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Curt Schilling got himself in extra trouble against Kansas City. Boston's ace tied the AL record by allowing 10 extra-base hits, and the Royals rallied for three runs in the eighth inning for a 5-4 win Thursday night. The win completed a three-game sweep of the Red Sox. "I don't know if there's any in-depth explanation other than I didn't get the job done when I had to make the pitches," Schilling said. "I felt fine. I felt fine." Schilling (14-5) gave up nine doubles and a home run, matching the mark set by Washington's Dale Gear in 1901 and equaled by Cleveland's Luis Tiant in 1969. Boston went 1-5 on a trip to Tampa Bay and Kansas City, who have the two worst records in the AL. The Red Sox, swept in a three-game series at the Royals for the first time in 15 years, have lost five straight for the first time since 2004. They remained a season-high three games behind the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East. AP_Tacoda_AMS_DDC_addPair("SECTION", "SPORTS; BASEBALL")AP_Tacoda_AMS_DDC("http://te.ap.org/tte/blank.gif", "1.0") "We've backed ourselves into a little bit of a hole. Now we've got to find a way to get out of it," Boston manager Terry Francona said. In other AL games, it was: Chicago 5, New York 4; Texas 8, Seattle 2; Toronto 5, Minnesota 0; and Cleveland 14, Los Angeles 2. Ryan Shealy's infield single, the only hit by the Royals that didn't go for extra bases, pushed across the go-ahead run and finished Schilling. Emil Brown homered in the sixth. "It's strange," the Royals' Mark Teahen said. "But when you're a team full of power hitters, that happens."

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