Palazzese turned away 20-of-23 shots in a losing cause. --- ATTAC

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Sonny Gray has been so good over the past two months the Oakland Athletics havent needed to score runs in bunches. On Friday night, with slugger Yoenis Cespedes gone to the Boston Red Sox, they had no answer for Jeremy Guthrie. Raul Ibanez homered on Grays lone mistake, breaking his own franchise record for oldest Royals player to clear the fences and leading Kansas City past the As 1-0 on Friday night. The 42-year-old Ibanez connected in the fifth inning for his fifth homer, giving Guthrie the lone run he needed for Kansas Citys first victory at the Oakland Coliseum since April 10, 2012. The Royals went 1-5 against the As last season, including 0-3 on the road. "Theres no doubt about it, with the pitching matchups were facing in this series, this was a huge win for us," manager Ned Yost said. Gray (12-4) hung tough in a pitchers duel with Guthrie. The right-hander struck out seven in seven innings and didnt walk a batter for the first time all year. "You get spoiled because it seems like hes doing it every time out. He has done it every time out," As manager Bob Melvin said. "Hes been as consistent as a pitcher can be." Gray had his five-start winning streak snapped with his first losing decision in eight outings dating to a June 13 home loss against the Yankees. "The past is the past and you move on," Gray said. "Obviously I had a good month. That doesnt matter." Guthrie (7-9) struck out six in six innings to win his second straight outing following a three-start skid as the Royals beat the team with baseballs best record for their third straight win and eighth in 10. It could get tougher Saturday, when Jon Lester makes his As debut two days after being traded by the Red Sox. The As struggled to get anything going and lost for the third time in four games a day after trading two-time reigning Home Run Derby champion Cespedes to the Red Sox for Lester and Jonny Gomes. Guthrie struck out the side in the sixth, retiring Brandon Moss and Jed Lowrie on consecutive called third strikes. Nori Aoki doubled leading off the game and advanced on a wild pitch, but Gray retired the next three batters in order to avoid damage. Grey had five or more strikeouts in each of his five July outings, going 5-0 with a 1.03 ERA for the month. ROYALS BULLPEN: Kansas Citys bullpen delivered again. The steady pitching has been key in winning a recent run of close games. Greg Holland followed scoreless innings by Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis for his 30th save in 32 chances -- and third in as many games. "Its one of those situations where youre in a 1-0 game with a tough pitching staff over there, you know theres not going to be a lot of runs scored so you want to go on with your best guys," Yost said. TRAINERS ROOM: Royals: First baseman Eric Hosmer, who will be out three to six weeks after sustaining a stress fracture of the third finger on his right hand Thursday, is likely headed to the disabled list Saturday. Yost said more testing is likely but a hand specialist has already evaluated him. "Its a non-displaced stress fracture," Yost said. "That means it doesnt need to be casted, doesnt need surgery, just needs time to heal. Hes a pretty quick healer, but its probably going to be a 3-4 week ordeal." Athletics: Center fielder Coco Crisp received pain-relieving trigger-point injections in his strained neck over recent days. Crisp missed his fifth straight game and Melvin said he needs to take swings to test the neck before returning. FULDS RETURN: Sam Fuld started in centre field and batted leadoff one day after returning to Oakland where he began the season following a trade from Minnesota. His leadoff double in the fourth was the first hit off fellow ex-Stanford player Guthrie. 