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CHICAGO -- The postseason might be just about out of reach, but the Chicago White Sox believe they could still be pretty effective spoilers.Chicago (68-73) hopes to further torpedo the Kansas City Royals playoff hopes as it sends left-handed ace Chris Sale (15-7, 3.07 ERA) against Royals right-hander Ian Kennedy (10-9, 3.76) in Sundays series finale.I havent been the spoiler too often in my career, said White Sox right-hander James Shields, who had no decision in Saturdays 6-5 Chicago loss to the Royals.We want to finish strong as a team, in general. We want to be that team that finishes strong and has a good thought process going into the offseason, no matter what happens down the road here. But were going to try and win the series tomorrow.The defending World Series champions (73-68) are nine games behind Cleveland in the American League Central and four games out of the second AL wild-card spot with 21 games to play.The White Sox beat the Royals 7-2 on Friday as right-hander Carlos Rodon extended his winning streak to five games after allowing two runs (one earned) and six hits with a season-high nine strikeouts in six innings.The best the White Sox can shoot for is a .500 or better record in the seasons final three weeks. And thats achievable for a team that had won three straight entering Saturday and is 5-3 in its last eight.The Royals, meanwhile, are now 4-6 in their last 10 games and 8-8 in their last 16 and have gone 15-7 in the last 22 games vs. the AL Central.Sale makes his 28th start of the season and 13th at home. He picked up the win in his lone start of the season against the Royals on June 10 -- a 7-5 decision. Sale is 5-4 with a 2.88 ERA and 65 strikeouts in 15 career games (10 starts) against Kansas City.Hes coming off a no-decision in his last start on Sept. 5 against the Detroit Tigers, allowing two runs and six hit with no walks and eight strikeouts in six innings.But individual accolades mean little to Sale, whod rather be competing for the postseason than playing out the string.Its hard to look at stuff like that when youre going through what weve been going through, Sale recently told reporters. I dont really look too far into personal stats. If somebodys got really bad stats on a winning team, Ill trade it with him.Off again/on-again Royals right fielder Lorenzo Cain was out of the lineup on Saturday and one report suggested he could be finished for the season.Cain, suffering from a left wrist injury, played in his first game since Aug. 30 on Friday, going 1-for-3. He was hitting .287 with nine home runs and 56 RBI in 103 games this year. Cain also missed much of July with a hamstring injury.Royals manager Ned Yost said hed like to have the valuable veteran in the lineup as much as possibleEvery day that he can be, Yost said. (The wrist) is going to bother him a little bit, but he still finds away to produce through all that.Stan Smith Scarpe Online . The team says the Spain international has a muscle pull in his right leg. Barcelona hosts third-division side Cartagena in the return leg of their round-of-32 tie after winning their first meeting 4-1. Scarpe Yeezy 350 Bianche Scontate . Woodson said during a radio interview Thursday that the Knicks Carmelo Anthony doesnt get the same calls as other superstars. http://www.scarpenmdscontate.it/scarpe-yeezy-350-outlet.html . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. Nmd Human Race Italia . "Were just throwing s--- at the wall hoping something sticks," said Tortorella about the possible line combinations for Fridays game against Columbus. The Canucks have lost five straight games and six of their last seven, leaving them in a logjam in the Pacific Division, currently sitting fifth - good for ninth in the Western Conference. Yeezy Boost 350 Italia .C. -- Kemba Walker and the Charlotte Bobcats got off to a fast start, and the Sacramento Kings were never quite able to catch up.Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin clearly wasnt pleased with his players after the No. 24 Bearcats lost to No. 21 URI in Saturdays second semifinal game of the Naismith Hall of Fame Tipoff in Connecticut.But Cronin, who recognizes the concerns he has about his team, also knows, Its early.And he also knows he has to get his team ready quickly for what likely will be a bit of a letdown game against Penn State in Sundays consolation game at Mohegan Sun Casino Arena.Its rare that the third-place game is played after the championship, but thats the way it is in this preseason tournament -- and while the Bearcats had to be thinking about a date with No. 1 Duke in the final, what they have is a meeting with the 2-2 Nittany Lions, who lost to Duke by 10 in the first game Saturday.We just wanted to win. We wanted to win today, Cronin snapped when asked if his team was thinking about Duke.The Nittany Lions fell to 0-14 all-time when facing the No. 1 team in the nation, but coach Patrick Chambers saw the positives in the way his team played.We took another step today, he said. We got better. And thats our goal Just keep getting better. Its a process thats going to take some time, but were going to eventually get there.Cronin, who lost a coaching battle to personal friend Dan Hurley and URI, hopes his guys learned a lesson.They ttaught us a lot about ourselves today and our deficiencies were physical and mental toughness, he said.dddddddddddd We got what we deserved. Reboundings about heart and toughness.Asked about both, Cronin said, Its been our weakness with this particular team since practice started.He went on to say his players could be relying on what it says on our chest, and have to put in the work to get better.Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, whose injury battered team moved onto the final, gave a nod to Penn State, saying, We really prepared hard for Penn State. We think theyre good and we prepared that way and it helped.Said Chambers, who got 20 points out of Tony Carr Saturday: Theres so much more basketball to go. Thats whats so exciting for me.Our focus is on Penn State and making Penn State better. Whoever were playing Sunday, trying to get better that day. ... We need to get there hopefully by Big Ten season.Cincinnati started the season just barely on the outside of the rankings, at No. 26. The Bearcats won a game and moved up to 24 and need a win Sunday if they are to have any chance of staying in the Top 25.They were the tougher team. I thought they wanted it more, Cronin said of Rhode Island. ' ' '