Rafael Devers breaks seat with home run in Red Sox's victory - ESPN

BOSTON — Rafael Devers hit a two-run homer that broke a seat deep in right field at Fenway Park, Dominic Smith also had a two-run shot and the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Sunday to take the series.

The Red Sox won their second straight after losing the opener. Boston improved to a major-league-best 9-3 in July and is 20-8 since June 12.

All-Star Devers sent a first-inning slider from Brady Singer (5-6) a projected 439 feet (with an estimated exit velocity of 114.7 mph), crashing into the top of a seat and loosening up the top support. The Red Sox posted a "Fenway Facilities Incident Report" that had a picture of the broken red seat on their social media sites.

Fenway Facilities Incident Report: pic.twitter.com/oxvCPPswb2

«The kid is locked in,» Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of Devers, who opted out of going to the All-Star Game to rest a nagging shoulder. «Just take care of him this week. He's not going to Texas for a good reason, right. He wants to be ready for the second part, getting treatment during the week and keeping healthy.»

When told the homer broke a seat, Cora joked that someone would need to tell owner John Henry, saying: «It did? You've got to tell John.»

Adam Frazier opened the game with a homer into the Royals' bullpen and All-Star Salvador Perez, who was selected for his ninth Midsummer Classic, added a solo shot into the Green Monster seats for Kansas City.

First-time All-Star Jarren Duran had four hits for the Red Sox, who improved to a majors' best 15-1 on Sundays. Boston enters the All-Star break 4½ games out of first in the AL East after finishing in the basement three of the past four years.

«Today was just a good overall team win,» Duran said. «I've been saying it a lot this