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Article: Red Sox dispatch Royals.(Sports)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 7, 2008
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jacoby Ellsbury hit a three-run homer and Tim Wakefield's baffling knuckleball shut down Kansas City on four hits through six innings, helping the Boston Red Sox to an 8-2 victory over the Royals on Wednesday night.
Jed Lowrie and J.D. Drew drove in two runs apiece for the Red Sox, who finished their season series 6-1 against the Royals.Wakefield (7-8) threw knuckleballs almost exclusively, tossing practically each delivery toward the plate in the 63-mph range while winning for the first time in four starts.
After Mark Teahen's two-out single in the first, the 42-year-old right-hander retired 10 in a row. He gave up two runs, only ...