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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- David Wells' catcher said the lefty can
be forgiven for a bad game.
"You just have to give him a Mulligan on this one," catcher
Darrin Fletcher said after Wells was hit hard Thursday in the Blue
Jays' 15-7 win over the Kansas City Royals. "He knows he has to
make better pitches, but he's made a lot of starts for us."
|  | | Tony Batista (7) is congratulated by Toronto teammate Darrin Fletcher (9) after his home run in the fourth inning Thursday. |
Wells, who wasn't available for comment, gave up seven runs and
11 hits in just 3 2-3 innings, his shortest outing since April 14
against Seattle. But Toronto's offense bailed him out.
Tony Batista hit his 34th homer, leaving him tied for the
American League lead, and had a go-ahead single.
"Every time he came in, he got it in the middle of the plate
and they whacked it," Blue Jays manager Jim Fregosi said.
Wells, 17-4 overall his season but 2-2 since the All-Star break,
failed to hold a 3-0 lead.
Chris Carpenter (8-10) won in relief for the first time this
season, giving up two hits in 4 1-3 scoreless innings. Overall, it
was his first victory since July 6.
"It was a hit parade and we'll take our win," Carlos Delgado
said. "Boomer didn't throw good, and Carpenter picked him up, and
we scored some runs."
Brad Fullmer hit a three-run homer for the Blue Jays, who outhit
Kansas City 17-14 and won for just the fifth time in their last 11
games. Shannon Stewart was 3-for-6 with a homer and three RBIs, and
Alex Gonzalez was 3-for-6 with two RBIs.
Kansas City's Johnny Damon went 3-for-4 and is 61-for-124 (.492)
since the All-Star break, raising his average from .267 to .329. It
was his 18th multihit game since the break.
"Carpenter came in and did what he had to do," Damon said.
"It's one of those games you want to forget. They just came out
and hit better than we did and pitched better than we did."
Chris Fussell (4-3), who relieved with the score 7-7 in the
fourth, gave up three runs and two hits in two innings.
Brian Meadows, making his first start since the Royals acquired
him from San Diego on July 31, was tagged for seven runs and eight
hits in 3 2-3 innings.
Toronto trailed 6-3 in the fourth before going ahead on
Batista's homer, which tied him with Chicago's Frank Thomas,
consecutive doubles by Jose Cruz Jr. and Craig Grebeck, and
Stewart's two-run homer.
Jermaine Dye's RBI double tied it in the bottom half, but Dave
Martinez walked against Fussell leading off the fifth, advanced on
Delgado's groundout and scored on Batista's two-out single.
Toronto made it 13-7 in the sixth on Gonzalez's RBI double off
Fussell, run-scoring singles by Martinez and Delgado off Tim Byrdak
and Fullmer's 24th homer, his 10th since the All-Star break.
Stewart and Gonzalez added RBI singles off Jerry Spradlin in the
seventh.
Toronto took its first-inning lead on Martinez's RBI single and
Delgado's two-run double. But Kansas City took a 4-3 lead in the
bottom half on Dye's RBI double, Joe Randa's run-scoring single and
Mark Quinn's two-run homer.
Randa hit and RBI double in the third and scored on Hector
Ortiz's infield single.
Game notes
Wells remained 10-1 on the road. ... Stewart had three
homers in the series. ... Royals 1B Mike Sweeney made a diving stop
Fullmer's grounder down the line and threw to Meadows on a close
play at first for the out. ... Quinn leads AL rookies with 23
homers. ... Royals manager Tony Muser had an extended argument with
plate umpire Mike Everitt in the fourth when Carlos Febles was
called out after his bunt hit him. Wells began walking off the
field to escape the heat during the long discussion and got to the
third-base line before Muser gave up. ... Blue Jays manager Jim
Fregosi was ejected by Everitt in the sixth for arguing a called
third strike on Stewart.
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