Red Sox slam Royals to lift Matsuzaka to 8-0

 
J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell both slugged grand slams to lift the Boston Red Sox to an 11-8 win and four-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals on Thursday. [link]

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