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Article: Red Sox steer clear; Continue trip with win against Royals.(Sports)
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- The Boston Herald
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- August 24, 2005
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Byline: MICHAEL SILVERMAN
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - As traffic on Interstate 70 zipped by in a state of blissful ignorance, the wreck alongside of the highway known as the 2005 Kansas City Royals skittered out of control in front of the Red Sox last night.
There was nothing macabre or morbid about the Red Sox' 5-2 victory, just that it was embarrassingly one-sided until Mike Timlin gave up two runs in the ninth inning. And the Sox have the pleasure of playing two more games at Kauffman Stadium against the worst team (40-83) in the major leagues.
David Wells (9-6) had a relatively short and not particularly sharp five-inning, 91-pitch outing that said ...