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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Things finally started to unravel for Seattle starter James Paxton in the eighth inning Thursday night.The full meltdown came when Steve Cishek entered in the ninth.The Mariners veteran closer gave up a leadoff single, plunked a batter and then served up a two-run double to Salvador Perez that allowed the Kansas City Royals to rally for a 4-3 victory to open their four-game series leading into the All-Star break.Not to mention ruin what should have been Paxtons big night.I dont know if you can be much more in control of the game to being on the wrong side of things in an inning and a half, Mariners manager Scott Servais said. Tough game to lose.Paxton only needed 78 pitches to cruise through eight innings, but he started to crack when Paulo Orlando hit a two-out double off him to get Kansas within 3-2. He retired Alex Gordon to escape the inning.Cishek (2-5) came on to close, and Whit Merrifields double, the hit-by-pitch of Kendrys Morales and the timely shot from Perez ultimately sent the Mariners to their 10th consecutive road defeat.How many times have we been through it? I mean, we fight. We keep fighting, said Danny Duffy, who kept the Royals in the game with 6 1/3 strong innings. Youre never out of the game with these boys.Brooks Pounders (1-0) earned his first career win with a scoreless inning of relief.Its a great moment in my life, the big reliever said. To walk away with a win in that game is just unbelievable. It says a lot about the team we have here.The win snapped a four-game skid for Kansas City. Seattle now has lost four in a row.You lose as a team, said the Mariners Robinson Cano. We dont want to blame anybody here.The Mariners built an early 2-0 lead not with a homer -- they entered the game tied for second in the majors with 128 of them -- but with old-fashioned small ball. Dae-Ho Lee scored from second on Dan Robertsons single in the second inning, and Robertson scored after a sacrifice bunt and sacrifice fly in the fifth.Nelson Cruz added a homer off Joakim Soria in the eighth.Those three runs seemed insurmountable the way Paxton was cruising along.He induced inning-ending double plays the first two innings, then another one in the third after back-to-back singles led it off. Ketel Marte then made a nice play ranging out from third base on Alex Gordons blooper into shallow left field to leave Brett Eibner on third base and end the inning.The worst throw Paxton made before the eighth wasnt to the mound but to first base, when Kendrys Morales chopped a grounder back to him the previous inning. Paxtons throw slipped and bounced halfway to the bag.With everything else going for him, it still beat Morales easily for the out.Pax pitched a good ballgame, Servais said. I felt very good about leaving him out there in the eighth inning. He certainly didnt have many pitches. His stuff was still good. Tough game to lose.STATS AND STREAKSMorales was 0 for 3 before getting hit by a pitch in the ninth, allowing him to extend his streak of reaching safely to 21 starts. ... The Mariners lost for the fourth time when leading after eight innings. ... Cruz homered for the seventh time in his last 14 games.ROTATION REMOVALThe Royals are sending RHP Chris Young to the bullpen and will start RHP Dillon Gee or LHP Brian Flynn in Sundays series finale. Young is 2-8 with a 6.90 ERA in 15 appearances, 13 of them starts. 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LeBrun: Over the last 48 hours, hes taken in the home-and-home between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche with Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene being the obvious targets.NEW YORK -- The chants of Ole, ole, ole, ole, Delpo, Delpo, were still reverberating around Arthur Ashe Stadium after Stan Wawrinka wrapped up his 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win in the US Open quarterfinals early Thursday morning.The clock had ticked past 1:20 a.m. ET, but so many fans had stayed at Flushing Meadows to serenade Juan Martin del Potro.They had given him a standing ovation when he trailed 5-2 in the fourth set, in one last bid to rally their man; their support brought the 6-foot-6 Argentine to tears on court.Something difficult to describe with words, Del Potro later told a media conference. I mean, I can lose the match, but I will never forget this. Its bigger than winning any match.Officially, Del Potro will move up to No. 63 in the rankings next week -- a jump of 982 places in just eight months. If he can stay healthy, a return to the top 10 is almost a certainty.It is a huge springboard for the 2017 season. The next goal will be to get back into the top 40, which would see him directly enter Masters events again.Im already top 100, so thats good, he added. And everything here is positive for me. Im so glad for that.My tennis is starting to respond as I want, but physically Im still down. Im not in the same level as these guys. I need to just to stay healthy and wait for the preseason to get 100 percent for next year.After three surgeries on his left wrist in the last two and a half years, the right-handed Del Potro had considered quitting tennis. But he stuck it out and launched his latest comeback in February, ranked No. 1,045 in the world.He managed to get that ranking up to 142, having beaten Wawrinka in the Wimbledon second round in what was Delpos first Grand Slam since the 2014 Australian Open.And after a stunning run at the Olympic Games, where he saw off Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal on the way to a silver medal, the 2009 US Open champion was awarded a wild card into the US Open.ddddddddddddDel Potro duly made a fairy-tale run here -- he was the lowest-ranked US Open quarterfinalist since 174th-ranked Jimmy Connors 25 years ago -- and recaptured the hearts of the people of New York.Never will ask for wild card anymore, he said, smiling.He was probably still smiling when he woke up in the morning. But moving forward, this guy is not just going to be a feel-good story -- he is going to be a threat.Wawrinka had done his homework; he knew Del Potro would tire and started playing backhands down the line and using his slice, making the 27-year-old run. Del Potro admitted he got exhausted after the third set of a contest that went 3 hours, 13 minutes.Im starting to play tennis again after a long, long time, he added. Like two months ago, I was losing first round, second round, 80 players or different rankings.And now Im fighting at the same level as the top guys, and I already beat Djokovic, Rafa. I played against Murray in a great match. Wawrinka is the No. 3 player in the world and Im there. That means something good to me.But I need to keep working. I need to get my physical back as soon I can, and then I will have a chance to play in the same conditions.There was an emotional embrace at the net after the match between Del Potro and Wawrinka, who surely summed up the feelings of everyone watching in Ashe Stadium and around the world on television.Hes an amazing champion, the Swiss world No. 3 said. He won here. He got so unlucky with all the injuries he had, and the way hes playing right now already, its amazing. Everybody is happy to see him back at that level. ' ' '