Caption: Kevin Youkilis watches his eighth inning home run—his first of the 2010 season—leave Kaufman Stadium during the Red Sox 8-3 win in Kansas City. Youk’s blast was one of five Sox home runs in the game.
The Red Sox hit five home runs off the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner tonight en route to an 8-3 victory in Kansas City, but the win came just inches from being a sidelight to an indescribable tragedy.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Royals RF David DeJesus lined a single up the middle that literally brushed the back of Josh Beckett’s head on its way into center field. Had the baseball hit the right-hander squarely instead of merely grazing the back of his head, the win would have seemed extremely unimportant.
After the game, Beckett brushed the incide ...
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Boston Red Sox-Kansas City Royals: Five Home Runs Power Boston Past Greinke
Posted: 11th April 2010 by Jeffrey Brown in MLBComments Off on Boston Red Sox-Kansas City Royals: Five Home Runs Power Boston Past Greinke