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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Danny Duffy pitched superbly into the eighth inning, but Joakim Soria blew another save as the Kansas City Royals chances to return to the postseason took another hit.Pinch hitter Yonder Alonso delivered a two-run double in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics rallied past Kansas City 5-4 Tuesday night, another key loss for the Royals.The defending World Series champion Royals dropped five games out of the wild-card race with only 18 games left. The Royals have lost six of their past seven home games.Duffy, who has not won since Aug. 21, limited the As to three hits, but two were home runs, in 7 1/3 innings.Were all doing everything we possibly can to claw away at this deficit that weve got in the standings, Duffy said. Were all taking it one game at a time. You know things like this happen.Soria blew his seventh save chance in eight opportunities. He was summoned with two outs in the eighth and the Royals clinging to a 3-2 lead.On his second pitch, Soria gave up a double to Alonso over the head of center fielder Jarrod Dyson, scoring Brett Eibner and pinch runner Joey Wendle. Soria then yielded an RBI single to Marcus Semien.Its a difficult position when youre not used to that, said Soria, who has 203 career saves. This season has been really, really different to me. I guess in 10 years it can happen sometimes. Unfortunately for me and my team, it happened this year. They need me the most and Ive been having poor results.Rookie Matthew Strahm (2-1), who gave up an infield single to Chad Pinder before Soria replaced him, took the loss.Royals manager Ned Yost said he did not want to use Kelvin Herrera for a four-out save and Wade Davis was unavailable after throwing nearly 50 pitches in back-to-back saves Saturday and Sunday.I had confidence in Jack, Yost said. I thought it was a good situation for him. I didnt mind the matchup with Alonso. Jacks had two days off. Ultimately, its my plan. Im responsible for my plan. And that was my plan and it didnt work.Will he continue to use Soria in high-level situations?I dont make decisions after games like this, Yost said. I havent even thought about. Im not even going to speculate on what Im going to do, without thinking about it and sleeping on it. Jacks that guy right now that everybody is on. Jacks had some really good outings this year and hes had some poor outings. How do you determine from one day to the next if I put him out there if its going to be a good outing or a bad outing. It very easily could have been a good outing. It wasnt.John Axford (6-4) pitched one inning. Ryan Madson balked home Dyson with two outs in the ninth before closing for his 30th save in 36 tries.Duffy gave up a home run to Khris Davis on his first pitch in the fifth. Davis has homered in back-to-back games and hiked his season total to 37, the most by an Athletics player since Frank Thomas hit 39 in 2006.My gosh that guy has some kind of pop, Duffy said. I dont even know if he picked up his feet, but it still went about 600 feet. Hes got 37 home runs for a reason. I just need to make a better there.Ryon Healy homered to lead off the eighth. After Duffy walked Eibner with one out, he was replaced by Strahm.I cant walk Eibner there, Duffy said. I cant leave that pitch over to Healy, who hit the bomb in the eighth. I cant do that. Ive got to get through that eighth.Paulo Orlando hit a two-run single in the fourth to score Cheslor Cuthbert, who had doubled, and Alcides Escobar, who reached on Semiens error.Semien has committed 11 errors in the past 53 games and tops major league shortstops with 19 fielding miscues.Escobars two-out single in the sixth scored Salvador Perez and chased Jharel Cotton, who was making his second big league start since being acquired in an Aug. 1 trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers.Cotton allowed three runs, only one earned, in 5 2/3 innings, while walking one and striking out two.STREAK ENDSRoyals DH Kendrys Morales went 0 for 3, snapping his season-high 14 game hitting streak and a career best streak of seven straight games with a RBI.FOOTBALL VISITAs manager Bob Melvin stopped by the Chiefs practice Tuesday. He is a friend of Chiefs coach Andy Reed. The managers cousin, Tom Melvin, coaches the Chiefs tight ends.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: RHP Chien-Ming Wang (right biceps tendinitis) is eligible to come off the disabled list Wednesday. I dont think it will be tomorrow, but hes definitely making progress, Royals manager Ned Yost said. . Perez returned to the lineup after missing the game Tuesday for the birth of his second son, Johan Salvador.UP NEXTAthletics: LHP Sean Manaea will make his first start since Aug. 29 when he left after 3 1/3 innings with strained left rhomboid muscles in the shoulder blade.Royals: RHP Yordano Ventura gave up a season-high 10 hits over seven innings in a loss Friday to the White Sox.Cheap Air Max ., for the next three years with the signings on Monday of Daryl Townsend and Michael Carter. Air Max Outlet .Y. -- Jayna Hefford scored the winning goal Friday as Canada survived a scare with a 4-3 win over Sweden at the Four Nations womens hockey tournament. https://www.airmaxchina.us/ . 