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Monday, April 30, 2001
Royals power past Red Sox
The Associated Press
BOSTON — Joe Randa's first hit allowed him a sigh of relief. His second one he gave his whole team a chance to breathe easier.
Randa snapped an 0-for-17 slum with a 10th-inning single, then h
a three-third homer in the 11th yesterday and led the Kansas City Royals to an 11-8 victory against the Boston Red Sox.
"Sometimes you get up there and you think that there's 20 guys playing
uterense, 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, chasing Boston starter Paxton Crawford out of the game. But the Red Sox
came back thanks to two homers by Manny Ramirez and another from Scott Hattieber that put Boston ahead 8-7 after seven innings.
Derek Lowe (1-4) came in the ninth and gave up a home run to Jermaine Dye, which sent 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—his first hit since April 24. Then he won it with a 380-foot shot just inside the foul pole and over the screen above the Green Monster.
Jose Santiago (1-0), the sixth Royals pitcher, pitched a perfect 10th inning, and Roberto Hernandez got three outs and recorded his fifth save.
Ramirez had a season-high five RBI and Shea Hillbrand was 4-for-5 for Boston, which lost consecutive games for the first time this season. The Red Sox committed five errors in an 8-2 loss to the Royals on Saturday.
Lowe, who had 42 saves last season, allowed four runs and six hits
"Sometimes it takes a
little thing, like that
ground ball, to get your confidence back."
Joe Randa
Kansas City Royals third baseman
in four innings in his second blown save, raising his ERA to 6.75.
"Just one of those days. It hap-
pens," said Red Sox manager Jim-
Williams. "We were down 7-4 and
came back to go ahead but just
couldn't get the last couple of outs."
Royals outfielder Mark Quinn and Dye each singled in the top of 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 leading off the sixth, which gave him nine homers for the season. That broke the Red Sox record of eight in April set by Fred Lynn in 1979 and
matched by Mo Vaughn in '96 and '97.
Game notes
Game notes
The Royals had only scored more than five runs in a game three times this season.
- Ramirez also sent a shot to the wall in center field that was brought by Carlos Beltran.
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.
Jason Varitek and Jose Offerman both got a day off for Boston.
Kansas City returns to Toronto today to make up the April 12 game that was postponed when pieces of the SkyDome rooftell.
Royals second baseman 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.
White Sox shine against Mariners
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Put Paul Konerko at the plate with the game on the line and good things seem to happen.
Konerko had his second game-winning hit of the week yesterday, an RBI single in the bottom of the
the bottom of
14th inning, giving the Chicago
White Sox a 2-1 victory against the
Seattle Mariners.
His homer in the 11th inning Wednesday night gave Chicago a 2-1 victory against Oakland.
Victory came when "Paul is becoming one of the top money players in the league," said White Sox manager Jerry Manuel. "Even last year, in clutch situations when he was a pinch-hitter, he'd gave you a good at-bat.
The White Sox can use all the good at-bats they can get these days. They're struggling at 8-15, and the
victory kept them from being swept for the fourth time this year. Chicago was swept only two times last year as it ran away with the AL Central title.
The loss snapped a nine-game win ning streak for the Mariners. Still, Seattle (20-5) set a record for most wins in April, and the Mariners are nine games ahead of Texas in the AL West.
"Obviously, we don't think we're going to win 25 every month, or we'd set a lot of records," said Bret Boone, whose lead offomer in the eighth tied the game. "If we win two of three every series, we're good."
The game was a pitchers' duel, with the Mariners managing only four hits and the White Sox seven. When the teams did manage to put someone on base, they couldn't do much with it. Seattle stranded five, and Chicago left seven runners on base.
But with two outs in the 14th inning, the White Sox got to pitcher
"Everybody did their job
today. We've got to do
today, we be go to do whatever it takes to win games, and today we did it."
Jose Valentin
Chicago White Sox shortstop
Ryan Franklin (2-1). Maggilio Ordonez singled to left and then stole second with Konerko at the plate.
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Konerko worked Franklin to a full count before hitting and scoring Ordonez.
Franklin gave up one run and two hits in 2 2-3 innings, striking out three. Gary Glover (2-1) allowed only one hit and one wild pitch in three innings. He also struck out four.
Royce Clayton had a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning for the White Sox.
"Everybody did their job today," said Chicago's Jose Valentin, who had a spectaculair, diving catch in the 12th, robbing the Mariners of a hit. "We've got to do whatever it takes to win games, and today we did it."
Konerko has now reached base in 22 games this year and has a 12-game hitting streak.
Game notes
After winning their final two regular-season series last year, the Mariners have won their first eight this year, which is a club-record of 10 in a row.
A White Sox fan had some nasty-looking cuts on his face after falling headfirst into Chicago's bullpen during batting practice. The fan, whose name wasn't available, lost his balance as he grabbed for the ball and tumbled over the railing, falling about six feet. Several White Sox players ran to see if he was OK, and the man refused further treatment after team medical personnel checked him out.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct. GB
Toronto 16 8 .667 —
Boston 16 9 .640 .5
New York 14 11 .560 2.5
Baltimore 11 14 .440 5.5
Tampa Bay 8 17 .320 8.5
Central Division
| | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Minnesota | 17 | 6 | .739 | — |
| Cleveland | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3 |
| Kansas City | 9 | 15 | .375 | 8.5 |
| Chicago | 8 | 15 | .348 | 9 |
| Detroit | 8 | 15 | .348 | 9 |
West Division
West Division W L Pct. GB
Seattle 20 5 .800 —
Texas 11 14 .440 9
Anaheim 10 15 .400 10
Oakland 8 17 .320 12
Yesterday's Games
*late game not included
Yesterday's Games
Kansas City 11, Boston 8, 11 inn.
Toronto 2, Anaheim 0
Cleveland 9, Texas 2
Detroit 6, Tampa Bay 1
N.Y. Yankees 3, Oakland 1
Minnesota 4, Baltimore 0
Chicago White Sox 2, Seattle 1, 14
inn.
Today's Games
Today's Games
Kansas City (Suppan 1-3) at Toronto
(Hamilton 1-0), 11:35 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Wilson 1-2) at Baltimore
(Roberts 3-0), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Pettit 3-2) at
Minnesota (Radke 4-0), 7:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
| | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Philadelphia | 14 | 10 | .583 | — |
*Atlanta | 12 | 13 | .480 | 2.5 |
Montreal | 11 | 14 | .440 | 3.5 |
Florida | 10 | 14 | .417 | 4 |
NewYork | 9 | 15 | .375 | 5 |
Central Division
| | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Chicago | 15 | 9 | .625 | — |
| Cincinnati | 14 | 10 | .583 | 1 |
| Milwaukee | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2 |
| Houston | 12 | 11 | .522 | 2.5 |
| St. Louis | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3 |
| Pittsburgh | 9 | 14 | .391 | 5.5 |
West Division
W L Pct. GB
Los Angeles 15 10 .600 —
Colorado 13 11 .542 1.5
San Fran 12 12 .500 2.5
*Arizona 12 12 .500 2.5
San Diego 12 15 .400 5
*late game not included
Yesterday's Games
Saturday's Games
Milwaukee 10, Montreal 0
St. Louis 12, N.Y. 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
Atlanta at Arizona, night
Today's Games
Houston (Reynolds 1-1) at N.Y. Mets
(Trachsel0-4), 6:10 p.m.
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