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KANSAS CITY, Mo. DAngelo Russell Jersey . -- The Oakland Athletics combination of Jon Lester and Josh Donaldson was too much for the Kansas City Royals. Lester pitched six strong innings and Donaldson homered twice and drove in four runs as the Athletics won 11-3 Tuesday night, snapping the Royals eight-game winning streak. Lester (13-7) has won all three of his starts since joining the As in a trade from Boston in a deadline deal on July 31 that sent All-Star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes to the Red Sox. Lester struck out nine and allowed three runs on six hits and two walks. The timing of the trade was bad for the Royals, having to face Lester twice in 10 days. "Id rather face Cespedes four times in a game than face Lester one game," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Thats just me. Thats not taking anything away from Cespedes. He can beat you with one swing of the bat." The Royals have won 11 of 13, with both losses coming against Lester -- who improved to 9-3 with a 1.84 ERA in 13 career starts against Kansas City. Donaldson homered in the seventh and eighth off left-hander Bruce Chen for his third multi-homer game of the season. He also added an RBI double in the first and a sacrifice fly in the fifth. "It helps when you have contributors up and down the lineup," Donaldson said. "We believe that its going to happen more times than not. We had some balls that were hit hard for outs, and then we had a lot of balls that fell in for us tonight." Brandon Moss had four hits, matching his career high, as the As finished with a season-high 20 hits. "He looked like Wade Boggs up there," As manager Bob Melvin said. Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie (8-10) allowed six runs on 11 hits in 4 2-3 innings. "Obviously, we would have loved to gone out there and had a better performance from myself and the pitchers to keep us in the game," Guthrie said. "We play 162 of these and you take them for what its worth. They strung together a bunch of hits and they had a tough pitcher and won the game." Salvador Perez and Lorenzo Cain doubled in the Royals three-run fifth. TRAINERS ROOM Athletics: SS Jed Lowrie has a fractured right index finger, which was detected by a MRI Tuesday. He injured it Aug. 4 and it was originally believed to be a bruise as an X-ray showed no break. Lowrie, who played four days with it, is hopeful he can avoid the disabled list, but may need extra days off. Royals: LHP Scott Downs went on the DL with a stiff neck. ON DECK Athletics: LHP Scott Kazmir goes Wednesday. He has held opposing batters to a major league best .071 average with runners in scoring position and two out. Royals: LHP Jason Vargas has not walked a batter at home in 26 1-3 innings since an intentional pass to Yadier Molina on June 4. OUT OF A SLUMP Moss was in a 5-for-46 skid before collecting four hits against the Royals. Moss has four RBIs in the first two games of this series after driving in just one run in his previous 14 games. COOKING UP ZEROES As reliever Ryan Cook tossed a perfect seventh to extend his scoreless streak to 20 innings, the longest active streak in the majors. BEHIND EARLY When the As scored in the first inning, it was the first time in 44 innings the Royals had trailed. The As are 48-11 when scoring first. The As 20 hits were a season-high against Kansas City pitching. DAngelo Russell Lakers Jersey .35 million, avoiding arbitration. Davis led the majors last season with 53 home runs and 138 RBIs, both career highs. He earned $3. Michael Cooper Lakers Jersey . - Jason Day and Cameron Tringale shot an 8-under 64 on Friday in modified alternate-shot play to increase their lead to three strokes in the Franklin Templeton Shootout. http://www.lakersbasketballshop.com/Kobe-Bryant-Jersey/ . Tottenham claimed top spot in Group K by winning 2-0 at Tromso after defender Adnan Causevic scored an own goal before Mousa Dembele put the result beyond doubt. Valencia made sure it will finish first in Group A with a 1-0 win at Swansea thanks to an early goal from Dani Parejo.Glendale, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) - David Backes had four goals and Brian Elliott stopped 23 shots for his second shutout of the season to give the St. Louis Blues a 6-0 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday. Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist while Jaden Schwartz also scored for the Blues, who have won their past two. Its crazy. Weve gone years without a hat trick and now we have six, Backes said. I dont know how to explain it, but you wont hear anyone complaining about having .... nights like that. Five guys (with hat tricks), that says something about how different guys are stepping up every night. Mike Smith allowed all six goals on 39 shots for the Coyotes, who have lost two of three. The shots were 32-14. Thats not a goaltender problem; thats a people-in- front-of-them problem, Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said. Stastny scored his goal at 7:57 of the first period to give the Blues a 1-0 lead as a turnover by Arizona to the right of its net was taken advantage of by Stastny for his eighth goal of the year. Backes then scored the next four goals to tie a career-high he set on April 2, 2009 against Detroit. Vlade Divac Lakers Jersey. Skating on the power play, the Blues made it a 2-0 game when Backes buried a nice setup from T.J. Oshie at the left side of the net at 6:15 of the second. It was Backes on the power play again just over a minute later as he rushed in the Arizona zone and shot the puck into the left corner for a 3-0 lead. Backes capped the hat trick with 5:07 to play in the middle period as he finished off a rush play with a wrister from the left circle, and he made it a 5-0 game just 3:15 into the third when he crashed the net and tapped it an Alex Steen pass. Schwartz scored just under three minutes later on the power play to cap the scoring. Game Notes Elliott has 27 career shutouts ... St. Louis hosts San Jose on Thursday ... Arizona hosts Winnipeg on Thursday ... The Blues have won six straight games in Arizona ... It was the sixth hat trick for St. Louis this season. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '