DETROIT -- The Kansas City Royals started strongly for a change and finished with a rare win. Nike Free Damen Reduziert . Chris Getzs infield single in the ninth inning put Kansas City ahead, and the Royals held on to beat Detroit 3-2 Wednesday for their seventh victory this year. Kansas City completed a 4-3 trip -- after losing 12 straight -- and starts a homestand Thursday night against the New York Yankees. "Were happy," Royals manager Ned Yost said. The Tigers are trying not to get too upset about a slump that has prevented them from winning back-to-back games in two weeks and dropped them to .500 after a 9-3 start. "Our expectations were we had to win the division by 25 or 30 games -- they were pretty unrealistic in the first place," Detroit catcher Alex Avila said. "Our goal at spring training was to win the division, by one game or 10 games doesnt matter to us. Were not happy with the way weve played, but thats part of baseball and no one in this clubhouse is worried about it." Joaquin Benoit (0-1) gave up a double to Mike Moustakas, who advanced to third on a groundout and scored when Getz hit a grounder that was too deep into the hole for shortstop Jhonny Peralta to make a strong enough throw to get him out at first. "Peralta plays up the middle, so I tried to shoot it in the hole," Getz said. Tim Collins (1-0) got Prince Fielder to fly out to the warning track in left and struck out Ryan Raburn in the eighth for the victory after Detroit tied the game on Brennan Boeschs two-run homer earlier in the inning. Jonathan Broxton gave up a one-out single to Avila and got Andy Dirks to ground out into a game-ending double play for his fourth save in five chances. Tigers ace Justin Verlander started two innings by letting the leadoff batter get on, and both of those batters scored. Jarrod Dyson opened the game with a walk and scored on Eric Hosmers two-out double that ended his 0-for-19 slump. Alex Gordon singled in the sixth and came around on Jeff Francoeurs groundout. "The one pitch I want back is the one in the first to Hosmer," Verlander said. "I got (Billy) Butler with a runner on third, and then I made just a horrible pitch to Hosmer. Thats something I cant do. Verlander allowed two runs, six hits and a walk and struck out seven. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner and league MVP also hit a batter in his 123-pitch, eight-inning outing. "The way our kids battled Verlander was impressive," Yost said. Kansas City starter Jonathan Sanchez gave up only one hit -- with two outs in the fifth -- two walks, hit a batter and struck out two in five innings. "Sanchez used his fastball well," Yost said. "After battling strep throat the past three days, so he started to lose some energy in the fifth." Jose Mijares pitched a perfect sixth inning. Kelvin Herrera allowed two runners to get in scoring position in the seventh, but Aaron Crow kept Detroit scoreless by getting pinch-hitter Ramon Santiago to ground out. Crow, though, gave up Austin Jacksons leadoff single in the eighth, and Boesch made it 2-all with a line drive over the right-field fence for his fourth homer. In a 9-3 loss to Detroit on Tuesday night, the Royals gave up five runs after allowing Minnesota to score four in the first inning of a 7-4 setback at Minnesota on Sunday. A day after being encouraged by his teams offence, Tigers manager Jim Leyland was disappointed by a lineup that was highly touted just a month ago. "It looked like we were coming out of it a little, but then we get (five) hits," Leyland said. NOTES: Verlander and Mickey Lolich are the only pitchers in franchise history to have strike out at least seven in at least five of the teams first 24 games in a season. ... The Royals expect RHP Felipe Paulino, on the DL with a strained right forearm, to make his first start this year on Saturday night against the Yankees. ... The Tigers used Dirks as a pinch hitter in the ninth after he left Tuesday nights game after aggravating his strained left hamstring. ... Kansas City RHP Greg Holland, on the DL with a left rib stress reaction, threw on the side Wednesday and probably can return to pitch next week. ... Verlander has pitched at least six innings in 48 straight starts since Aug. 22, 2010. ... Gordon is hitting .458 in his last six games. Nike Air Max Damen Günstig . - Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob says the team is pushing back plans to build an arena on the San Francisco waterfront at least one year. Nike Roshe Run Mesh 42 . The United States-born Fiva, who was eliminated in the first round at the Sochi Olympics, won the final ahead of Tomas Kraus of the Czech Republic, Didrik Bastian Juell of Norway and Christopher Del Bosco of Montreal. Duncan, from London, Ont., won the small final and is clinging to a tight lead in the standings as he aims to become the first Canadian to win a mens skicross Crystal Globe.Goals have been tough to come by lately for the Pittsburgh Penguins, especially for star forward Evgeni Malkin. Malkin and the Pens offence will try to break out on Monday night as they play host to an Anaheim Ducks club hoping to avoid a winless road trip. The action can be seen live on TSN2 starting at 7:30 pm et/4:30 pm pt. The Penguins have lost four of their last five games, held to just a single goal in each setback. They looked to have broken out on Friday night with a 4-1 win over Nashville, but fell right back into the loss column the following night with a 4-1 setback to New Jersey. Chris Kunitz had a goal and Marc-Andre Fleury gave up three goals on 21 shots for Pittsburgh, which fell to 4-5-0 on the road compared to its 8-3-0 mark at home. "We had our fair amount of chances, especially early on, we had some pretty good looks and didnt score," Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby said. "We have to find a way to bare down and get those goals." Crosby is tied for second in the league with 25 points, but has just one goal over his last 10 games. It has been worse for Malkin, who is mired in a career-worst 13-game drought without a goal. Malkin has a goal and four assists in six career meetings with the Ducks, who have lost the first three of their four-game road trip. That first two setbacks came in regulation before a 3-2 shootout defeat at the hands of Carolina on Friday. Corey Perry and Dustin Penner scored in regulation for Anaheim, while Viktor Fasth made 21 saves. "I think we played a rreally good game today," said Fasth, who had been out since Oct. Nike Roshe Run Damen Schwarz. 16 with a lower-body injury. "We basically just gave up 20 shots and had a lot of chances for us." Anaheim had gone 8-0-1 before its three-game slide and is 7-5-2 on the road this season. By comparison, the Ducks are 8-0-0 as the hosting club. Injuries and illness have plagued the Ducks as of late, but they saw encouraging events unfold Sunday. Forwards Matt Beleskey, Saku Koivu and Mathieu Perreault were all on the ice for practice, leaving the possibility of game action tonight for the trio. Perreault missed Fridays game with flu-like symptoms, while Beleskey has been limited to just two regular season games this season and none since Oct. 5 due to a broken thumb. Koivu has been out the past 10 games with a concussion suffered on Oct. 27. The Ducks have won their past two encounters with the Penguins, including a 2-1 victory in Pittsburgh on Feb. 15, 2012 in the most recent meeting. Anaheim snapped a four-game series road losing streak with the win, getting goals from Perry and Teemu Selanne as well as 25 saves by Jonas Hiller. Malkin went into that game having scored five goals with 10 points in his previous five games, but was held without a point. Hiller could get the start tonight and is 2-2-0 with a 3.02 goals against average in four career meetings with the Pens, while Fasth has never faced them. Fleury, who posted 27 saves in the most recent loss in this series, is 4-2-0 with a 2.52 GAA in six games against the Ducks. cheap nfl jerseyscheap jerseys ' ' '
