Reese powers Red Sox to win

The light-hitting shortstop hit two homers as Boston beat Kansas City 9-1.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON -- Pokey Reese knows he has a reputation for a great glove and a weak bat. He's doing everything he can to change that.
"I want to be known as an all-around player," he said after the first two-homer game of his career gave Boston a 9-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.
"The defense is there, but I want to be known as a hitter also," Reese said. "That's why I'm going to get my work in ... batting practice. That's where it all starts."
Reese had an inside-the-park homer and one of the conventional type to snap a 172 at-bat homerless streak dating to April 4, 2003.
Curt Schilling (4-2) pitched his first AL complete game and 80th of his career, allowing one run on five hits while striking out eight.
Since losing five in a row, the Red Sox have won four straight, including Friday when they scored two in the eighth and three in the ninth to beat the Royals. The Royals could only keep it close for five on Saturday.
Gobble walloped
Jimmy Gobble (1-1), who took a perfect game into the sixth in his last start, gave up six runs on eight hits and a walk, striking out three before he was chased in the five-run sixth. Benito Santiago homered and added a single for the Royals, who have lost 18 of their last 22 and fell to 2-14 on the road.
"Nobody wants to start a season the way we have," said manager Tony Pena, who led the Royals to nine victories to start last season and was the AL's manager of the year. "We're having it very, very bad. ... Today was a tough day -- I have to say, one of the worst days of the season."
Reese snapped his homerless streak in the fifth when he lined an 0-2 pitch down the first-base line that bounced off the wall at an odd angle and got past right fielder Juan Gonzalez before rolling into the corner. The relay from second baseman Desi Relaford was up the first-base line and Reese slid head-first, reaching out to get to the plate before the tag and break a 1-1 tie.
KANSAS CITYBOSTON
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Berroa ss4010Damon cf5120
Beltran cf4000Bllhorn 2b4011
MiSwy dh4000Millar dh4110
JGnzlz rf3000MRmrz lf4111
Guiel rf1000Crespo lf0000
Stairs lf3000Varitek c3121
DJesus ph1000Mueller 3b3111
Randa 3b3000McCty 1b4112
Harvey 1b3010Kapler rf4100
BStiago c3121Reese ss4223
Rlaford 2b2010
Totals31151Totals359119
Kansas City000010000--1
Boston00101502x--9
E--Randa (4). DP--Kansas City 1. LOB--Kansas City 4, Boston 4. 2B--Bellhorn (6), Millar (6), MRamirez (9). HR--BSantiago (3), McCarty (1), Reese 2 (2). SB--Varitek 2 (3). S--Relaford.
IPHRERBBSO
Kansas City
Gobble L,1-1586613
Grimsley2-321100
Camp1 1-300001
Field112211
Boston
Schilling W,4-2951108
Gobble pitched to 4 batters in the 6th. Umpires--Home, Terry Craft; First, Mike DiMuro; Second, Paul Emmel; Third, Joe West. T--2:44. A--34,929.
Twins 3, Athletics 2, 10 innings
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Shannon Stewart scored from first base when Bobby Crosby dropped a fly ball in the 10th inning.
Stewart beat out an infield single against Jim Mecir (0-3) with one out. Cristian Guzman flied out, and Stewart ran on an 0-1 pitch to Doug Mientkiewicz, who hit a soft fly to shallow left field. Crosby jogged to make the catch, and the ball bounded off his glove into the bullpen area for an error.
J.C. Romero (1-2) pitched 22/3 innings, helping the Twins win their third extra-inning game in five days. Joe Nathan struck out the side in the 10th around a walk for his eighth save in nine chances.
MINNESOTAOAKLAND
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ShStwrt lf5110Kotsay cf2100
CGzmn ss5010Kielty lf2010
Mntkw 1b5120Byrnes lf5010
Koskie 3b4010EChavz 3b4010
THnter dh4021Dye rf4011
Punto dh0000Durazo dh5020
MRyan dh1000Httberg 1b5020
JJones rf4111Crosby ss4000
LFord cf4000McMln ph1000
Bowen c3010Mlhuse c3111
Offrmn ph1000Scutaro 2b5010
HBlnco c0000
Rivas 2b4010
Totals403102Totals402102
Minnesota1001000001--3
Oakland1001000000--2
E--Greisinger (2), Crosby (3). DP--Minnesota 1. LOB--Minnesota 8, Oakland 13. 3B--Dye (1). HR--JJones (6), Melhuse (2). CS--CGuzman (2).
IPHRERBBSO
Minnesota
Greisinger562222
Roa1 1-300012
Romero W,2-12 2-340012
Nathan S,8100013
Oakland
THudson992204
Mecir L,0-3111011
PB--Melhuse. Umpires--Home, Ed Montague; First, Jerry Layne; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Paul Schrieber. T--3:13. A--22,759.
Blue Jays 4, White Sox 2
TORONTO -- Josh Phelps' first trip around the bases turned out to be a warmup. He did it for real four pitches later.
Phelps hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning -- four pitches after having one overturned -- and the Toronto Blue Jays won their season-high fourth straight.
Phelps hit Neal Cotts' first pitch down the right-field line for what first-base umpire Larry Vanover ruled was a two-run homer. Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen argued the call and the umpires huddled and overruled Vanover's call, changing it to a foul ball. Television replays indicated the ball was foul.
Blue Jays manager Carlos Tosca came out to argue after the call was reversed, and that gave Phelps a chance to compose himself.
A few minutes later, Phelps homered over the left-field wall off Cotts (0-1), giving Toronto a 4-2 lead.
"It's a long way to run when you have to do it all over again," said Phelps, who had never seen it happen before. "What are the odds? It's just a nice result at the end of an at-bat, as crazy as that at-bat was."
Phelps wondered if the second shot would stay fair. It barely did.
"When I saw it go up, I was thinking this can't happen twice in the same at-bat," he said. "It started to hook, then it straightened out and after that I knew I was on safe ground."
CHICAGOTORONTO
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Uribe ss3000Berg lf4120
MOrdz rf4010Ctlnotto lf0000
Thmas dh4110VWells cf3221
CaLee lf4010CDlgdo 1b3000
Knerko 1b4010JPhlps dh4123
Gload pr0000Hinske 3b4000
Crede 3b4112Cash c3000
TPerez cf4000OHudsn 2b2000
SAlmr c3010Gomez ss3000
Totals34282Totals30474
Chicago000020000--2
Toronto00200002x--4
E--Gomez (3). DP--Chicago 1, Toronto 1. LOB--Chicago 6, Toronto 5. 2B--Thomas (6), SAlomar (2), VWells 2 (11). HR--Crede (7), JPhelps (3). SB--VWells (2), OHudson (2). CS--WHarris (1).
IPHRERBBSO
Chicago
Schoeneweis762215
Cotts L,0-1112212
Toronto
MBatista762205
Frasor W,1-1100010
Adams S,1120000
HBP--by Schoeneweis (CDelgado). Umpires--Home, Paul Nauert; First, Larry Vanover; Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Sam Holbrook. T--2:20. A--18,368.
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