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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Oakland Athletics dread facing left-handed pitchers.The As have lost 18 of their past 24 games in which the opposing club starts a left-hander. They are 15-23, a .395 winning percentage, the worst in the majors when opponents start a southpaw.The As will see one of the best left-handers in the American League Tuesday night when the Kansas City Royals will start Danny Duffy, who is 11-2 with a 3.13 ERA, while striking out a team-leading 167 in 155 1/3 innings. He has struck out 10 or more in three games, including fanning 10 Minnesota Twins with no walks in six innings in his previous start, a no-decision.Duffy is undefeated in five career outings, four of them starts, against Oakland. He is 3-0 with a 2.59 ERA vs. Oakland, working one scoreless inning in relief on April 16.Plus Duffy is undefeated at Kauffman Stadium this year, 6-0 with a 3.38 ERA. His last home loss was Sept. 5, 2015. Duffys seven victories since the All-Star break are tied for the second most in the majors, despite not winning since Aug. 21.Duffy has held left-handed hitters to a .177 batting average, which is first among AL pitchers who have faced at least 100 lefty swingers.The Royals are desperate for a victory to keep in the American League playoff race. They are four games in arrears in the AL wild-card standings with 19 games remaining. Plus they must climb over five teams to get to the second wild-card rung, a formidable challenge.It means were playing meaningful games, Royals manager Ned Yost said. We still feel like were in it. It makes the season more exciting than when youre not in it and its great for the fans.It was not exciting for the Royals players or great for the fans on Monday night, as the last-place As thrashed the Royals 16-3. Six Royals pitchers combined to not only give up 17 hits, an As season high, but also walked 10. Two of the hits were a pair of three-run homers to Khris Davis and Marcus Semien.Its great to have a game like that, As manager Bob Melvin said.Yost said it is easy to forget a game like that.These games are easy to turn the page, a lot tougher than losing a one-run game or a game in extra innings, Yost said. We just got beat. We didnt play good; we didnt pitch good and we got beat.The As will start right-hander Jharel Cotton, who limited the Los Angeles Angels to one run and two hits over 6 1/3 innings in his major league debut Wednesday. He struck out three and walked two. Cotton is one of the three players the As received from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Josh Reddick and Rich Hill. In six starts with Triple-A Nashville, Cotton went 3-1 with a 2.82 ERA. Overall, with Nashville and Oklahoma City, he was 11-6 with a 4.31 ERA in 28 games, 22 of them starts. He led the Pacific Coast League with a career-high 155 strikeouts.Wholesale MLB Jerseys . Fred Couples, captain of the U.S. side, put it all into perspective. "We know whos in charge," he said. Nike MLB Jerseys For Sale . -- Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record. https://www.mlbjerseys2020.com/ . -- When the Florida Panthers fell behind by two goals in the first period to the top team in the NHL, it appeared they were on their way to yet another loss. MLB Jerseys 2020 . There are surprises among the Vezina candidates, but most of the others are standard top-tier performers, even if the two Hart Trophy runners-ups have never been quite as good as they have been through the first half of the season. MLB Jerseys From China . Collaros, 25, was solid last season, posting a 5-2 record as the starter while incumbent Ricky Ray was injured. Collaros also started Torontos 23-20 regular-season finale loss to Montreal — Ray didnt dress because the Argos had already clinched first in the East Division — but was one of three quarterbacks to play that day.DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The college football game between Alcorn State and Bethune Cookman on Sunday has been canceled due to severe weather conditions.The MEAC/SWAC Challenge was delayed with 7:14 left in the second quarter and never resumed. Both schools agreed it wont be rescheduled.Alcorn State answered a Bethune-Cookman touchdown with an 8-play, 76-yard scoring drive to tie it at 7-all. Lenorris Footman lobbbed it over the defense and Jaborian McKenzie ran under it for a 36-yard TD.dddddddddddd Bethune-Cookman fumbled on its next offensive play and Footman found DeLance Turner out of the backfield for an 18-yard TD and a 14-7 lead.But the stats will not count as it wasnt an official game. ' ' '