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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Dustin Hopkins Womens Jersey . -- James Shields would have been wise to pop some Dramamine, Ned Yost some antacids. The Royals ace survived six shaky innings mostly of his own doing Sunday, and the Kansas City offence supplied just enough offence against Hiroki Kuroda to squeak out a 2-1 victory. "Shields had to grind it out again and again," said Yost, his manager, who spent the entire game on edge, "and he made it through some choppy waters." Even without any motion-sickness medicine. The Royals have won the last seven games that Shields (7-3) has started, and hes earned the win in four of those. The veteran right-hander may have lasted only six innings in this effort, but he gave up only six hits to the punchless Yankees and allowed one unearned run. "Theyre always tough," said Shields, who faced the Yankees for the 30th time, more than any other club. "They make good at-bats. Its always a grind whenever you face them." Aaron Crow escaped a jam in the seventh inning, and Wade Davis recorded the 500th strikeout of his career during a perfect eighth before Greg Holland survived a shaky ninth for his 18th save. The All-Star closer gave up a leadoff single to Ichiro Suzuki and then sent him to second on a wild pitch. Holland kept his cool, retiring Brian Roberts on a fly out, pinch hitter Mark Teixeira on a groundout and then striking out Brett Gardner to end the game. "Shields battled his butt off," Crow said. "You want to make sure he gets the win." The Yankees failed to score more than four runs for the 10th consecutive game, though the not-so-aptly-named "Bronx Bombers" certainly had their share of chances. Not just in the ninth inning, either. New York stranded runners on first and second in the first inning. It loaded the bases with nobody out in the second and failed to score. Jacoby Ellsbury led off the third with a double and was left on third base. And Roberts was stranded after a fourth-inning double. "Somehow weve got to find a way to get it done," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. In all, 10 of the first 12 outs Shields recorded were with runners in scoring position. The Yankees finished 1 for 17 with runners in scoring position. "It was a game of missed opportunities," Derek Jeter said. "We had a lot of opportunities. Gives those guys credit. Weve seen Shields for years now and hes as good as they come, especially with guys on base. He bears down." While the Yankees were struggling to find a clutch hit, the Royals managed to string together the only real success they had against Kuroda (4-4) with two outs in the second inning. Hot-hitting Salvador Perez, who cracked a three-run homer in an 8-4 win Saturday night, got things going with a single. Cains base hit drove in the first run and Moustakas, in the throes of another major slump, added another single to make the score 2-0. That was all the Royals could muster against Kuroda, who had been unbeaten in his last six starts. He allowed five hits and two walks while striking out three in seven innings. New York finally scored in the sixth, when Yangervis Solarte hit a double and reached third base on a passed ball. Suzuki drove him in with a groundout to shortstop. But given a chance to tie the game, the Yankees kept coming up empty. Their failure in the ninth inning came after Gardner sent a triple to the wall with one out in the seventh. Crow rebounded to get Jeter on a ground out, and then struck out Ellsbury with a full-count pitch to leave the tying run 90 feet away. "When guys are scuffling it seems like they are scuffling in bunches. When you get hot it seems like a lot of guys are hot," Jeter said. "These are the times youve got to keep swinging. The only way to get out of it is swing out of it." NOTES: Davis has not allowed a hit in 15 appearances. ... The double by Roberts was actually a ground-rule double. A ball boy picked up his fair ball down the right-field line and gave it to a fan. ... Royals 2B Omar Infante ended a 0-for-19 slump with a single in the third. ... LHP Vidal Nuno starts the series finale Monday for New York. LHP Jason Vargas starts for Kansas City. T.J.Graham Bills Jersey . So he and his Toronto FC teammates say they will have no problem getting up for their Amway Canadian Championship final against rival Montreal Impact, even if the result doesnt count toward Major League Soccer standings. Scott Chandler Bills Jersey . The 2010 NL MVP missed his third straight game Sunday because of a left knee injury. Manager Bryan Price said after the 8-3 loss to the Phillies that "we dont want to DL him and find out in two or three days hes ready to play.The Brandon Wheat Kings offence revolved around Taylor Cooper on Wednesday. Cooper scored twice -- including the overtime winner -- as Brandon edged the Moose Jaw Warriors 3-2. Captain Ryan Pulock scored with six seconds left in the third period to force the extra period for the Wheat Kings (6-5-0), and Cooper scored his second of the night 1:51 into overtime for the win. Curtis Honey made 30 saves to earn the victory. Jack Rodewald and Bryson Gore supplied the offence for Moose Jaw (4-5-3), while Justin Paulic stopped 34 shots. Brandon could not score on its two power plays, while Gores first-period goal was the only time the Warriors scored on their five man advantages. --- Blazers 3 Thunderbirds 1 KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- Tim Bozon had a pair of goals as Kamloops downed Seattle. Chase Souto also scored for the Blazers (4-7-0), while Bolton Pouliot stopped 31 shots. Shea Theodore was the lone scorer for the Thunderbirds (8-3-0). Justin Myles turned aside 25 shots Kamloops. --- Winterhawks 4 Americans 1 PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Winterhawks scored three times in the third period to skate past Tri-City. Adam Rossignols goal 4:14 into the third period stood as the winner for Portland (5-3-1). Presten Kopeck and Oliver Bjorkstrand -- into an empty net --also scored in the third, while Brendan Leipsic had a goal in the first period. Brendan BBurke made 29 saves for the win. Jerry Hughes Jersey. Eric Comrie stopped 44 of 47 shots for the Americans (4-7-1). Philip Tot had the only goal for Tri-City. --- Rockets 6 Hurricanes 0 KELOWNA, B.C. -- Jordon Cooke made 26 saves as the Rockets shut out Lethbridge. Riley Stadel had a hat trick and an assist for Kelowna (6-1-2), while Ryan Olsen, Tyrell Goulbourne and Tyson Baillie also scored. Corbin Boes stopped 56 shots for the Hurricanes (1-9-1). --- Chiefs 5 Broncos 1 SPOKANE, Wash. -- Mike Aviani and Mitch Holmberg had two goals and two assists each as the Chiefs skated past Swift Current. Dominic Zwerger also scored for Spokane (9-2-0) and Eric Williams made 26 saves. Tanner LeSann was the lone scorer for the Broncos (6-4-1). Eetu Laurikainen turned aside 28 shots. --- Royals 5 Cougars 4 VICTORIA -- Logan Nelsons third-period goal stood as the winner as the Royals edged Prince George. Tyler Soy, Austin Carroll, Brandon Fushimi and Luke Harrison rounded out the attack for Victoria (8-5-0). Patrik Polivka made 24 saves for the win. Chase Witala scored and added two assists for the Cougars (5-6-1), while Jansen Harkins, Troy Bourke and Marc McNulty also found the back of the net. Brett Zarowny started in net for Prince George, stopping 11 of 14 shots in 13:37 of work. Ty Edmonds turned aside 12 of 14 shots in relief. ' ' '