KANSAS CITY, Mo.
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Jersey . -- The Oakland Athletics combination of Jon Lester and
Josh Donaldson was too much for the Kansas City Royals. Lester pitched six
strong innings and Donaldson homered twice and drove in four runs as the
Athletics won 11-3 Tuesday night, snapping the Royals eight-game winning streak.
Lester (13-7) has won all three of his starts since joining the As in a trade
from Boston in a deadline deal on July 31 that sent All-Star outfielder
Yoenis Cespedes to the Red Sox. Lester struck out nine and allowed three runs on
six hits and two walks. The timing of the trade was bad for the Royals, having
to face Lester twice in 10 days. "Id rather face Cespedes four times in a game
than face Lester one game," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Thats just me. Thats
not taking anything away from Cespedes. He can beat you with one swing of the
bat." The Royals have won 11 of 13, with both losses coming against Lester --
who improved to 9-3 with a 1.84 ERA in 13 career starts against Kansas City.
Donaldson homered in the seventh and eighth off left-hander Bruce Chen for his
third multi-homer game of the season. He also added an RBI double in the first
and a sacrifice fly in the fifth. "It helps when you have contributors up and
down the lineup," Donaldson said. "We believe that its going to happen more
times than not. We had some balls that were hit hard for outs, and then we had a
lot of balls that fell in for us tonight." Brandon Moss had four hits, matching
his career high, as the As finished with a season-high 20 hits. "He looked like
Wade Boggs up there," As manager Bob Melvin said. Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie
(8-10) allowed six runs on 11 hits in 4 2-3 innings. "Obviously, we would have
loved to gone out there and had a better performance from myself and the
pitchers to keep us in the game," Guthrie said. "We play 162 of these and you
take them for what its worth. They strung together a bunch of hits and they had
a tough pitcher and won the game." Salvador Perez and Lorenzo Cain doubled in
the Royals three-run fifth. TRAINERS ROOM Athletics: SS Jed Lowrie has a
fractured right index finger, which was detected by a MRI Tuesday. He injured it
Aug. 4 and it was originally believed to be a bruise as an X-ray showed no
break. Lowrie, who played four days with it, is hopeful he can avoid the
disabled list, but may need extra days off. Royals: LHP Scott Downs went on the
DL with a stiff neck. ON DECK Athletics: LHP Scott Kazmir goes Wednesday. He has
held opposing batters to a major league best .071 average with runners in
scoring position and two out. Royals: LHP Jason Vargas has not walked a batter
at home in 26 1-3 innings since an intentional pass to Yadier Molina on June 4.
OUT OF A SLUMP Moss was in a 5-for-46 skid before collecting four hits against
the Royals. Moss has four RBIs in the first two games of this series after
driving in just one run in his previous 14 games. COOKING UP ZEROES As reliever
Ryan Cook tossed a perfect seventh to extend his scoreless streak to 20 innings,
the longest active streak in the majors. BEHIND EARLY When the As scored in the
first inning, it was the first time in 44 innings the Royals had trailed. The As
are 48-11 when scoring first. The As 20 hits were a season-high against Kansas
City pitching.
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Lakers Jersey .35 million, avoiding arbitration. Davis led the majors last
season with 53 home runs and 138 RBIs, both career highs. He earned $3.
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Lakers Jersey . - Jason Day and Cameron Tringale shot an 8-under 64 on
Friday in modified alternate-shot play to increase their lead to three strokes
in the Franklin Templeton Shootout.
http://www.lakersbasketballshop.com/Kobe-Bryant-Jersey/ . Tottenham claimed top spot in Group K by winning 2-0 at Tromso after defender
Adnan Causevic scored an own goal before Mousa Dembele put the result beyond
doubt. Valencia made sure it will finish first in Group A with a 1-0 win at
Swansea thanks to an early goal from Dani Parejo.Glendale, AZ
(SportsNetwork.com) - David Backes had four goals and Brian Elliott stopped 23
shots for his second shutout of the season to give the St. Louis Blues a 6-0 win
over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday. Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist while
Jaden Schwartz also scored for the Blues, who have won their past two. Its
crazy. Weve gone years without a hat trick and now we have six, Backes said. I
dont know how to explain it, but you wont hear anyone complaining about having
hot nights like that. Five guys (with hat tricks), that says something about how
different guys are stepping up every night. Mike Smith allowed all six goals on
39 shots for the Coyotes, who have lost two of three. The shots were 32-14.
Thats not a goaltender problem; thats a people-in- front-of-them problem,
Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said. Stastny scored his goal at 7:57 of the first
period to give the Blues a 1-0 lead as a turnover by Arizona to the right of its
net was taken advantage of by Stastny for his eighth goal of the year. Backes
then scored the next four goals to tie a career-high he set on April 2, 2009
against Detroit.
Vlade Divac Lakers
Jersey. Skating on the power play, the Blues made it a 2-0 game when
Backes buried a nice setup from T.J. Oshie at the left side of the net at 6:15
of the second. It was Backes on the power play again just over a minute later as
he rushed in the Arizona zone and shot the puck into the left corner for a 3-0
lead. Backes capped the hat trick with 5:07 to play in the middle period as he
finished off a rush play with a wrister from the left circle, and he made it a
5-0 game just 3:15 into the third when he crashed the net and tapped it an Alex
Steen pass. Schwartz scored just under three minutes later on the power play to
cap the scoring. Game Notes Elliott has 27 career shutouts ... St. Louis hosts
San Jose on Thursday ... Arizona hosts Winnipeg on Thursday ... The Blues have
won six straight games in Arizona ... It was the sixth hat trick for St. Louis
this season.
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