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BOSTON (AP) – Joe Randa's first hit allowed him a sigh of
relief. His second one gave his whole team a chance to breathe
easier.
|  | | Manny Ramirez and Scott Hatteberg combined for three homers and seven RBI, but it wasn't enough for the Sox. |
Randa snapped an 0-for-17 slump with a 10th-inning single, then
he hit a three-run homer in the 11th on Sunday to lead the Kansas
City Royals to an 11-8 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
"Sometimes you get up there and you think that there's 20 guys
playing defense, and you hit it right at people," Randa said.
"Sometimes it takes a little thing, like that ground ball, to get
your confidence back."
Kansas City took a 6-3 lead with six runs in the second inning
to chase Boston starter Paxton Crawford. But the Red Sox came back
thanks to two homers by Manny Ramirez and another from Scott
Hatteberg that put Boston ahead 8-7 after seven.
Derek Lowe (1-4) came in for the save in the ninth, but he gave
up Jermaine Dye's homer to send the game into extra innings. That's
when Randa snapped out of his slump.
He hit a grounder through the hole on the left side for his
first hit since April 24, when he won the Royals' only other
extra-inning game with a single in the 13th. Then he won it with a
380-foot shot just inside the foul pole and over the screen above
the Green Monster.
"When I first hit it, I thought it might go foul," he said.
"I don't know (how close it was), but it was enough."
Jose Santiago (1-0), the sixth Royals pitcher, pitched a perfect
10th inning, and Roberto Hernandez got three outs for his fifth
save.
Ramirez had a season-high five RBI and Shea Hillenbrand was
4-for-5 for Boston, which lost consecutive games for the first time
all season. The Red Sox committed five errors to lose 8-2 on
Saturday.
Lowe, who had 42 saves last season, allowed four runs and six
hits in three innings for his second blown save, raising his ERA to
6.75.
"Just one of those days. It happens," manager Jimy Williams
said. "We were down 7-4 and came back to go ahead but just
couldn't get the last couple of outs."
Mark Quinn and Dye each singled to lead off the 11th against
Lowe. Two outs later, Randa hit his third homer of the season.
Ramirez hit a three-run homer in the first inning and a solo
shot to lead off the sixth to give him nine homers for the season,
breaking the Red Sox record of eight in April set by Fred Lynn in
1979 and matched by Mo Vaughn in '96 and '97.
Ramirez added his major league-leading 31st RBI on a potential
double-play ball with the bases loaded in the seventh. After
getting the force at second, shortstop Luis Ordaz threw the relay
into the Boston dugout to allow a second run to score and make it
7-6.
Hatteberg followed with his first homer of the year, hitting it
into the Boston bullpen to give the Red Sox an 8-7 lead.
Ordaz went 2-for-2 with a walk, singling in a run and scoring
another during the Royals' six-run second inning. Boston starter
Paxton Crawford lasted just 1 1-3 inning, allowing six runs, seven
hits and a walk.
Game notes
The Royals had only scored more than five runs in a game
three times this season. ... The Royals got out of the second
inning with a couple of great plays. Dye caught Mike Lansing's fly
ball on the warning track for the second out, then Ordaz threw out
from his knees to end the inning. ... Ramirez also sent a shot to
the wall in center field that was brought down by Carlos Beltran.
... Jason Varitek and Jose Offerman both got a day off for Boston.
... Hattberg had Boston's first passed ball of the season. ...
Kansas City returns to Toronto on Monday to make up the April 12
game that was postponed when pieces of the SkyDome roof fell. ...
The NCAA champion Boston College hockey team threw out the
ceremonial first pitch. ... Royals 2B Luis Alicea, was back in the
lineup after missing three games with tightness in his hamstring.
... Ramirez has 25 multihomer games in his career and three this
season.
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Kansas City 11
Boston 8
Cleveland 9
Texas 2
Detroit 6
Tampa Bay 1
NY Yankees 3
Oakland 1
Toronto 2
Anaheim 0
Chi. White Sox 2
Seattle 1
Minnesota 4
Baltimore 0
Milwaukee 10
Montreal 0
St. Louis 12
NY Mets 1
Florida 11
Houston 5
Colorado 14
Cincinnati 7
Chicago Cubs 11
San Francisco 2
Los Angeles 4
Philadelphia 1
San Diego 6
Pittsburgh 1
Arizona 7
Atlanta 5
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