Red Sox beat Royals 3-1 behind Willson Contreras' homer and Sonny Gray's strong outing

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Willson Contreras hit his team-leading 10th homer and Sonny Gray outdueled Seth Lugo as the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Monday night.

The first pitch was moved up 30 minutes because heavy thunderstorms were forecast for later Monday.

Gray (5-1) allowed one run on five hits in six-plus innings. He struck out nine and walked one. He has given up two runs over 16 innings (1.13 ERA) since returning from the injured list on May 6. Three relievers followed Gray, with Aroldis Chapman working the ninth for his 11th save in as many opportunities.

Lugo (1-4) allowed two runs on five hits in six innings for Kansas City, which has lost seven of eight.

The Royals had back-to-back hits off Gray in the fifth. Michael Massey lined a double off the glove of left fielder Masataka Yoshida. Kyle Isbel rolled a single into left, but Yoshida threw out Massey at the plate.

Lugo gave up a bloop single to Mickey Gasper leading off the sixth. With one out, Contreras hit a 435-foot shot to left-center for a 2-0 lead.

Jarren Duran hit a sacrifice fly for Boston in the seventh. Jac Caglianone doubled in the Royals' run in bottom half.

LHP Ranger Suarez (2-2, 2.44 ERA) starts for the Red Sox as the series continues Tuesday. The Royals will have a bullpen game because their scheduled starter, Kris Bubic, was placed on the 15-day injured list Monday, retroactive to May 15, with left elbow soreness.

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Boston Red Sox's Willson Contreras celebrates as he runs home after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Monday, May 18, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Boston Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida runs to third after hitting a triple during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 18, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Seth Lugo throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Monday, May 18, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Sonny Gray throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Monday, May 18, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Boston Red Sox's Willson Contreras, right, celebrates with teammates after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Monday, May 18, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Police raced Monday to catch an armed teenage runaway before he and another teen opened fire on a San Diego mosque, killing three men and then themselves.

About two hours after one boy's mother called to warn police that he had run away with her weapons and vehicle, shots rang out at the Islamic Center of San Diego, and a mosque security guard and two others were killed, San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said.

The gunmen, ages 17 and 18, were found dead of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds, the chief added.

The shooting is being investigated as a hate crime, he added.

Here's what is known about the attack:

Wahl said the mother, who called the police around 9:40 a.m., had described her son as suicidal. The search for the boy took on more urgency as police learned that he was dressed in camouflage and with an acquaintance — facts that were not consistent with someone about to die by suicide, the chief said.

Police used automated license plate readers to try to find the teens, dispatched authorities to a nearby mall and alerted Madison High School, where at least one suspect was a student, Wahl said. Officers were still interviewing the mother about places the teens might be when they received reports of a shooting at the largest mosque in San Diego County.

As police arrived, gunshots rang out a few blocks away where a landscaper was shot at but uninjured. The shooters were soon found dead in a vehicle stopped in the middle of a road nearby, Wahl said.

There was no specific threat made against the the Islamic Center of San Diego but authorities found evidence that the suspects engaged in “generalized hate rhetoric,” Wahl said. He declined to immediately share more details.

The mosque’s director, Imam Taha Hassane, said the center focused on interfaith relations, and that a group of non-Muslims had been touring the mosque earlier Monday to learn about Islam.

The white mosque is surrounded by homes, apartments and strip malls with Middle Eastern restaurants and markets. It is home to the Al Rashid School, which offers courses in Arabic language, Islamic studies and the Quran for students ages 5 and up, according to its website. No students were harmed, Hassane said, and aerial TV footage showed the school children holding hands as they were led out of the parking lot surrounded by police vehicles.

Police have not yet released the names of the victims.

Wahl said one was a mosque security guard who “played a pivotal role” in preventing the attack from being more deadly.

“It’s fair to say his actions were heroic,” the chief said at a news conference. “Undoubtedly he saved lives today.”

Children hold hand as they walk near the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego Monday, May 18, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

A body is covered with a tarp at the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego Monday, May 18, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

People embrace near the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego Monday, May 18, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Police stage on a roof at the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego Monday, May 18, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)