
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tim Anderson was the spark plug. Luis Robert was the big engine that could.
Reaching base in each of his first four times to bat with two singles and two walks, driving in two runs and stealing two bases, Anderson had his second straight big game in a row. Robert, after striking out three times the night before and in his first at-bat, had two RBI singles, was hit by a pitch and gave the Sox a two-run lead with a 415-foot two-run homer in the eighth inning of a 7-4 victory against the Royals Thursday.