SPORTS BRIEF
Kansas City stops Boston
BOSTON — Carlos Beltran beat the
percentages Sunday afternoon, and so
did the Kansas City Royals. Finally.
Beltran drove in four runs from
the right side, statistically his weaker
side, and helped the Royals produce
an upbeat Finish to a disappointing
nine-game road trip with an 8-4 vic
tory over the Boston Red Sox at Fen
way Park.
"Today, when I came to the Field, 1
was feeling kind of lost from the left
side," Beltran said. "But 1 took good
batting practice from the right side.
When you're a switch hitter, that
happens a lot. It's difFicult to keep
the same swing from both sides of
the plate.
"I face so many more right-handed
pitchers that normally my swing from
the left side will be better. Today, it
was backward, and I was glad when
they switched me around."
The Royals know all about back
ward after losing 18 of their previous
22 games. Only this time, backward
was perfect.
Beltran provided a three-run dou
ble in a four-run sixth inning that
boosted the Royals to a 6-2 lead. He
added another RBI double while bat
ting right-handed in the eighth inning
after getting a left-handed single earli
er in the game against Boston starter
Derek Lowe.
Mike Sweeney added two hits, in
cluding a two-run double in the
third that erased a 2-0 deFicit. Kelly
Stinnett contributed a booming
homer in the ninth that caromed
high off a light tower above the
Green Monster in left Field.
The Royals also got a huge boost
from their beleaguered bullpen when
lefty Jaime Cerda retired Bill Mueller,
the American League's reigning bat
ting champion, in a 13-pitch battle
with the bases loaded and two outs in
the Boston sixth.
"Our bullpen came in and did a
great job," Darrell ^4ay said. "We
played great defense. We hit the ball
well. And we pitched well. Maybe
we're finally figuring it out."
— Bob Dutton
Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT)
Third baseman
Ashley Richards
- Oregon’s
leading hitter
going into
Friday’s game
with a .320
batting average
- went 2 for 7
in the Ducks’
0-3 weekend
in Arizona.
She is seen
here earlier
\ this season
against UCLA.
I Tim Bobosky
Photographer
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allowed five runs on three home runs
and an RBI double.
"I thought we could have made bet
ter adjustments offensively," Arendsen
said Friday. "We gave ourselves oppor
tunities to score and again didn't
come up with timely hits."
The Ducks left eight runners on
base in front of 1,411 fans at Rita Hil
lenbrand Memorial Stadium. They
came closest to scoring in the seventh
when catcher Jenn Poore singled to
left field, nearly scoring second base
man Erin Goodell. Goodell was
thrown out at the plate by left fielder
Autumn Champion for the second
out of the inning.
Sophomore Amy Harris got the
start, her third during the Pac-10
season, and the Wildcats scored off
her in the third inning with a home
run to left field by third baseman Jack
ie Cobum. In the fifth inning, Arizona
padded its lead to 4-0 with a two-run
shot by second baseman Samantha
Quintero and a solo home mn by
center fielder Caidin Lowe. Later that
inning, catcher Mackenzie Van
dergeest drove a double to left field,
scoring Champion for the Wildcats' fi
nal mn of the game.
The Ducks wanted to bounce back
in two games against Arizona State,
but they lost both — coming closest
to a win in Saturday's nine-inning 1
0 decision.
In the bottom of the ninth, catch
er Katie Cobos singled to left field
to score shortstop Kristin Crenshaw
for the win. Cobos' hit fell just in
front of Crenshaw as she was run
ning the bases, giving Arendsen an
argument for a runner interference
call. The call from the umpires
stood, leaving Oregon on the losing
side of the debate.
"We battled for nine innings and I
didn't think it should have ended
this way," Arendsen said Saturday.
"But we've got to start putting runs
on the board to avoid this situation."
The Ducks had nine hits and left
five runners on base as Arizona
State's Desiree Serrano bumped her
record to 1-9.
Junior transfer Ani Nyhus threw
five innings of shutout ball before sen
ior Anissa Meashintubby relieved her
in the sixth. Meashintubby struck out
seven batters before allowing the run.
Oregon still had a chance to win
the series against Arizona State with
a win Sunday.
Instead, the Ducks were held
scoreless in three consecutive games
for the first time this season, losing
Sunday's game to the Sun Devils, 3-0.
"Again, we left runners on base
and didn't get hits with runners in
scoring position," Arendsen said
Sunday.
In the third inning, Arizona State
took the lead when center fielder
Kristin Farber scored on a double off
the left field wall by third baseman
Phelan Wright. Nyhus then loaded
the bases when she intentionally
walked left fielder Val Sevilla. Desig
nated player Kari Pulcifer pulled out
a successful squeeze play to put the
sun Devils ahead, 2-0.
Sevilla hit a home run off Harris in
the fifth inning for Arizona State's fi
nal mn of the game.
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