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02/22/09 5:38 PM EST

Royals crank it up in intrasquad game

Shealy, Gload go deep; several thousand show up for FanFest

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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Ryan Shealy and Ross Gload, two of the scrappers in the first-base battle, pounded the first home runs of Royals Spring Training on Sunday.

They connected in the only intrasquad game scheduled for the camp.

Shealy drove a homer over the fence in left-center at Brett Field against right-hander Devon Lowery. This being a seat-of-the-pants game, Shealy didn't even get to round the bases. He was stopped at first base to set up a different situation.

"You don't see that every day," Shealy said. "Normally you get to circle the bases. Instead, I had to try to break up a double play."

Sure enough, when Alex Gordon followed by rapping into a double play, Shealy had to slide into second base.

When Gload drove a two-run shot over the right-field fence against left-hander Heath Phillips, he ran right past first-base coach Rusty Kuntz and jogged around to home plate.

"I think Rusty was telling me to stop, but I ran right through the stop sign," Gload said. "I don't get to enjoy too many of those."

Mark Teahen came close to a homer when his drive off Lowery hit the top of the center-field wall. He had to settle for a double. Teahen also came close to an opposite-field homer earlier, but the ball was caught on the warning track.

In the 4 1/2-inning scrimmage, Chris Lubanski knocked in three runs with a double and a single and Alberto Callaspo had two singles and an RBI.

"He had a couple of nice ABs," manager Trey Hillman said of Callaspo. "Bert can hit. I think he's one of those guys who can just hit getting out of bed."

Jose Guillen did not play because of a sore toe and a sore shoulder.

"Jose's toe felt better than I anticipated with his jogging," Hillman said. "He did some shagging over on the main field, then came in and did his work inside. It's just going to be one of those day-to-day things. It looks like the toe is on the upswing and now we'll monitor the shoulder."

Left-hander John Bale felt OK on Sunday. He resumed throwing Saturday after being restricted because of a stiff upper back.

The annual FanFest was held Sunday at Surprise Stadium, and in the Home Run Derby, the Texas Rangers' Travis Metcalf defeated the Royals' J.R. House in the final round. Several thousand fans showed up at the free event.

The Cactus League schedule will open at the stadium Wednesday, and the Royals will start Horacio Ramirez against the Rangers' Matt Harrison. Both are left-handers. Also scheduled to pitch for the Royals are Brandon Duckworth, Lenny DiNardo, Henry Barrera and Yasuhiko Yabuta.

On Thursday, Kyle Davies will start against the Rangers' Kevin Millwood. The other Royals pitchers: Phillips, Julio Pimentel, Tim Hamulack, Matt Wright, Carlos Rosa and Victor Marte.

On Friday, against the San Francisco Giants at Scottsdale, Zack Greinke will start for the Royals. Also listed are Robinson Tejeda, Lowery, Franquelis Osoria, Joakim Soria and Jamey Wright.

The Royals' starters are scheduled to pitch two innings or about 30 pitches, whichever comes first.

Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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