-- The Sox pulled out an 8-6 win Sunday afternoon to take the series against the Royals, but dodged a bigger bullet when Jacoby Ellsbury walked away from a collision with Adrian Beltre attempting to track down a foul ball.
In the bottom of the ninth,Ells attempted a sliding catch and collided with Beltre's knee, limping off the field with holding his ribcage area. Luckily, X-Rays showed bruising but nothing broken. No word yet if Ellsbury will play Monday night in Minneapolis.
Sunday's game was highlighted by the Sox breaking out the bats, with 4-run innings in the first and fourth. Pedroia homered for the third time this season, and the second of the series.
Pitching, however, wasn't the marquee. Clay Buchols got the win in his first start of 2010 with a so-so effort. He went 5 innings with 7 hits and 3 runs.
Reliever Ramon Ramirez gave up 3 runs on 3 hits in an outless 8th inning effort, before setup man Daniel Bard came in and got the Sox out of any further jeopardizing jams.
The Sox improved to 3-3 and won their first road series by a count of 2 games to 1.
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