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Cheap Authentic Air Max . -- Al Jefferson found a groove just in time for the Charlotte Bobcats.EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- After five weeks of penalties, fines and a little less than expected from a player of his caliber, it looks as if Odell Beckham Jr . is finally getting it.The New York Giants receiver curbed his emotions for the most part, avoided any extracurricular activity with his opponents and went out and simply played football against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.Other than fumbling after making his first catch, Beckham was his old self, the one prior to bumping into Josh Norman last year. He was unstoppable.The 23-year-old receiver caught eight passes for a career-high 222 yards, including a winning 66-yard catch and run on slant pass with 1:24 to play to give the Giants (3-3) a 27-23 win over the Ravens that just may have saved a season that was on the brink after three straight losses.Thats what we expect him to do, said quarterback Eli Manning , who completed 32 of 46 for 403 yards. We got some looks that we wanted. We were able to get to a couple plays that weve kind of had on the shelf for a few weeks, we just never quite got the looks that we wanted to get to them. Today, we got some of those and converted on them. It was good to see him make some bigtime plays in crucial moments.What made the performance even better was that Beckham had to leave the field in the second quarter with a hip pointer. He returned before halftime and really stepped up his game in the second half, catching six passes for 211 yards, including a 75-yarder for a touchdown and a 43-yarder that set up one of Josh Browns two field goals.Beckham said his hip hurt most of the game and he was late meeting with reporters after the game because he needed treatment.I think were on the way. Its just a matter. Its only one game, Beckham said. We have to go out next week and do the same thing. Thats the only way youre going to be able to tell if youre hitting your stride.If Beckham can continue to play this way, the Giants are going to have a chance to get to the playoffs for the first time since 2011. If Beckham lets his emotions and poor conduct return, they may not stand a chance.Fellow receiver Victor Cruz smiled when asked if Sundays game was Beckham at his best.Two-hundred, twenty-two yards! You tell me, Cruz said. Absolutely. Thats what he does. Thats what we are accustommed to.dddddddddddd Thats him in a nutshell. We just want to continue to keep him doing those types of things and making those plays for our team.NO HARMThe loss was the third straight for the Ravens (3-3), but it didnt hurt because Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Cleveland all lost. Baltimore remains a game behind the first-place Steelers in the AFC North.Its a tough league, Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco said. Its a lot of tough games and a long road ahead. Weve got to stay as confident as we can and weve got to move forward and just keep our head down -- and our division is still up for grabs, and a lot of things are, so we got to keep fighting and do our best to win games.PENALTIES AND INJURIESThe Ravens entered averaging more than seven penalties a game. They were flagged 15 times on Sunday for 111 yards. Keep that up and they will continue to lose.Baltimore also has to get healthy. It started the game without WR Steve Smith St., T Ronnie Stanley, G Marshal Yanda, returnman Devin Hester Sr. and LB C.J. Mosely. CB Jimmy Smith sustained a first-half concussion and LB Terrell Suggs was nursing an arm injury after the game.NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATORMarty Mornhinweg worked his first game as the Raven offensive coordinator. Baltimore had 391 yards in total offense, and Flacco was certainly allowed to throw the ball downfield more. He had a 70-yard pass to Mike Wallace and a 41-yard to Breshad Perriman. A long pass to Perriman also resulted in a pass interference that gave Baltimore a first-and-goal at the New York 8 that led to Terrance Wests second TD and the lead late. Beckham wiped it out quickly.GIANTS DEFENSEThe Giants defense came up with a fourth-and-goal stop on West from the 1 early in the fourth quarter, and it stopped the Ravens after they got to the 24-yard line in the waning seconds. New York also had two sacks and six quarterback pressures.UP NEXTRavens: In a scheduling oddity, Baltimore is back at MetLife Stadium to play the Jets next Sunday.Giants: head to London, where they will be the visitors against the Rams in an early game on Sunday, with a 9:30 a.m. EDT kickoff.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '