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BOSTON -- It took Steven Wright an inning Friday night to shake off the rust of three weeks spent on the disabled list.That was all the Kansas City Royals needed to spoil his return.Wright gave up five runs -- including two homers -- in the first inning, and the Royals held on for a 6-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox.I think I got a little antsy, too much adrenaline in that first inning, said Wright (13-6), who took the loss in his first game back off the DL with a right shoulder strain. The walks killed me.Wright settled down and gave up just three runs after the first inning. He lost despite going at least six innings for the 10th time in 15 starts. Before Friday he had not allowed more than one home run in any of his previous 26 starts, which was the fourth-longest active streak in the majors.It also had been the longest by a Red Sox pitcher since Pedro Martinez did it over 44 starts.Mookie Betts had five hits and two RBI for the Red Sox. Dustin Pedroia added four hits and an RBI.Thats just how it goes sometimes, Betts said. Sometimes we score the ones were not expecting and then when we you need to score, sometimes it just doesnt happen.Eric Hosmer and Alex Gordon homered, and Ian Kennedy allowed one run through five innings to get the win as the Royals continued their monthlong hot streak.Kansas City has won 11 of its last 12 games and is 18-6 in August.Kennedy (9-9) had a chance to set a club record by allowing one or fewer runs in six straight outings of at least six innings. But he left with a runner on after 5 1/3 innings and wound up charged for two earned runs in the game. He finished with nine strikeouts.Kelvin Herrera earned his 10th save.Lorenzo Cain added a solo homer in the eighth inning.Honestly, you just have to swing hard and hope the ball doesnt break. But if it does, it breaks into your bat, Hosmer said of the knuckleball.The Royals jumped on Wright at the outset, taking a 5-0 lead in the first inning on a three-run shot by Hosmer, followed quickly by a two-run blast by Gordon.Boston had three hits and got one run back in its half of first. It had a chance to add more after loading the bases with one out, but the potential rally stalled when Sandy Leon and Jackie Bradley, Jr. both struck out.Despite the loss, manager John Farrell said he is encouraged by this teams offensive effort.We continually do a great job of creating opportunities, he said. And Im confident that this will turn. I cant say we expanded the strike zone with men in scoring position or the bases loaded. Kennedy challenged us. And we came up empty.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: RHP Wade Davis (right flexor strain) is expected to throw for Triple-A Omaha on Saturday, and then possibly again on Monday. Manager Ned Yost said he doesnt anticipate him returning before Sept. 1.Red Sox: Rookie LF Andrew Benintendi went through another series of tests Friday which reaffirmed the original diagnosis of no structural damage to his sprained left knee. He was hurt during Bostons loss to the Rays Wednesday night when he tried to avoid a tag while running toward second base. Farrell said he is optimistic about an injury that could have been much, much worse. Benintendi was walking around the clubhouse with no brace Friday. Obviously its something you dont plan on, he said. Its unfortunate that it happened and Im just going to try to get as healthy as possible as quickly as I can. ... RHP Koji Uehara, who has been on the DL since July 20 with right pectoral sprain, threw a bullpen session Friday.UP NEXTRoyals: LHP Danny Duffy (11-1, 2.66 ERA) will make his 20th start of the season and 100th of his career on Saturday. 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Spencer Abbott also scored in the shootout for the Marlies (25-13-4). FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Ryan Fitzpatrick tried to quickly move on from one of the ugliest performances of his career.Throwing six interceptions certainly stings. It still did a day after a 24-3 loss at Kansas City.Its a hard day for me to come in today after, pretty much, we lost that game because of my performance, Fitzpatrick said Monday. We dont really need to pin it or try to put it on anything else. I think that was pretty evident. To walk in today and have to face the guys, its not an easy thing to do, but at the same time, Ive got to be the same guy every day as a leader, as a player, and just come in.The veteran quarterback was one of a very few players in the locker room during media availability. He shouldered the blame for the defeat, as he did after the game, but also insisted he wasnt going to dwell on it anymore.Not when the Jets have a matchup at home with Seattle to prepare for.I think theyre all easy to get over when you have a game the next week coming up, he said. But it was so bad, and there were so many poor things on my part that happened in that game that you want to put it behind you as fast as you can.Fitzpatrick finished 20 of 44 for 188 yards and tied a franchise record -- shared by Joe Namath, who did it three times -- with his six-pack of interceptions.One of the picks was returned for a touchdown, and he had three red-zone throws intercepted in a span of five passes.I had the two forced balls in the red area, and that cant happen, Fitzpatrick said. But we did some good things up front that maybe were overshadowed by all the turnovers. But obviously the lesson from that game is you cant turn the ball over, especially that many times, and expect to win games in the NFL.Fitzpatrick and the Jets (1-2) know theyve got to turn things around quickly with the Seahawks coming to town, even with Russell Wilsons availability uncertain with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee.The combined record of New Yorks next four opponents is 8-4 -- Seattle (2-1), Pittsburgh (2-1), Arizona (1-2), Baltimore (3-0) -- so things could spiral quickly, long before the Jets even get to their bye in Week 11.I think we KNOW who we are, coach Todd Bowles said. We just have to BE who we are.Things were looking way up for the Jets last week after a 37-31 win at Buffalo in which Fitzzpatrick threw for 374 yards and was selected the AFCs offensive player of the week.dddddddddddd That seemed so long ago after the clunker in Kansas City, with some fans and media wondering if the Jets confidence in Fitzpatrick was shaken.Its the NFL and Im a pro, and Ive played with some good quarterbacks and some not-so-good quarterbacks, and youve just got to move on, said left tackle Ryan Clady, in his first season with New York after eight in Denver. Youve just got to move on and try to get better the next week.Ive got his back, so Ill still be out there blocking and trying to make sure nobody hits him.Fitzpatrick didnt address the team as a whole, but said there were plenty of side discussions with different players trying to work through the loss.Any time you lose like that, Bowles said, you have to have a `Come-to-Jesus meeting.Bowles made his displeasure clear after the game when he repeatedly used a vulgar word to describe the teams performance. When asked what his message was to the team when it met Monday morning, Bowles laughed before saying he mentioned accountability and where the Jets need to be, and what to do to get better.When asked what made him chuckle, Bowles gave a sly grin and said: You dont want to know.Whatever Bowles said to his players made an impact. So much so, that Fitzpatrick thinks its something the Jets could build on moving forward.I thought the way that he delivered the message today was great, the quarterback said. I thought it was something that was necessary, and potentially a turning point in the season in terms of the focus that hopefully we come with after this game.Clady said Bowles wasnt necessarily fiery, but very direct, adding that the coach isnt really a yeller.The biggest thing with him, I think, in the locker room is hes really respected and his message really rings true with the veteran guys, Fitzpatrick said. Hes a guy thats played the game, thats been through a lot of adverse situations, as a player and coach. So for him being able to speak from experience on both sides of it, I think is really helpful for the players to respect him and to listen to it.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '