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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. Yeezy Comprar Baratas . Its sharpness matched my mind. This was no night to go to sleep. Yeezy Comprar .S. hockey team after paying his dues as an NHL general manager for more than three decades and giving up a lot of his free time to help USA Hockey. http://www.yeezyespana.com/yeezy-boost-700-espana/yeezy-700-v2.html . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. Yeezy 700 Comprar . The giant slalom world champion slipped during her first run in the morning, landing on her back and then twisting forward before getting her leg caught in the protective material on the side of the slope. Yeezy Boost Baratas . Laudrup revealed Thursday he was notified of his dismissal in "the briefest of letters which gave no reasons why such hasty and final action was deemed necessary.ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Greece and Paraguay drew 1-1 in their final group match at the Under-20 World Cup Friday which was enough for both teams to advance to the first knockout round. Striker Dimitrios Diamantakos gave tournament newcomer Greece the lead in the 68th minute before Brian Montenegro levelled five minutes later. Paraguay was reduced to 10 men after 24 minutes when defender Gustavo GGomez received a second yellow card.dddddddddddd In the other Group D match, Mexico bounced back from losing its opening two matches and defeated Mali 4-1. Mexico finished third to leave itself a chance of also reaching the last 16, while Mali has been eliminated. Later Friday, Australia was playing Turkey and El Salvador was taking on Colombia in the conclusion of Group C. ' ' '