Boston Red Sox defeat Kansas City Royals, 2-1

BOSTON—Rookie Justin Masterson pitched 6 1-3 strong innings one day after Jon Lester's no-hitter against Kansas City and the Boston Red Sox silenced the Royals bats again in a 2-1 victory Tuesday night.

The 23-year-old Masterson (1-0) allowed one run on three hits in his second major league start. Jonathan Papelbon ended a bases-loaded threat in the eighth by striking out Billy Butler and pitched a perfect ninth -- with two more strikeouts -- for his 13th save in 15 opp...

The drama last night in the Fens came in smaller bites. Instead of nine innings of no hits, there was one bases-loaded whiff - by closer Jonathan Papelbon in the eighth inning - that preserved the Red Sox' 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals, their fifth straight win on this homestand.

But rookie Justin Masterson deadpanned that while he and his wife of six months, Meryl, were watching Jon Lester on a TV in their Boston hotel room Monday night, he imagined more colo...