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BOSTON -- Danny Duffy figured his winning streak would end sometime.Its just the way it did that bothered him.Duffy was hit for three homers and seven runs in five innings as the Boston Red Sox ran away for an 8-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.I dont ever expect to go out there and really have it handed to me like I did tonight, Duffy said. I expect to keep my team in the game every time I go out. No, I dont ever expect to do something like that.Duffy (11-2) allowed nine hits with two walks and two strikeouts, halting a personal 10-game winning streak.Good stuff, but just had trouble putting it where he wanted to, Royals manager Ned Yost said. He was kind of wild in the zone a little bit.Salvador Perez hit two solo homers for the Royals, who lost for just the fourth time 20 games.Duffy had allowed two or fewer runs in five straight starts -- and six of seven -- before Boston took care of that string with two each in the first and second innings.I didnt make pitches when I needed to, he said. They were selling out on everything and I just didnt keep the ball down. But I expect better than that. I expect better than that every time.Bostons Dustin Pedroia had four hits to extend his streak to 11 straight at-bats before bouncing into a double play with a chance to tie the major-league record.Pedroias streak, which stretched over three games, ended in the eighth inning. The big league mark of hits in 12 straight official at-bats is shared by Walt Dropo for Detroit in 1952, Pinky Higgins of the Red Sox in 1938 and Johnny Kling of the Cubs in 1902.Xander Bogaerts homered and drove in three runs, and Mookie Betts and Hanley Ramirez hit consecutive homers for the Red Sox, who snapped a three-game losing streak with its 11th win in 16 games.David Price (13-8) won his fourth straight start, giving up two runs in six innings to lower his ERA to 3.97, the lowest its been since after his first start of the season.Two batters in, the Red Sox jumped ahead 2-0 on Bogaerts 16th homer, a drive that completely left Fenway Park over the Green Monster after Pedroia singled.In the bottom of the second after the Royals had tied it, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Pedroia had consecutive RBI doubles, pushing Boston in front 4-2.Perez homered and Alcides Escobar had an RBI double in the top of the inning.Pedroia got his 10th consecutive hit with a run-scoring single to make it 5-2 in the fourth. His 11th was a ground single to center in the sixth. He then bounced in the double play in the eighth.Betts hit his 29th, a solo shot, in the fifth and Ramirez followed with his two pitches later to nearly the same spot, two rows into the Monster seats about three fans apart. After watching Ramirezs drive land in the seats, Duffy just smiled in disbelief as he waited for a new ball from home plate umpire Adrian Johnson.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: RHP Wade Davis (flexor strain), LHP Jason Vargas (recovering from Tommy John surgery) and RHP Kris Medlen (right rotator cuff inflammation) all pitched for Triple-A Omaha on Saturday.Red Sox: Manager John Farrell said RHP Koji Uehara (strained chest muscle) threw 53 pitches with good intensity in a bullpen session on Friday and hes expected to throw again Monday. ... 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Charlie Adam scored both of Stokes goals at Britannia Stadium either side of Robin van Persies equalizer, with a miserable day for seventh-place United capped by first-half injuries to centre halves Jonny Evans and Phil Jones that forced them off.Former South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher has joined the national teams support staff in preparation for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand. Boucher, whose 147-Test career ended in 2012 with an eye injury, will work with the squad for three days before the first Test in Durban, which starts on Friday, and should also spend time with them ahead of the second Test in Centurion later this month. While his focus will be on Quinton de Kocks wicketkeeping, Boucher will also work on the lower orders batting skills and the overall mental aspect of the game.Mark is a guy that is highly respected. It will be particularly good for young Quinton de Kock to spend some time with him and work on his keeping and do a few fielding drills, coach Russell Domingo said.In the absence of AB de Villiers, who will sit out of the series with an elbow injury, de Kock is guaranteed to don the gloves in both matches. He will also have the responsibility of marshalling the tail, much like Boucher did, a particular area of focus for Domingo.Last season, he roped in then Dolphins coach Lance Klusener to work with the lower order ahead of the England series. It paid some dividends when, in the lone match South Africa won in Centurion, de Kock shared three half-century stands for the sixth, eighth and ninth wickets with Temba Bavuma, Kyle Abbott and Dane Piedt respectively.Vernon Philanders imminent return to the XI will provide another possible partner for de Kock, and Boucher is set to work with all of them on prolonging innings as much as possible. Mark enjoys working with lower order because he likes to toughen guys up, Domingo said.Primarily, its the bulldog in Boucher that Domingo wants to make use of. His main job will be to attempt to impart some of the never-say-die approach that defined his style of play into a South African side stung by a season of disappointment. After losing back-to-back Test series, they slipped from No. 1 to 6, and also crashed out of the World T20 in the first round.dddddddddddd. Although Domingo said he will no longer use the term team in transition because of the experience in the side, he conceded that his relatively new bunch needed some mental muscle.Mark has got the reputation of having that fighting spirit and epitomising what the Proteas have always stood for in terms of being tough, Domingo said. Its by no means the same team that got that No. 1 ranking. This is a new team and this team needs to try and set their own legacy and their own benchmark. Its a great opportunity for these guys to do something special, something that not many people are expecting them to do.South Africa can climb to No. 5 with a 2-0 win over New Zealand, which Domingo hopes could be the start of their rise back up the rankings. It may also be the only way Domingo manages to keep his job, which remains at risk despite CSA abandoning an independent review into national team performances. Domingos contract runs until April next year, but with important away trips to Australia and New Zealand before then, and a Champions Trophy, followed by an England tour soon after his deal expires, this New Zealand series could be a litmus test for him, and he seems set on getting as much help as he needs to keep it.I always have tried to [bring in former players], Domingo said. To not tap into some of our past players would be foolish of us, particularly a guy that wants to offer something.Boucher is the sixth former international to work as a consultant in the Domingo era, following Gary Kirsten, Mike Hussey, Graeme Smith, Klusener and Neil McKenzie, who remains in charge as batting coach. Domingo also had two former internationals as bowling coaches, Allan Donald and incumbent Charl Langeveldt, as well as Claude Henderson as their spin-bowling coach. ' ' '