Red Sox starter Garrett Richards was willing to try anything to make up for the pitching prowess he's lost since baseball's crackdown on grip-enhancing substances. He dunked his arm in ice to keep it from sweating. He learned a changeup in four days. His curveball dipped to 63 mph. "I've never had to make this kind of change in my whole career. I'm just trying to make the best of it," he said on Monday night after recovering from a rough start to keep the Red Sox in the game. "Trying to work around the new rules," he said. "That's what was asked of us to do, so that's what I was trying to do." Hunter Renfroe homered twice, the second a 434-foot solo shot over the Green Monster to break a sixth-inning tie, and the Red Sox rallied from a four-run deficit to beat Kansas City 6-5. read more https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401228225
