BOSTON — Red Sox right fielder Wilyer Abreu sprinted full speed and caught Nick Loftin’s 95.9 mph, 315-foot line drive into the corner near Pesky’s Pole during the fifth inning.

Abreu crashed into the wall and held onto the baseball.

“That was unreal. I thought I got Pesky’d early on,” starter Garrett Crochet said.

Abreu also recorded two hits, two RBIs and made another catch up against the wall in the seventh inning on Salvador Perez’s fly out. He helped lead the Red Sox to a 6-2 win over the Royals at Fenway Park.

It marked Boston’s seventh straight win and ninth victory in the past 10 games.

“Then, the Salvy one as well,” Crochet said. “He plays an incredible right field, and this isn’t the easiest park to do it at. The entire outfield, it’s pretty legit. I think that it’s probably the best rounded outfield, including all three of them, in the league. It’s really special.”

Abreu won a Gold Glove in right field last year, recording 17 defensive runs saved in 921 ⅓ innings. He entered Tuesday with 13 defensive runs saved in 710 ⅓ innings in right field this year.

“Just a good athlete,” manager Alex Cora said. “In the eighth inning, there was a ball in right-center that he went after and you see Ceddanne (Rafaela) flying to the gap, too.”

Abreu is in the 95th percentile in outs above average (7), 97th percentile in arm strength (94.2) and 88th percentile in fielding run value (6).

“Very tough play,” Abreu said through translator Daveson Perez. “There’s some wide dimensions here in this ballpark. So it’s very important to keep your focus when you’re out there and making plays like that.”

As Abreu crashed against the wall, the fans were right there next to him going wild.

“Our fans, they’re the best,” Abreu said. “Especially now that we’re playing well and things are going good for us. Just to see how much they’re yelling and to see how loud they are getting, it’s been really fun.”

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