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CHICAGO -- Kansas City manager Ned Yost thought it was a hit. Cheap Nike Air Jordan 11 Red . Greg Holland was preparing for a tie game. David Lough had other ideas. Lough made a terrific diving catch to rob Jeff Keppinger of a tying RBI single in the ninth inning, helping Wade Davis and the Royals beat Chris Sale and the Chicago White Sox 1-0 Saturday night for their fifth consecutive victory. Loughs grab in right was part of a terrific defensive performance for Kansas City. Center fielder Lorenzo Cain and shortstop Alcides Escobar also chipped in with two nice plays apiece. "We play great defence every night," manager Ned Yost said. "I mean it was a great play by David Lough, but we play solid, solid good defence every single night for the most part." Davis (5-9) allowed four hits -- all singles -- and walked three in a season-high 7 1-3 innings. The right-hander, who came over with James Shields in Kansas Citys big off-season trade with Tampa Bay, was 0-4 with a 10.91 ERA in his previous four starts. "I got ahead of a lot more guys tonight," Davis said. "I got some early swings to help me get deeper in the ballgame, too, and defence was pretty good today." Louis Coleman came in after Alejandro De Azas single in the eighth and got Alexei Ramirez to ground into a double play. Holland then worked a shaky ninth for his 26th save in 28 chances. The White Sox had runners on the corners with one out when Lough scrambled in to grab Keppingers liner. Alex Rios did not tag up on the play, and pinch hitter Conor Gillaspie struck out to end the game. "No-doubles (defence), so I was a little deeper than what I normally would be on Keppinger," Lough said. "He kind of hit it pretty hard out there, thought I had a chance at it so I went for it and I was able to make the catch." It was another hard-luck loss for Sale (6-10), who allowed seven hits and struck out seven in his fourth career complete game. The All-Star left-hander is 1-8 with a 2.84 ERA in his last 10 starts. "Just keep grinding. Stay on top and keep your head up," Sale said. "Things will turn around." Billy Butler and Eric Hosmer had two hits apiece for the Royals, who have won seven of nine overall. Butler went 2 for 3 with a walk and is batting .450 (18 for 40) in his last 11 games. Hosmer and Butler started the sixth with consecutive singles. Hosmer advanced to third on Salvador Perezs fly ball to deep centre and came home when Cain doubled down the third-base line. Cains hit put runners on second and third with one out, but Sale retired Lough on a harmless comebacker and struck out Miguel Tejada to end the inning. "He pitched great tonight," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "Theres no question about it. You cant be perfect, but hes pretty dang close." The White Sox threatened in the bottom half, putting runners on the corners with two out. Paul Konerko then hit a drive to centre, forcing Cain to make a nice running catch. Davis waited on the dirt outside of the dugout to congratulate Cain as he hustled in from the outfield, but he was only getting started. Cain made an even better catch for the first out of the seventh, crashing into the wall while taking a hit away from Keppinger. The second play prompted a few of the Royals to wave their hats toward centre while Cain got himself together for the next pitch. He came out in the eighth due to tightness in his left groin, but the Royals said it was precautionary. "Hes got a little bit of a groin strain, why we took him out," Yost said. "Hes day to day. Probably rest him tomorrow because weve got an off day on Monday, grab him two days right there." It was more than just Cain on a nice defensive night for both teams. Escobar ranged up the middle and made a spinning throw to retire Keppinger in the second. Then he got Josh Phegley with another strong throw in the fifth after his grounder deflected off the glove of third baseman Tejada. Second baseman Gordon Beckham and shortstop Ramirez each had a defensive gem for the White Sox. Beckham nearly misplayed Tejadas second-inning popup, but recovered in time to make a tumbling grab in short centre field. Ramirez made a diving stop on Perezs grounder up the middle in the fourth, and then managed to shovel the ball to Beckham at second for the forceout. NOTES: Beckham went 0 for 3 and is 1 for 21 in his last five games. ... The Royals improved to 23-27 on the road and 23-19 against the AL Central. ... The finale of the weekend series features a pair of left-handers. Bruce Chen (4-0, 1.97 ERA) gets the ball for the Royals while Hector Santiago (3-6, 3.38) is slated to start for the White Sox. Cheap Nike Air Jordan 11 Green . Colin Wilson had two goals and an assist, and Mike Fisher scored a goal and helped set up two others in the Predators 6-4 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night. Cheap Nike Air Jordan 11 Pink . Pert has formerly spent time as an assistant coach with Cardiff City, Coventry City, and Bahrain mens national team. "Martyn is a highly-respected coach with experience at the top levels in England," said Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson. http://www.cheapjordan11freeshipping.com/ . