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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Toronto Blue Jays will play their next eight games on the road, starting with Tuesdays opener of a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The Blue Jays were able to snap a four-game losing streak with Sundays 7-1 win over the Boston Red Sox in the finale of a three-game series at Rogers Centre. Brett Lawrie hit a solo home run and drove in two, while Edwin Encarnacion ended with two doubles and two RBI. Melky Cabrera was 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Jays, who gave starting pitcher R.A. Dickey enough run support. The right-handed knuckleballer limited the rival Red Sox to a run on five hits in 6 1/3 innings with six strikeouts and no walks. "When I have one to two to zero walks, its usually going to be a pretty good day, and thats what I need to get back to, and like I said, today was a good step in that direction," said Dickey, who won for the first time since April 5 and is 2-3 on the season. Steve Delabar and Esmil Rogers combined to throw 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief. Dustin McGowan draws the start for the Blue Jays Tuesday and he is 1-1 in four starts with a lofty 6.88 ERA. He has posted back-to-back no-decisions and was reached for six runs in four innings of last Wednesdays 10-8 loss to Baltimore. McGowan has allowed nine runs over the past two outings and is 1-1 with a 2.30 ERA in four career meetings (2 starts) with the Royals. Kansas City is home for the next six games versus Toronto and Detroit, and hopes to build on a strong offensive performance Tuesday night. The Royals took two of three meetings in Baltimore over the weekend and closed the set with Sundays 9-3 pounding of the Orioles. Omar Infante hit a two-run homer to highlight a four-run seventh inning and finished with six RBI. "Hes a tremendous offensive performer and definitely the star of the day today for us," Royals manager Ned Yost said about Infante. Alex Gordon had two RBI and Norichika Aoki collected two hits and three runs scored. Royals starting pitcher James Shields got the win and held the Orioles to a pair of runs and three hits in seven innings of work. He is 3-2 on the season. Jason Vargas will follow Shields in the Kansas City rotation and is 2-0 with a 1.54 earned run average through five starts. Vargas did not receive a decision in last Wednesdays 5-3 loss at Cleveland and lasted six innings, allowing three runs (2 earned) and six hits. Vargas, a left-hander, was coming off seven scoreless innings versus Minnesota on April 18 and is 2-0 with a 1.54 ERA in five outings. Vargas hasnt pitched well in his career against the Blue Jays and is 1-3 in six starts with a 5.67 ERA. Toronto won four of six games against Kansas City a year ago and is 10-4 in the past 14 matchups between the two clubs. Nike Air Force 1 Cheap Outlet . The 10-horse field of 3-year-old pacers will leave the starting gate at approximately 10:14pm et. 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I never thought that I would be sitting here talking about me scoring 20,000 points. Amare Stoudemire registered a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. Iman Shumpert added 15 points as the Knicks shot 50 percent from the field and 50 percent from beyond the 3-point arc. The Wizards opened the season with a loss in Miami, but have since rattled off back-to-back victories. The Wiz beat the Orlando Magic on the road, then knnocked off the Milwaukee Bucks at home, 108-97, on Saturday.dddddddddddd Nene scored 22 points and the Wizards continued Milwaukees road woes. Otto Porter contributed 21 points and John Wall posted 19 points, 10 assists and five steals in Washingtons home opener. Marcin Gortat finished with 20 points, nine boards and three blocks, while Garrett Temple posted 18 points. The last three years we lost every home opener, so we wanted to come out and just play the right way, play our defense, move the ball and make shots, Wall said. I think we did a great job of that. Paul Pierce, playing in his first home game as a member of the Wizards, was ejected with seven seconds left in the opening half. He fouled Brandon Knight to stop a pass that would have led to a breakaway dunk from Jabari Parker. Pierce argued the clear-path foul call, which was confirmed after a video review. He was assessed two technicals and was sent to the locker room. That left the door open for Porters big night. The Wizards swept the Knicks in three games last season, but the Knicks have taken 12 of the previous 16 matchups. Washington may have won two in a row at the Garden, but it is 3-12 in its last 15 as the visitor in this series. ' ' '