01:00 AM EDT on Friday, June 30, 2006

BY STEVEN KRASNER
Journal Sports Writer

BOSTON -- Curt Schilling was the winning pitcher in his duel with the Mets' 11-game winner, Tom Glavine.

He gave up only two runs in seven innings, stung only by Paul Lo Duca's two-out opposite-field single inside the first-base bag and Carlos Beltran's two-run homer into the center-field bleachers on a 3-and-1 cookie in the sixth.

The relentless Sox offense got him off the hook in the bottom of the sixth, thanks to a homer by Mark Loretta and a sacrifice fly by Jason Varitek. And then put him in position for the win that improved his record to 10-2 on a bunt single (Coco Crisp), a stolen base, a sacrifice bunt (Alex Gonzalez) and a sacrifice fly (Kevin Youkilis).

Along the way, the Sox set an American League record and tied the major-league mark by playing their 16th consecutive errorless game, topped off by Crisp's lead-preserving diving catch in the eighth.

"I'm going to be a little biased because I was the winning pitcher, but that was one of the funnest games I've ever been a part of," said Schilling. "That was an instructional video in some aspects, from a defensive standpoint and from an offensive standpoint, some of the things we did, it was an unbelievable game."

It was punctuated by Crisp's amazing grab, robbing David Wright of a game-tying extra-base hit.

"That might be one of, if not the best, catches I've ever seen," said Schilling. "If anything, that ball was going away from him a little bit. He caught the ball basically behind him."

The team's play overall has impressed Schilling.

"I think this might be the most complete team I've ever been part of. I don't think there's anything we can't do. We can hit. We can work pitchers. We can catch (the ball defensively) with anybody I've ever seen. And I think our pitching staff is rounding out," said Schilling.

Over his last nine starts, Schilling is 5-0 with a 3.36 earned-run average. At Fenway Park, Schilling is 6-0 with a 2.76 E.R.A.

International honors

Boston's Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were honored in a pregame ceremony along with the Mets' Pedro Martinez by the United Nations for giving more than $200,000 to help rebuild the town of Jimani in the Dominican Republic, which had been devastated by the floods in May 2004.

Also participating in the ceremony were John Henry, the principal owner of the Sox; Flavio Dario Espinal, the Dominican Republic's ambassador to the United States, and Niky Fabiancic of the U.N. Development Programme in the Dominican Republic.

A change of plans

The plan for ailing Keith Foulke (elbow) had been for the right-hander to work out at Fenway Park while the Red Sox played 10 games on the road leading up to the All-Star break.

But because of the Dave Matthews Band and Sheryl Crow concert at Fenway next Friday and Saturday, facilities at Fenway won't be available to Foulke. So manager Terry Francona said Foulke would either go to the team's spring-training facility in Fort Myers, Fla., or join the team in St. Petersburg, Fla., where the Sox will be playing a series against the Devil Rays.

Around the bases

Last night's matchup between Schilling (201-133) and Glavine (286-186) was the first time at Fenway Park that opposing pitchers had 200 wins since Sept. 11, 1978, when the Sox' Luis Tiant (201) faced Baltimore's Jim Palmer (212). . . . The Sox are 14-1 against the National League this year, and their 12 wins in a row over the N.L. is the most ever by a team in interleague play. . . . Beckett (10-3) and Schilling (10-2) are the third set of Red Sox teammates to boast 10 wins before the end of June, joining Roger Clemens and Oil Can Boyd (1986) and Clemens and Mike Boddicker (1990). . . . The homer for Ortiz was the 200th of his career. . . . Jonathan Papelbon matched the team's rookie record for saves -- 24 -- set by the late Dick Radatz in 1962. . . . Mark Loretta stretched his hitting streak to 12 games. . . . Alex Gonzalez' bunt single in the fifth gave him a nine-game streak.

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