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- North Carolina rebounded with a much-needed victory last week at Miami and the No. 22 Tar Heels look to keep pace in the ACC Coastal Division title race when they visit longtime rival Virginia on Saturday.The Tar Heels (5-2, 3-1 ACC) are tied with Virginia Tech atop the division standings after the Hokies victory against the Hurricanes on Thursday night . North Carolina cannot afford another league setback if it hopes to win the division with its only loss a 34-3 against the Hokies.Virginia (2-4, 1-1), in its first year under coach Bronco Mendenhall, has yet to beat the Tar Heels since Larry Fedora became coach five years ago, losing all four previous meetings, and six straight in the series.Cavaliers quarterback Kirk Benkert sees progress in the team every week. He pointed to a 28-point first half last weekend in a loss to Pittsburgh as proof, but said working to keep the momentum going all game is sometimes a challenge.Its good that we had a lot of success in the first half, but we need to sustain it, he said. You score 28 points in the first half and you think, well, youre going to double it by the end of the game. Teams make adjustments and we just needed to execute what was called better. We just didnt do that in the second half.The Tar Heels have won eight consecutive true road games, including two straight in Charlottesville. Two years ago, then-backup quarterback Mitch Trubisky threw a game-winning 16-yard touchdown pass in a 28-27 victory.Trubisky now is the Tar Heels starter, and one of the ACCs most efficient passers with 15 touchdowns and just two interceptions. He is looking forward to hostile of Cavaliers faithful.I think we like playing on the road. I think we like either getting booed or people rooting against us, he said. I dont know, being the enemy? I think it gives us energy and I think we just feed off it honestly.Two weeks before winning at Miami, the Tar Heels also won at No. 13 Florida State, 37-35 .---Some other things to watch when North Carolina visits Virginia:SWITZER WATCH: Ryan Switzer stands only 5-fooot-10, but the Tar Heels top receiver has been a pass-catching machine of late. Cheap Nike Air Jordan 11 All White. In his last four games, hes caught 41 passes. With North Carolina deep threat Mack Hollins out for the season with a shoulder injury, Trubisky may look his way even more. Hollins also was North Carolina special teams captain, and finding replacements in those roles may be equally important for UNC.SKILL GUYS: Virginia needs to do a better job of putting its skill players in position to make things happen. Taquan Mizzell had only 15 touches (12 runs, three receptions) in the 45-31 loss to Pitt , and WR Olamide Zaccheaus had just three receptions, but for 83 yards. Benkert threw deep all day against the Panthers, but would do well to look to complete shorter passes to his best players and see if they can turn them into long gainers.ROAD SUCCESS: UNC hasnt lost a game on an opponents home field since November 2014. The eight-game run is tied for fourth nationally behind only No. 2 Ohio State (20), No. 1 Alabama (10) and Iowa (nine). I think this team is built tough, safety Donnie Miles said of the road success.SMOOTH SAILING? The Tar Heels went 2-1 in their grueling part of the schedule, with the road wins at Florida State and Miami sandwiched around the home loss to the Hokies. They should be favored in all their remaining games: at home against Georgia Tech, at Duke, at home against The Citadel and North Carolina State. Pittsburgh also has only one Coastal Division loss, but it came against the Tar Heels , giving UNC the tiebreaker in that scenario.TURNOVERS: Both teams have struggled to force turnovers, and in a game like this, especially for undermanned Virginia, takeaways can be a great equalizer and even turn a game around in the blink of an eye.---AP sports writer Aaron Beard contributed from Chapel Hill. N.C.---Online: The APs college football page: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjr Wholesale NFL Jerseys Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys From China Cheap Nike Basketball Jerseys Wholesale Hockey Jerseys China Nike Baseball Jerseys Cheap College Jerseys China Cheap Football Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Canada Wholesale NHL Jerseys Canada Wholesale Nike MLB Jerseys Canada Cheap NBA Jerseys Authentic Canada Stitched Soccer Jerseys Canada Cheap Jerseys Canada NFL ' ' ' 
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