Seth Lugo allowed two earned runs over five innings while striking out seven to pick up the win on Friday over the Red Sox.

Lugo got off to a solid start in this one, striking out five batters over his first 4 1/3 innings of work before allowing a solo homer to Mickey Gasper to cut the Royals’ lead to 3-1. Lugo would walk Adley Rutschman in the following at-bat, and then gave up an RBI double to Wilyer Abreu, who drove in Rutschman to give the Red Sox their second run of the innings. Lugo would strike out the next two batters he faced to end the inning and did not return for the start of the sixth inning. The veteran righty has allowed five earned runs in his last 10 innings of work and is set to make his next start on Thursday against the Astros.