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GAME LOG
BOSTON (AP) -- Brian Meadows pitched with such ease it was hard
to tell it was the first relief appearance of his major league
career.
Meadows (1-0), making his first appearance for Kansas City since
he was acquired Monday from San Diego, allowed one run and six hits
in 6 2/3 innings Saturday to lead the Royals over the Boston Red
Sox 7-5.
|  | | Johnny Damon continued his post-break tear, going 3-for-5 with three runs scored in the Royals' win. |
"I'm very happy with my debut with the Royals," Meadows said.
"It turned out to be my first relief appearance, too."
Mark Quinn hit a tiebreaking double during a three-run eighth
inning and Johnny Damon went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three
runs scored.
After the Red Sox grabbed a 2-1 lead in the second on Mike
Lansing's two-run single, it was time for Meadows' first career
relief outing. The 24-year-old right-hander allowed Trot Nixon's
sacrifice fly before shutting down Boston's offense until the
seventh.
"He just had command of his pitches," Boston first baseman
Rico Brogna said. "He did a super job of holding us down and
keeping us off-balance."
Meadows, a starter with Florida the past two seasons before
being traded to San Diego during the offseason, was put in by
manager Tony Muser after starter Chad Durbin struggled with his
control. Durbin lasted just 1 1-3 innings, allowing three runs and
four walks.
"I know its different for him because he's been a starter the
last two years," Muser said. "I told him when he got here that we
were going to use him out of the bullpen. I told him to be ready
today."
Mike Sweeney drove in two runs for the Royals, who won for just
the second time in nine games.
Boston's Carl Everett went 3-for-5 with his 27th homer in his
return following a 10-game suspension for bumping an umpire July
15. Before the game, he got into a shouting match with manager Jimy
Williams. Neither would discuss it.
Nomar Garciaparra went 1-for-4, dropping his major
league-leading average to .392. He tied the score with an RBI
single in the seventh following Everett's double.
Ricky Bottalico got three outs for his 10th save in 16 chances.
He allowed Everett's two-out homer, walked the next two batters,
then struck out Jason Varitek.
With the score 4-all, Jermaine Dye and Joe Randa singled in the
eighth off Rheal Cormier (2-2) and Quinn greeted Rod Beck with a
ground-rule double into Boston's bullpen.
Gregg Zaun followed with a run-scoring single and pinch-hitter
Dave McCarty hit an RBI grounder.
Rolando Arrojo, making his first home start since being acquired
in a five-player deal from Colorado July 27, gave up four runs -- three earned -- and six hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Durbin gave up three runs, one hit and four walks in 1 1/3
innings. Twenty-one of his 36 pitches were balls.
Sweeney's RBI single in the first and Luis Ordaz's run-scoring
grounder in the second put Kansas City ahead 2-0.
Boston took a 3-2 lead in the bottom half when Durbin walked the
bases loaded and Lansing hit a two-run single before Nixon had a
sacrifice fly.
Arrojo threw a run-scoring wild pitch that tied the game in the
third, and Sweeney had an RBI grounder in the fifth following a
double by Damon, batting .466 in 23 games since the All-Star break
with 15 doubles.
Game notes
Damon stole his league-leading 31st stolen base. ... Red
Sox LF Troy O'Leary threw out Jermaine Dye at the plate to end the
fifth. ... Kansas City's last four losses have been by one run. ...
Boston's Brian Daubach, who hit the go-ahead homer in Friday's 5-4
win, is in a 5-for-39 slump.
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Baseball Scoreboard
Kansas City Clubhouse
Boston Clubhouse
Everett makes himself heard upon return to Red Sox
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 Jimy Williams comments on the Carl Everett incident.
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