e hits in six innings of a 5-1 win.Tommy Milone will make his seventh start

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Aaron Sanchez can be beat, just not often.Danny Duffy outpitched Sanchez, stopping a 10-game winning streak by the Toronto ace and leading the Kansas City Royals over the Blue Jays 4-2 on Saturday night.Sanchez (11-2) hadnt lost since April 22 against Oakland. He allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings.Its not like I thought he was out there distracted or rattled or anything, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. They just beat him. Nobodys invincible.Sanchez still leads the AL with a 2.85 ERA.The Blue Jays opted earlier this week to go with a six-man rotation instead of putting the 24-year-old Sanchez in the bullpen in an effort to limit his innings. Sanchez said he was absolutely happy with the decision to keep him in the rotation.It was definitely stressful early on, Sanchez said. But, we sat down and we talked about it and we came up with the best possible solution. Them asking me, me giving my input, and figuring out whats best.And I think when it came down to it, we sat down for a while and we came up with something they wanted to do and something I wanted to do. Something that we felt the team would like to. I think at the end of it, its all said and done and we can move forward now. And all this is behind.The All-Star righty pitched only 102 innings last year, including 9 2/3 in the minors on a rehab assignment after a shoulder injury. He has thrown 145 1/3 innings this season.Duffy (8-1) won his seventh straight decision. In his last start, he struck out a team-record 16 and permitted just one hit over eight innings at Tampa Bay. On Saturday, he held the Blue Jays to two runs and five hits over 6 2/3 innings.Kelvin Herrera picked up his fourth save in six chances with a perfect ninth.Devon Travis led off the game with a home run for the second straight night. He also had an RBI single in the fifth after Kevin Pillar doubled.Eric Hosmer hit a two-out, two-run single in a three-run fifth that made it 3-2. Alcides Escobars infield single scored Kansas Citys first run.That inning they did a really good job of playing small ball, Sanchez said. You got Hosmer coming up with a big hit to score two more, a weird inning. If I go back, I dont think Id take anything back. They did exactly what I wanted them to do; they kept the ball on the ground. Just didnt go my way tonight.Raul Mondesi had an RBI triple in the sixth for his first extra-base hit in his 11th game in the majors.The Royals scored more than three runs in a game for the first time in 10 games.LEADING OFFTravis became the first Blue Jay to hit a leadoff home run in back-to-back game since Jose Cruz Jr. on April 22-23, 2000, against the Yankees. 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Nine days before the opening ceremony, organizing committee chief Dmitry Chernyshenko said Wednesday that Sochi is "fully ready" and will deliver safe, friendly and well-run games that defy the grim reports that have overshadowed preparations.Fans in Oakland will have to wait a few more months before Kevin Durant gets a win over a Minnesota team.In the meantime, they will look to enjoy another victory by the Oakland Athletics victory over the Minnesota Twins.Oakland will try to remain unbeaten against Minnesota Tuesday night when the teams continue a three-game series at Target Field.The Athletics have won all four meetings this season and the latest victory occurred Monday afternoon while the news of Durant signing as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors took center stage.In Mondays 3-1 victory, the As did not get anyone past first base for six innings and then scored three in the seventh. Stephen Vogt delivered an RBI single and Coco Crisp added a two-run single that extended his hitting streak to 11 games.Crisp is batting .370 (17-for-46) during this streak and has eight walks, 12 runs scored, two homers and 14 RBI.If Oakland has a close lead late Tuesday, theres a good chance Ryan Dull would be entrusted with protecting it.After Oakland scored its runs Monday, Dull stranded a pair of runners in the bottom of the seventh and has stranded 36 inherited runners this season, the longest streak to being a season since 1961.(Its) extremely significant, As manager Bob Melvin said. I dont know that there is (a stat) more significant. Guys are coming in the games to pick up someone elses base runners, thats the most significant stat. I know in our clubhouse, theres a lot of respect for what hes doing, certainly the pitchers.Hes my favorite player on the team, Oakland third baseman Danny Valencia said. He just shows up every day and does his job.Similar to the laast time they played the Athletics, the Twins were unable to follow up a successful weekend against a winning team.ddddddddddddMinnesota followed up a three-game sweep in Seattle by scoring seven runs in three losses at Oakland May 30-June 1.On Monday, Minnesota was even less productive. The Twins were held to four hits, went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and were held to three runs or less for the 35th time.Its just one of those days where one little hiccup was enough to change the outcome of the game, Twins manager Paul Molitor said.After getting 6 2/3 effective innings from Kendall Graveman, the Athletics will turn to Sean Manaea, who will make his second start since being activated from the disabled list Wednesday. Manaea returned from his two-week absence and allowed six hits in 5 2/3 innings of a 7-1 win over the San Francisco Giants.The left-hander began his career by going 0-1 with an 11.37 ERA and .382 opposing average in his first three starts. Since then, he is 3-3 with a 3.61 ERA in his last seven outings.One of Manaeas three career wins was June 1 against Minnesota, when he allowed one run and five hits in six innings of a 5-1 win.Tommy Milone will make his seventh start and third since returning from Triple-A Rochester June 18. Milone took a loss in New York June 18 and last week allowed five runs and nine hits over 3 1/3 innings during a no-decision at Chicago.Milones lone start against Oakland was July 19, 2015, when he allowed seven runs (five earned) in 2 2/3 innings. ' ' '