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Article: Gomez's grand slam powers Blue Jays.(The Hartford Courant)

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Byline: David Heuschkel

TORONTO _ No need to second-guess the Boston Red Sox manager for leaving his starting pitcher in too long Thursday night. He did it himself.

"I thought he was fine," Terry Francona said. "Maybe I was wrong. The results weren't very good."

All the signs were there that Curt Schilling was on fumes. His pitch count was up and his velocity was down. And he was leaving pitches up in the strike zone, clearly an indication he was tired.

It took the No.9 hitter for the Blue Jays to finally convince Francona that Schilling was spent.

Chris Gomez hammered a hanging splitter for a grand slam that broke a tie as ...

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