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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Seattle Mariners desperately wanted to go into the All-Star break with a winning record.Robinson Cano and Adam Lind homered in a five-run seventh inning and the Mariners held off the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Sunday.Canos two-run shot to deep right field for his 21st home run of the season extended the Mariners lead to 5-0. Lind hit a three-run shot, his 13th, a few batters later.A lot of good at-bats, Seattle manager Scott Servais said. Guys were grinding. Definitely want to go to the break above .500. It was an important game for us today.The Mariners (45-44) head into the break above .500 for the second time since 2010, after going 51-44 in 2014.The Royals scored five runs over the final three innings, pulling within three on Alex Gordons homer leading off the ninth.Mike Montgomery (3-3) pitched 6 1/3 strong innings, giving up one run and five hits, in his first start of the season.Dillion Gee (3-3) struggled early and picked up the loss for the Royals, giving up three runs and five hits in 3 2/3 innings.One of the key moments in Gees rough outing occurred in the first inning where an errant throw on a double play opportunity eventually led to Seattles first score.I kinda got caught in between when I came up to take a look at second, Gee said. It was right when the umpire was kinda like, making his way into position and I tried to slow up a little bit and it sailed on me. Just a costly mistakeBrett Eibner had three hits, including his third homer of the season in the seventh and an RBI single in the Royals three-run eighth.Despite the loss, the Royals went into the All-Star break with a winning record for the third straight season at 45-42.Kyle Seager had a two-run single in the first, and Ketel Marte added a run-scoring single in the fourth to give the Mariners a 3-0 lead.Marte finished the game with two hits in four at bats to go along with that run scoring single in the fourth inning.You know, see the ball, see the ball. If I feel good, I know Ill get on base. Marte said. I know Ive got the talent. I know I can hit. You know, Im trying to come back and give a hundred percent every day and see what happens after.Kendrys Morales bases-loaded walk pulled the Royals to 8-2 in the eighth, and Cheslor Cuthbert capped the three-run inning with a sacrifice fly.MASHING MARINERSSeattles two homers pushed it into second by themselves with a team total of 132 home runs on the season. ... Cano will compete in the 2016 Home Run Derby on Monday at Petco Park. He is the first Mariner to compete in the contest since Bret Boone in 2003. This is Canos first Derby since 2013 when he was with the New York Yankees.ROYALS AT THE ESPYSAfter the All-Star Game on Tuesday, Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez will attend the 2016 ESPYs on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Kansas City is nominated for Best Team and manger Ned Yost is nominated for Best Coach/Manager. This will be Perez first trip to the ESPYs. Yeah, its cool. The All-Star Game is a special moment, theres a lot of top players there-a lot of All Stars. As for the ESPYs, this is my first time going so thats pretty good for us.UP NEXTFollowing the All Star break, the Royals travel to Detroit to face the Tigers in a three game series then come back home for a nine game homestead against Cleveland, Texas and Los Angeles. The Mariners return from the break for two series at home then will hit the road for the rest of July to face Toronto, Pittsburgh and Chicago. Atlanta Braves Store .R. Smith realized how easily basketball can be taken from him, and he wasnt going to take his place in the NBA for granted anymore. Braves Jerseys China . Mickelson barely made the cut but had the best round of the day with nine birdies and an eagle coupled with two bogeys to sit two shots behind leader Craig Lee of Scotland. Lee shot a 69 for a 12-under 204 total. "I just love the fact I am in contention and have an opportunity in my first tournament of the year here in Abu Dhabi," Mickelson said. https://www.cheapbraves.com/ . Their experience showed Tuesday as the No. 10 Badgers blunted a Saint Louis surge to win 63-57 and advance to face West Virginia in Wednesdays finals of the Cancun Challenge. Braves Jerseys 2019 . The Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays, and Texas Rangers all won on Sunday meaning the Rangers will host the Rays in a play-in game on Monday. Ronald Acuna Jr. Braves Jersey . -- Al Jefferson found a groove just in time for the Charlotte Bobcats. TAMPA BAY (4-5) at KANSAS CITY (7-2)Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FoxOPENING LINE -- Chiefs by 7 1/2RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Tampa Bay 3-6, Kansas City 4-5SERIES RECORD -- Buccaneers lead 6-5LAST MEETING -- Buccaneers beat Chiefs 38-10, Oct. 14, 2012LAST WEEK -- Buccaneers beat Bears 36-10; Chiefs beat Panthers 20-17AP PRO32 RANKING -- Buccaneers No. 26, Chiefs No. 4BUCCANEERS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (14), RUSH (17), PASS (16)BUCCANEERS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (27), RUSH (25), PASS (23)CHIEFS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (26), RUSH (20), PASS (22)CHIEFS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (22), RUSH (27), PASS (13)STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Buccaneers have won four straight in series. Chiefs won four previous games. ... Tampa Bay had four first-half takeaways in win over Chicago last week. ... Buccaneers TE Cameron Brate has TD receptions in last three games. ... QB Jameis Winston has 2,349 yards and 19 TDs passing, most by Tampa Bay quarterback through nine games. ... Buccaneers RB Doug Martin needs one TD rushing to pass Reggie Cobb for fourth most in franchise history. ... Buccaneers WR Mike Evans has eight TD receptions, tied for most in NFL. ... Tampa Baay LB Lavonte David has 11 tackles for loss, second most in NFL.dddddddddddd ... Kansas City has won five straight overall. ... Chiefs are converting 40 percent of red-zone opportunities, worse than all but two teams in NFL. ... Kansas City WR Tyreek Hill had career-high 10 catches for 89 yards in last weeks win at Carolina. ... Kansas City leads NFL in turnover differential (plus 14). ... Chiefs K Cairo Santos is 8 for 8 on field goals last two weeks. ... Chiefs RB Spencer Ware is tied for fifth in NFL with 112 yards from scrimmage per game. ... S Eric Berry had fourth career interception return for TD last week, tied with LB Derrick Johnson for fourth most in Chiefs history. ... Chiefs LB Dee Ford has 10 sacks, tied with Buffalos Lorenzo Alexander for NFL lead. ... Fantasy Tip: Chiefs have struggled in past to stop opposing tight ends. Look for Brate to get into end zone for fourth straight game.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '