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 Billy Butler also had three hits and the Royals had 14 overall
while moving 1 1/2 games behind Toronto for the American League’s
second wild-card spot. Shields (10-6) allowed two runs and four hits
and Greg Holland worked a flawless ninth to post his AL-leading 31st
save for Kansas City, which remains five games behind first-place
Detroit in the AL Central.
Josh Reddick hit two solo homers for Oakland, which saw its lead in
the AL West slip to one game over the Los Angeles Angels. Scott
Kazmir (12-4) allowed four runs and 10 hits in six innings for his
first loss since June 24.
Shields retired the first 15 batters he faced until Reddick led off
the sixth with a homer over the right-center field fence. Reddick
took the right-hander deep again with two out in the eighth and Jed
Lowrie followed with a single before Shields retired Alberto
Callaspo on a grounder with his 102nd and final pitch.
Kansas City pushed across four runs in the fifth inning, beginning
with Norichika Aoki’s RBI single. Infante followed with a two-run
double to left and stole third before scoring on Salvador Perez’s
single to left to make it 4-0.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: The two-homer game is Reddick’s second of the season and
sixth in his career. … Kansas City RF Lorenzo Cain had two hits and is
10-for-22 over his last seven contests. … Oakland placed INF Nick Punto
(hamstring) on the 15-day disabled list and recalled 1B Nate Freiman
from Triple-A Sacramento.
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