Reuters: Sports News: Youkilis grand slam powers Boston past Chicago

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Youkilis grand slam powers Boston past Chicago Apr 27th 2012, 04:37 Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:37am EDT (Reuters) - After pitching a perfect game last weekend, Chicago starter Philip Humber was given a sharp dose of reality in front of his home fans on Thursday as Kevin Youkilis smashed a grand slam to power Boston to a 10-3 win over the White Sox. Back on the mound for the first time since tossing just the 21st perfect game in the major leagues on Saturday, Humber (1-1) was far from perfect against Boston, giving up nine runs on eight hits over five shaky innings at U.S. Cellular Field. If Humber harbored any dreams of back-to-back perfect outings they were squashed quickly as the right-hander walked Mike Aviles to open the game before serving up a one-out single to Dustin Pedroia and an RBI double to Adrian Gonzalez. David Ortiz singled to left centre to push across another run and give Boston the early 2-0 lead. Chicago pulled a run back in the bottom of the first but the Red Sox answered with a five-run burst in the third, Youkilis doing the major damage by taking a Humber pitch over the wall in right for his second career grand slam. Jarrod Saltalamacchia cracked a solo homer to extend the lead to 7-1 in the third and also had a two-run blast in the fifth. Boston's Felix Doubront (1-0) took the win, yielding three runs on five hits in six solid innings.

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