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The Kansas City Royals try to take a commanding two games to none lead in the American League Championship Series on Saturday when they play Game 2 against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. Kansas City became the first team in baseball history to win four extra-inning games in a single postseason on Friday, as Alex Gordon crushed a leadoff homer in the 10th and Mike Moustakas added the deciding two-run blast in the Royals 8-6 win. We just find ways to win ballgames, Yost said. These guys will find a way to get it done. The Royals, who won just five extra-inning contests during the regular season, had led, 4-0, and, 5-1, only to see the Orioles rally. Baltimore also worked itself out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth. I was proud with the way our guys battled back, especially with (James) Shields out there, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. Gordon broke a 5-5 tie when he turned on a Darren ODay fastball and sent a screaming line drive into the right-field seats for his first career postseason home run. Brian Matusz relieved ODay and served up Moustakas third round-tripper of the postseason, which proved vital after Greg Holland gave up a run in Baltimores last at-bat. We know were capable of hitting home runs, said Gordon, who also added a three-run double. We didnt do it during the regular season. But it doesnt really matter. This is the postseason and were starting to swing the bats better now. Kansas City, which has won eight straight playoff games, beat the Oakland Athletics in extra innings to win the wild card before beating the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in extras in the first two games of the ALDS. The Royals hit the fewest amount of home runs in the majors this season with 95, but have hit seven this postseason. Were proving people wrong, the Royals Eric Hosmer said. No one thinks we can do this. Its a bunch of guys in here who want to prove people wrong, and were having fun doing it. Now, the Royals will turn to rookie right-hander Yordano Ventura. We like the fact that hes got overpowering stuff, Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. He pitched two extremely good games against Baltimore this year, and hes throwing the ball well right now. Ventura struck out 17 batters while giving up only two runs in 14 1/3 innings in two starts (1-1) against the Orioles over the first two months of the season. The 23-year-old hurler was nearly the goat of the Royals wild card win over Oakland, as he surrendered a go-ahead three-run homer to Brandon Moss in relief, but bounced back to deliver seven innings of one-run ball in KCs Game 2 win over the Angels in the ALDS. Im always ready, Ventura said through his interpreter, teammate Jeremy Guthrie. Ill always be as prepared as I can and be aggressive whenever they give me the ball. He was 14-10 on the year with a 3.20 ERA. Baltimore, meanwhile, will turn to righty Bud Norris, who threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings in the Os clincher over the Tigers and is 5-0 since the start of September. Im excited to get another opportunity to go out there and do what I do, because these guys have been here all year cheering us on, Norris said. Theyve been outstanding. To get this far is great. I know theyre going to be pretty excited and loud tomorrow, too. Norris was also 8-2 with a 2.44 ERA at home this season. He was 15-8 with a 3.65 ERA overall on the season. The Royals won four of seven from the Orioles during the regular season, outscoring Baltimore 26-18. Wholesale 76ers Jerseys . The Tiger-Cats announced on Friday the linebacker has signed a new contract with the team through the 2016 season. 76ers Jerseys China .com) - Ames, IA (SportsNetwork. https://www.cheap76ers.com/ . Hes still nowhere close to throwing yet. 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Eberle is also ailing, tending to a knee injury sustained in Tuesdays victory and will sit out tonights contest. Nail Yakupov has been sidelined by a sore ankle and will also miss tonights action. Gagner has 10 points in his last 11 games and recently told the Oilers official web site how hes playing with more confidence since the Olympic break. "Im feeling better, Im feeling more confident," Gagner said. "Im obviously not happy with how my year has gone. I think the Olympic break was good for me to just kind of refocus and Im feeling better and our team is playing a lot better" All told, the 24-year-old Gagner has eight goals and 25 assists in 56 games in 2013-14 after recording 38 points (14 goals, 24 assists) in 48 tilts last season. Taylor Hall added the other goal for the Oilers and Viktor Fasth stopped 28 shots in the win. Edmonton improved to 13-16-3 at Rexall Place this season and is playing the second test of a six-game homestand tonight. The Oilers halted a six-game losing streak in the series with the Sabres by recording a 3-2 win in Buffalo on Feb. 3. Ilya Bryzgalov made 42 saves to help Edmonton register that regulation victory, but the goaltender has since been traded to Minnesota. Ben Scrivens gets the call between the pipes for the Oilers this evening. Meanwhile for the Sabres, it has already been a trying season. The club will try to avoid its longest losing streak of this difficult campaign when the Sabres visit the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place. Buuffalo is at the bottom of the NHL standings with just 46 points.dddddddddddd. The next- worst team is the Oilers, but Edmonton is still 13 points ahead of the lowly Sabres, who have lost seven straight in regulation. The teams current skid matches a season-opening 0-6-1 stretch from Oct. 2-14 for the longest winless drought of 2013-14. Buffalo has managed just six goals over the course of its present slide. Buffalo began a five-game road trip Tuesday night in Calgary and dropped a 3-1 decision to the Flames. Mike Cammalleri and Paul Byron scored in the third period to help Calgary pull away for the win at the Saddledome. Drew Stafford scored the lone goal for the Sabres, who have lost four straight on the road and are 7-22-3 as the guest this season. Nathan Lieuwen made his first NHL start and turned aside 23 shots in the loss. Lieuwen was recalled from Buffalos AHL affiliate in Rochester on Sunday and made his NHL debut later that day in a 2-0 loss to Montreal after Jhonas Enroth left 36 minutes in with a lower-body injury. The 22-year-old Lieuwen was playing for the fourth time in five days after starting games for Rochester on Friday and Saturday. "I thought he (Lieuwen) played well," Sabres interim head coach Ted Nolan said. "The second goal we kind of backed right into him and we lost our positioning. They got a good shot and tipped it in. Overall I thought he played well." With Enroth and fellow goaltender Michal Neuvirth expected to miss tonights game with injuries, Matt Hackett will get the call in net. Hackett, 24, has seen action in 13 NHL games, but last played at this level when he started for Minnesota at Dallas on March 29 of last season and he surrendered five goals on 33 shots to take the loss in that game. Hackett is 3-7-0 with a 2.64 goals against average over his 13 career outings. Buffalo still carries a three-game road winning streak in this series into Thursdays game. ' ' ' |
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