 82-68. Kansas City fell to 66-84. The Red Sox scored in the first and sixth and added two runs in the seventh. The Royals scored once in the sixth. Boston had eight hits, Kansas City five. The teams combined for 13 hits. Boston grounded into two double plays. Garrett Whitlock earned the win in relief, improving to 7-1. Craig Kimbrel took the loss, falling to 1-5. Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless inning with three strikeouts for his 34th save. Caleb Durbin homered for Boston. Noah Cameron allowed one earned run in six innings with four strikeouts for Kansas City. Boston’s bullpen held the Royals scoreless after the sixth. Attendance was 34,966. Time of game was 2:41.