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| KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- When designated hitter Kendrys Morales started the season slowly, Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost stuck with him.The patience paid off. Morales is hitting .342 with nine home runs and 25 RBI in his past 31 games.Yost said he is absolutely showing the same perseverance with Alex Gordon, who was hitting .200 after going 0-for-4 on Tuesday, striking out twice and failing to get the ball out of the infield.Gordon did not start Wednesday but did deliver a pinch double. After an off-day Thursday, which included the Royals visiting the White House, Gordon walked and tripled in his first two plate appearances in a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night. It was Gordons first triple since Aug. 17, 2004 at Minnesota.Gordy is a guy that puts everything he has into his game, Yost said. You ask players every single day to come in and be prepared and just give your very best effort every day. As a manager, you take what comes with that, you know good or bad. All they can do is give their best effort. And he does that with the best of them.But he also gets a little frustrated with himself and it kind of compounds the problem a little bit. He wants to be productive. I could see him really starting to grind. When you break out, youre going to break out. Hes just too good of a player not to. He hasnt forgotten how to hit.Gordon, who was a free agent this past winter, signed a four-year, $72 million contract to stay with the club that drafted him second overall in 2005. That is the richest contract ever given a Royals player.He said the contract doesnt have anything to do with it, Yost said. Gordy is a guy; he wants to make sure that youre getting your end of the bargain. You know what Im saying. And hes just right now pressing and getting a little bit frustrated.Does Gordon appear to be standing more upright and diving at balls across the plate?Those are questions I cant answer, articulatory, Yost said. Dale (Sveum, hitting coach) can. Dale has got some ideas that can help him. But like a lot of good players that have had success, they can be a little bit stubborn. They dont blow with the wind, which makes them successful.They are not always trying to tweak and change and do stuff like that. Him and Dale they talk and are trying to figure out what can help him be more productive.Gordon, who has struck out 72 times in 219 at-bats, did not strike out Wednesday on a night when Yu Darvish struck out 11 in six innings.You cant find a whole lot negative with Yus start tonight, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.Keone Kela and rookie left-hander Jake Diekman each pitched a scoreless inning after Darvish was removed after 91 pitches. Kela gave up a career-worst four runs in one inning on Monday in a loss at the Angels. Diekman was pitching for the first time since July 5 at Boston and going on the disabled list with a lacerated left index finger.It was great to see Keone rebound from the outing in Anaheim, flooding the strike zone with a big fastball, Banister said. It was 97-98 mile per hour, a breaking ball and a double play ball, something he doesnt get a whole lot of.And then to have Jake Diekman and do what he did, to give us an opportunity there. Those two guys are going to play big for us down the stretch out of our bullpen.The two teams meet again Saturday night in the middle game of the weekend series. The Rangers lead over the Houston Astros has dwindled to 2 1/2 games in the AL West. With the victory and the Cleveland loss, the Royals picked up a game on the Indians but are still eight games back in the AL Central.Royals right-hander Yordano Ventura, who starts Saturday, walked a major league-leading 33 in his first nine starts, 6.10 per nine innings. In his past nine starts, however, Ventura has allowed just eight free passes in 52 2/3 innings, 1.37 per nine innings. That ratio ranks third lowest in the AL during that span.The Rangers will counter with All-Star left-hander Cole Hamels. This will be first time to appear in a regular-season game at Kauffman Stadium. He did throw a perfect inning there in the 2012 All-Star Game, retiring Billy Butler, Matt Wieters and Adam Jones. He worked a scoreless inning in this years All-Star game in San Diego.The Rangers are 14-5 in Hamels starts this season, including winning seven of his past eight. He struck out the first six Chicago Cubs he faced in his Sunday start, a 4-1 victory, allowing four hits and one unearned run in eight innings. Cheap Red Sox Jerseys Authentic . PETERSBURG, Fla. Jackie Bradley Jr Jersey . Goals from Jerome Boateng, Franck Ribery and Thomas Mueller extended Bayerns unbeaten run to a record 37 matches. "This record is incredible," Bayern coach Pep Guardiola said. http://www.cheapredsoxjerseys.com/ . The visitors took a deserved lead in the 16th minute with midfielder Yohan Cabaye curling the ball beyond Adrian from inside the penalty area. Steven Wright Jersey .Y. - General manager Billy King says the Brooklyn Nets are looking to add a big man and confirmed the team worked out centre Jason Collins, who would become the first openly gay active NBA player if signed. Cheap MLB Jerseys Authentic . Irving scored 23 points, Tristan Thompson had 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 117-109 on Friday night.Leicester require at least a draw at home to Club Brugge on Tuesday to guarantee a place in the Champions League knock-out round. The Premier League champions will top the group with one game to spare if they win and Porto fail to beat Copenhagen. Sky Sports Black Friday sale Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price! However, victories for both Leicester and Porto would mean top spot is decided when the two sides meet in Portugal on December 7. Leicesters exploits in Europe has defied their Premier League form, but boss Claudio Ranieri has dismissed suggestions the Foxes have been distracted by the Champions League.Saturcdays 2-1 defeat at Watford left Leicester two points above the relegation zone and they have lost twice as many games, six, as they did during last seasons shock triumph. Ranieri says he is not looking over his shoulder with Leicester 14th in the Premier League I dont think its a distraction. Its enjoyment. I dont see the difference, said Ranieri.If you see the match against Watford and the match against Copenhagen or Brugge or Porto, its the same. The difference is in the Champions League matches we score, in the other matches no.Our focus is this: try to win tomorrow and then go back into the Premier League and try to improve our table. Watford 2-1 Leicester Team newsLeicesters recordd £30m signing Islam Slimani is out of the match, having suffered a groin injury which also saw him miss Saturdays 2-1 Premier League defeat at Watford.ddddddddddddKasper Schmeichel remains out with the hand he fractured in Leicesters 0-0 draw in Copenhagen earlier this month while Nampalys Mendy and Ben Chilwell (both ankle) are sidelined for Claudio Ranieris side. Kasper Schmeichel is absent for the Foxes, having kept clean sheets in all four CL games this season Opta statsClub Brugge are winless in their last nine games against English clubs in all competitions (D2 L7), failing to keep a clean sheet in any of those games.Club Brugges only previous encounters with English clubs in the European Cup/Champions League both ended in defeat: 0-1 v Liverpool in the 1978 final and 0-3 v Leicester City in this seasons group stages.Leicesters two home games in this seasons Champions League have both ended 1-0, with Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani involved on both goals as goalscorer and assist provider.Leicester are the first team in Champions League history to keep a clean sheet in each of their opening four games. Indeed, Kasper Schmeichel - who broke his hand in the last CL game against Copenhagen - has saved all 11 shots on target he has faced. Claudio Ranieri is still positive despite Leicesters sixth loss of the Premier League campaign on Saturday Leicester could also become the first team since Malaga in 2012/13 to win their group in their first Champions League appearance.Only Rostov have averaged a lower passing accuracy (68%) than Leicester (71%) in this seasons Champions League.Club Brugge have managed just one clean sheet in their last 13 Champions League matches.Club Brugge have scored only three goals in their last 10 Champions League away games.Jamie Vardy has had two shots on target in his first 334 minutes in the Champions League, none of them have found the back of the net. Leicester need just a point to progress to the last 16 Charlies predictionThe great unpredictable Leicester City! They handled the pressure at the end of last season incredibly well but theyve been so disappointing this season.Claudio Ranieri has told everybody the headline maker will be making the last 16 but, while I dont see them getting dragged into a relegation battle, I see the confidence has drained out of them from their domestic form.This is the game, with his pace on the break, where Jamie Vardy has to deliver and show why he deserved the big contract in the summer.The combination isnt the same with Islam Slimani as it was with Shinji Okazaki and Id like to see them go back to the formula for success they found.They won comfortably in Bruges and I do think theyll get over the line here, but it might take one or two late goals for them to do it.Charlie predicts: 2-0 and Okazaki to score first - 20/1 with Sky BetUpgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price. Hurry, offer ends December 4! 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