@bat Insider: Royals 6, Red Sox 4

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BOS 020 110 000 4 9 0 KAN 030 000 03x 6 7 1 Box score  |  Summary Royals rally past Red Sox, 6-4  Next game: Wednesday > Red Sox (Lester) at Royals (Chen), 8:10 p.m. (NESN) Royals rally past Sox Kansas City designated hitter Billy Butler hit a long home run off reliever Matt Albers in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Royals rallied to beat the Red Sox, 6-4.  Adrian Gonzalez’s 30th birthday a Royal pain (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)  RANGERS 10, ORIOLES 3: Rangers’ Hamilton hits 4 HRs, has 18 total bases (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)  RED SOX NOTEBOOK: What to do with Will Middlebrooks? (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)  Baseball notables (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)  BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Yankees end skid vs. Rays (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)  AROUND THE REGION: New York Times Co. close to deal on Red Sox stake (Boston Globe, 5/8/12) 5/9 Wednesday 5/10 Thursday 5/11 Friday 5/12 Saturday 5/13 Sunday 5/14 Monday 5/15 Tuesday 8:10 p.m. 7:10 p.m. 7:10 p.m. 7:10 p.m. 1:35 p.m. 7:10 p.m. 7:10 p.m. NESN pregame show begins an hour before each game. RED SOX LINKS  More coverage  Schedule/pitchers  Roster  Player statistics  Transactions  Discuss the Sox  Desktop wallpaper MLB LINKS  Scoreboard  Standings  MLB leaders  Player news Before they were Red Sox Carl Crawford was a three-sport high school athlete. See what other Red Sox players looked like. Sox stats projections What's the over/under on your favorite player in 2012? Chad Finn and Tony Massarotti give their takes. Your Red Sox pride photos Check out what Boston.com readers have sent in, or share your own photos of the way you display your allegiance to Red Sox Nation.