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BASEBALL
Royals beat White Sox after slow ninth inning
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CHICAGO — Mike Moustakas stroked a go-ahead single in the 10th inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.
The Royals plated both their runs with two outs in the 10th off Brett Myers (2-3), the seventh of eight White Sox pitchers in the game.
The rally started after Alcides Escobar was thrown out, leaving the bases empty and two outs. Myers walked Billy Butler, who was replaced by pinch runner Jarrod Dyson. Salvador Perez, Moustakas and Jeff Francoeur then hit consecutive singles, the last two driving in runs.
Kelvin Herrera (3-2) got the win after preserving a score tie in the ninth by getting Alex Rios to hit into a double play with the bases loaded.
Greg Holland walked two and
gave up Gordon Beckham's RBI double in the 10th, but escaped with his 13th save by striking out Alejandro De Aza and Ray Olmedo with the tying run on third.
One day after the first-place White Sox snapped a six-game losing against Kansas City, the Royals won for the 10th time in 15 games against Chicago this season.
Jeremy Guthrie held Chicago to six hits over eight shutout innings, striking out four, but left with a no-decision. He's thrown 23 2-3 innings against the White Sox this season without allowing an earned run.
Guthrie was trying to win a fifth straight decision for the first time in his career. The Royals have won the last seven games he's taken the mound, during which he's 4-0 with a 1.70 ERA.
Hector Santiago threw four scoreless innings, and four White Sox relievers added five more shutout frames before the Royals broke
the deadlock in the 10th. Myers didn't retire any of the four batters he faced.
Chicago entered the game with a two-game lead over Detroit in the AL Central, but helped Guthrie's cause by running into three outs on the bases. Franceour threw out pinch-runner Alexei Ramirez at third to the sevent for his big league-leading 18 outfield assist.
Guthrie retired 10 straight batters in one stretch. He took a no-hitter into the eighth inning in his last start against the White Sox, a no-decision in the Royals' 5-2 win on Aug. 19.
Santiago struck out eight in his second major league start after holding Minnesota to one run over five innings on Sept. 3. His first 36 big league appearances this season came in relief.
Johnny Giavotella walked three times and stole two bases for Kansas City.
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Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez, left, tags out Chicago White Sox Alejandro De Aza, right, at home plate after De Aza tagged up at third base on a Dewane Wise pop-up in the first inning in Chicago, Sunday.
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FOOTBALL
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Atlanta Falcons tight and Tony Gonzalez (88) tries to evade Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson (56) as he runs the ball during Sunday's game.
Chiefs come up short in season opener
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tony Gonzalez boarded the first bus to Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, eager to arrive as early as possible to start what's likely his final season in the place where it all began.
The Falcons made sure it was a happy return.
Matt Ryan threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns, one of them to the longtime Chiefs tight end late in the third quarter, and Atlanta pulled away with a dynamic second-half scoring outburst for a 40-24 season-opening victory over Kansas City.
"It's been like a homecoming for
me," Gonzalez said. "I just want all the fans to know, I love you very much and thank you for letting this day be special."
They didn't have much choice.
Ryan also ran for a TD, and Julio Jones caught six passes for 108 yards and two scores, both of them enjoying a Chiefs defense missing four starters due to injuries and suspension.
The highlight, though, was Gonzalez, the five-time All-Pro who spent his first 12 seasons in Kansas City. After making his TD grab, the ball squirted loose in the end zone. Ryan tracked it down and pushed it into Gonzalez's hands, and as hed done so many times, the former
college hoops player dunked the ball over the goalpost.
The Chiefs matched Atlanta most of the first half, trailing 20-17 at the break, but a missed field goal by Ryan Succop early in the third quarter proved to be the turning point.
Atlanta scored 20 unanswered points to put the game away.
Matt Cassel threw for 258 yards and had touchdowns running and throwing, but he also fumbled deep in Kansas City territory to set up a short TD drive, and his two interceptions created short fields that the Falcons turned into field goals by Matt Bryant.
son," Cassel said. "We obviously have to make a lot of corrections and get better as a football team. We've got to play collectively."
"It's only one game in a long sea-
Jamaal Charles had 87 yards rushing, and Tony Moeaki had three catches for 37 yards, both providing a bright spot for Kansas City. The pair of them, along with safety Eric Berry, played their first regular-season games since tearing their left ACLs last season.
"Tony Gonzalez, without a doubt, is going to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer," Atlanta coach Mike Smith said. "We knew it was going to be an emotional week for him and I'm sure he's glad it's over."
GOLF
McIlroy plays strong against golfing legends, winning championship
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CARMEL, Ind. — Rory McIlroy faced the strongest collection of contenders at any golf tournament this year Sunday at the BMW Championship.
It was no contest.
it was no contest.
Even more disconcerting for everyone else, Boy Wonder was expecting to win all along.
McIlroy fine-tuned his swing and missed only one fairway at soggy Crooked Stick, powering his way to a 5-under 67 to win his second straight FedEx Cup playoff event. They followed a record win at the PGA Championship, giving him three wins in his last four starts to establish himself as the dominant player in golf.
"The more you put yourself in this position, and the more you win and the more you pick up trophies, it becomes normal," Mclroy said after his two-shot win over Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood. "And it feels like this is what you're supposed to do."
He became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2009 to win in consecutive weeks on the PGA Tour, and with his sixth career tour, he joined Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win that many at age 23.
"I don't think I'm quite there yet," McIlroy said. "But I'm getting to that stage where I'm thinking." This is what I should be doing. I
should be lifting a trophy at the end of the week. It's been great. The last four, five weeks have been incredible, some of the best golf that I've ever played. I'm going to try and keep the run going for as long as possible."
Never mind that Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh — Hall of Famers with 74 tour wins and seven majors between them — were one shot ahead. Or that Lee Westwood, a former world No. 1, was playing alongside. Or that Woods was right behind.
McIlroymade back-to-back birdies around the turn to emerge from a four-way tie, and he turned back one last challenge from Westwood and Mickelson with clutch pars. The 23-year-old from Northern Ireland didn't make a bogey until the 18th hole.
"I played with him when he was 13, and you could see it then." Westwood said. "He's just maturing all the time, as he will do. And he's a very, very good player.
He is the No. 1 seed going into the FedEx Cup finale in two weeks at East Lake, but any of the top five seeds can win the Tour Championship and capture the FedEx Cup with its $10 million bonus. The other four seeds are Woods, Nick Watney, Mickelson and Brandt Snedeker.
"By that time, I had sort of done enough," he said.
McIlroy's work is not done.