BOSTON _ Just imagine the damage Jorge Soler would do if he played in Fenway Park on a regular basis.
Opposing pitchers' legs would probably be shaking on the mound, and the green monster might need monthly maintenance appointments to repair the cluster of dents caused by high-velocity line drives crashing into frequently.
Soler showed just how inadequate the quaint ballpark in Boston is to contain him with a two-homer performance that derailed Red Sox starter Andrew Cashner's night and helped the Royals even up their series at a game apiece with a 6-2 win in front of an announced 36,360 at Fenway Park on Tuesday night.
The teams will wrap up their three-game series with a rubber match on Wednesday night.
Soler's first homer of the night, in the fourth inning, made him the first Royals right-handed hitter to reach 30 home runs since Jermaine Dye in 2000. By the end of the night, he'd moved within seven homers of tying Mike Moustakas' single-season club record (38).
Soler drove in four of the team's first six runs thanks to a pair of home runs. Meanwhile, first baseman Ryan O'Hearn snapped out of an 0-for-15 funk with a solo homer, and Whit Merrifield went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Hunter Dozier also drove in a run.
Royals starting pitcher Jakob Junis turned in a quality start and allowed just one run on seven hits and one walk in six innings. He struck out four on his way to his seventh win of the season.
Royals left-handed reliever Richard Lovelady allowed one run in two innings of relief, and closer Ian Kennedy, who hadn't pitched since July 31, pitched a perfect ninth inning.
