Gray’s season-high 9 K’s sets tone as Sox starters continue to shove

KANSAS CITY -- While the Red Sox spent the first five innings of Monday night’s opener of a three-game series against the Royals continuing that prolonged search to find some offense, Sonny Gray, the ultimate craftsman, went to work. The offense eventually did have a moment to savor, and Willson Contreras provided it with his second clutch, two-run homer in three days, this one a Statcast-projected 435-foot moonshot to left-center field that broke a scoreless tie with one out in the top of the sixth in Boston’s eventual 3-1 victory. Roger Clemens 20-Strikeout Double Bobblehead Giveaway is Friday! But it...