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Ben Johnson, Steven Janes, Brody Milne, Slater Koekkoek, Remy Giftopoulos and Christiano DiGiacinto scored for the Spitfires (23-12-1) and Brady Vail chipped in with three assists. Justin Sefton, Brandon Prophet, Daniel De Sousa, Eric Locke and Jeremiah Addison supplied the scoring for Saginaw (16-16-5) and Kristoff Kontos tacked on two assists. Alex Fotinos started in net for Windsor and gave up two goals on 13 shots in 20 minutes of action. Dalen Kuchmey came in to start the second period and turned away 21-of-23 shots to earn the victory. Nikita Serebryakov made 23 saves for the Spirit. Windsor went 3 for 6 on the power play while Saginaw went 3 for 10. --- WHALERS 2 KNIGHTS 1 (SO) DETROIT, Mich. -- Alex Nedeljkovic made 44 saves, and Francesco Vilardi scored Plymouths second goal of the shootout to give the Whalers their win over London. Plymouths Mathieu Henderson opened the scoring in the outdoor game at Detroits Comerica Park at 1:38 of the third period. Chris Tierney tied it for the Knights (25-7-4) with a power play goal, his 20th of the season, at 17:46. Jake Patterson made 25 saves for London. The Knights were 1 for 4 with the man advantage, while the Whalers (13-20-4) were 0 for 3. Attendance for the OHL outdoor doubleheader was 26,384. --- STORM 5 OTTERS 2 GUELPH, Ont. -- Adam Craievich scored once and set up two more as Guelph downed Erie for its fourth win in a row. Chadd Bauman, Justin Auger, Jason Dickinson and Robby Fabbri also scored for the Storm (26-7-3), who are now just four points behind the Otters for top spot in the Midwest Division. Connor Brown scored both goals for Erie (29-7-1), which is winless in three games for the first time this season. Justin Nichols made 28 saves for Guelph while Devin Williams stopped 31-of-35 shots in a losing cause. --- BULLS 9 FRONTENACS 6 KINGSTON, Ont. -- Remi Elie and Cameron Brace combined for six goals and 13 points as Belleville toppled the Frontenacs. Elie scored three times and added four assists for the Bulls (10-22--4) and Brace had three goals and three assists.dddddddddddd Jordan Subban scored once and set up three goals for Belleville while Niki Petti and Stephen Harper had a goal apiece. Samuel Schutt had a pair of goals for Kingston (19-12-4) and Darcy Greenaway, Conor McGlynn, Sam Bennett and Spencer Watson each scored once. Charlie Graham made 31 saves for the Bulls. Matt Mahalak started in net for the Frontenacs but was pulled after allowing four goals on 14 shots in 25 minutes of action. Lucas Peressini took the loss, stopping 15-of-19 shots in relief. --- COLTS 5 STEELEADS 3 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Erik Bradford had a goal and two assists as Barrie defeated the Steelheads. Andreas Athanasiou, Mitchell Theoret, Liam Maaskant and Jake Dotchin also scored for the Colts (19-14-3) and Andrew Mangiapane had two assists. Mississauga (15-19-4) got goals from Josh Burnside, Bryson Ciafrone and Dylan Smoskowitz. Barries Daniel Gibl made 25 saves for the win as Spencer Martin turned away 29-of-33 shots for the Steelheads. --- GREYHOUNDS 3 WOLVES 1 SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. -- Sergey Tolchinskys power-play goal at 19:58 of the first period stood up as the winner as the Greyhounds snapped Sudburys nine-game win streak. Jean Dupuy opened the scoring for Sault Ste. Marie (25-8-4) early in the first and Patrick Watling added a shorthanded goal midway through the third period. Matthew Campagna put the Wolves (19-10-6) on the board at 8:45 of the first. Matt Murray made 20 saves for the Greyhounds while Sudburys Franky Palazzese turned away 20-of-23 shots in a losing cause. --- ATTACK 3 STING 2 (SO) SARNIA, Ont. -- Sting netminder Taylor Dupuis stopped 42 shots through 65 minutes, but Gemel Smith and Holden Cook beat him in the shootout as Owen Sound edged the Sting. Justin Brack and Kurtis Gabriel scored in regulation for Owen Sound (19-12-6) and Kurtis MacDermid assisted on both. Nikolay Goldobin did all the scoring for Sarnia (12-20-4), which has dropped back-to-back contests. Brandon Hope made 16 saves for the Attack. --- GENERALS 6 67S 3 OSHAWA, Ont. -- Michael Dal Colle scored twice and set up one more and Cole Cassels had three assists as the Generals doubled up Ottawa to end their four-game winless streak. Colin Suellentrop had a goal and two assists for Oshawa (25-10-3) while Stephen Desrocher, Hunter Smith and Will Petschenig each scored once. The 67s (12-20-3) got goals from Ryan Van Stralen, Jospeh Blandisi and John Urbanic. Daniel Altshuller made 26 saves for the Generals as Philippe Trudeau stopped 32-of-38 shots for Ottawa. ' ' '