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KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 / SPORTS
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Where pigskin flies
Valerie Skubal/KANSAN
Jared Martin and Aaron Eston, sophomores from Mulvane, and Brennerite a sophomore fromlopeka, toss a football in South Park on Wednesday. "We live so close and come to the park all the time to take advantage of the sun." Ellson said.
MLB
Red Sox trample Twins by three
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS — Rain fell on the Minnesota Twins at home for the first time in 29 years and John Lackey dampened their bats.
Lackey turned in a second strong start and Jeremy Hermida gave Boston room with a three-run double in the eighth inning, leading the Red Sox to a 6-3 win Wednesday in the second game at Target Field.
Lackey (1-0) lasted 6 2-3 innings for his first Red Sox victory, lifted early by Marco Scutaro's two singles and Dustin Pedroia's RBI double and solo home run.
The crowd of 38,164, more than 1,000 below capacity, rediscovered baseball's unique relationship with the weather. The temperature at first pitch was 73 degrees, but raindrops started to fall in the third and sprinkled the sparkling new ballpark intermittently over the next four innings.
Some fans went scurrying for the concourses and others hastily put up their umbrellas, but the rain
brought a cheer and a few chants of "out-door base-ball" in another sign of the celebration of Minnesota's move out of the Metrodome to an open-air facility.
Twins starter Kevin Slowey (1-1) inched through five, giving up three runs and taking the loss.
Hermida's bases-clearing hit gave the Red Sox a 6-2 lead, but the Twins had chances to come back.
The sun came out when Joe Mauer came to the plate in the seventh, but he was intentionally walked to load the bases after a passed ball with two outs. Justin Morneau hit a weak popup near the mound to end that threat.
Michael Cuddyer's homer and Delmon Young's double got the eighth off to a strong start, but Daniel Bard finished the inning without more damage and Jonathan Papelbon worked the ninth for his third save. He got Cuddyer on a long fly to end the game with two on.
heal, Scutaro is the replacement leadoff hitter. He got the Red Sox going right away with sharp singles in each of the first two innings, scoring on Pedroia's double in the first and driving in J.D. Drew in the second. Minnesota tied it in the third, but Pedroia gave Boston the lead back with his homer to left.
With Jacoby Ellsbury likely out for the series while his bruised ribs
After a sharp start last week in a win over the Los Angeles Angels, Slowey never found his footing — even literally in the fifth following Pedroia's two-out shot.
Slowey gave up a single and a walk after the homer, prompting pitching coach Rick Anderson to the mound. He asked the umpires to check the mound, and the grounds crew guys hustled out for their first critical in-game task.
Slowey got the last out of the inning, but his day was done with 98 pitches, five hits and four walks.
MLB
Guillen scores five homers in four games, assists in victory
Beginning an $82.5 million, fiveyear contract with the Red Sox, Lackey has logged 12 2-3 innings over two starts with only 10 hits and two runs allowed.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT — lose Guillen homered for the fourth straight game, connecting for his 200th career shot and leading the Kansas City Royals.
and Johnny Damon got his 1,000th career RBI.
ing the Detroit Tigers 7-3 Wednesday.
Kyle Davies (1-0) allowed three runs in 6 2-3 innings. The Royals got 2 1-3 innings of scoreless relief from their shaky bullpen, with
Guillen hit his fifth home run in a four-game span. His solo drive capped a two-run seventh inning that put the Penguin on.
Guillen hit his fifth home run in a four-game span. His solo drive capped a two-run seventh that put the Royals ahead 5-3.
the Royals ahead 5-3.
Billy Butler added a pair of sacrifice flies for the Royals. Magglio Ordonez homered for the Tigers
Joakim Soria
recording the final four outs
for his second save.
Perry (0-1). After a sacrifice and a wild pitch. DeJesus scored on Butler's sacrifice fly when catcher Gerald Laird couldn't handle
It was three-all in the seventh when David DeJesus started the seventh with a walk off Ryan
Ordonez's throw from right field.
Guillen followed with his home run for a 5.3 lead.
Damon's two-out single in the bottom half of the inning brought John Parrish from the bullpen. Parrish had retired all 10 batters he had faced this year, but walked Ordonez before getting Miguel Cabrera to ground out.
Ordonez hit his third home run in the first inning. The Royals came back against Rick Porcello on DeJesus' two-run double in the second and added a run in the third when Jason Kendall singled home Guillen.
Detroit tied it in the fifth. Damon hit an RBI double and another run scored as Cabrera grounded into a double play.
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