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HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros keep finding ways to win games late. Discount New Balance .Jake Marisnick scored the winning run on an errant throw in the 10th inning as the Astros rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.The walk-off win was the Astros eighth of the season, third against the As and second of the series, including Fridays 10-9 victory.We seem to be full of those lately, Marisnick said. Its a nod to this team and how we dont give up.Marisnick led off the 10th with a single off Liam Hendricks (0-2) and stole second on George Springers strikeout before reaching third on a groundout by Marwin Gonzalez.After Jose Altuve was intentionally walked, Marisnick scored on Carlos Correas chopper to third that Danny Valencia threw up the line to first as Yonder Alonsos attempted tag missed Correa.We know we have a good team, and we can score runs at any time, so we have to put good at-bats together and the runs will come, Correa said.The error was the As season-high fourth of the game. The As had not made an error in a franchise-record 15 straight games entering Sunday.Hell tell you that its a play he expects to make, Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. You dont win many games with four errors, yet we got one pitch away from winning the game. The first ones didnt cost us, but the last one did.Will Harris (1-1) pitched a perfect 10th for the win.I like the fact that we stay resilient and we compete the whole game, Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. We took advantage of a couple mistakes to walk out of here with a win at the break.Evan Gattis hit an RBI double with two outs in the ninth off Ryan Madson to tie it at 1.These guys have battled me for years, Madson said. A lot of times they find a way.Marcus Semien gave the As a 1-0 lead on an RBI single in the sixth. Matt McBride started the inning with a single and moved to second on Coco Crisps sacrifice bunt before Semiens single.Sean Manaea scattered five hits with six strikeouts in seven shutout innings. Manaea had struggled away from Oakland, going 0-3 with an 11.66 ERA in three starts entering Sunday.Dallas Keuchel allowed one run on four hits with five strikeouts in seven innings. The left-hander continued his recent string of good outings and has allowed three runs or less in four of his last five starts.Im feeling better, Keuchel said. Its good to get the break like that. Im just trying to follow in the footsteps of the other starters, and thats a good thing to see when we are getting starts out of the starters and getting timely offense.TRAINING ROOMAthletics: 2B Eric Sogard (left knee surgery) will start to do more baseball activity after the All Star break, Melvin said. LHP Sean Doolittle, who has been on the 15-day DL with a left shoulder strain since late June, hasnt thrown yet, but is feeling better, Melvin said.Astros: OF Colby Rasmus was out of the lineup for a third straight day with an ear infection. ... RHP Scott Feldman was day-to-day after leaving Saturdays game in the ninth due to back stiffness. Hinch said Feldman would not have been available for Sundays game anyways due to throwing 52 pitches Saturday.SHOWING OFF THE SPEEDGattis had his first career steal in the second. Gattis took off for second and went in without a throw as Danny Worth was called out on strikes. Gattis had only one other stolen base attempt in his career, a caught stealing on July 23, 2015, against Boston.UP NEXTAthletics: LHP Rich Hill (9-3, 2.25 ERA) is scheduled to start the first game back from the All-Star break Friday against Toronto. Hill has a six-game winning streak and has allowed three runs or less in each of his last 12 starts.Astros: RHP Doug Fister (8-6, 3.55) is scheduled to start the first game back from the All-Star break Friday in Seattle. Fister will be looking to end a three-game losing streak. Cheap New Balance Free Shipping . The International Olympic Committee released the official list of bid cities on Friday after the deadline for applications had passed. 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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Kansas City Royals fumbled a chance to creep forward in the AL wild-card race after a late lapse by the bullpen.Kendrys Morales sure did his part, though.Miguel Sanos hustle led Minnesota to a pair of early runs and his RBI double tied the game in the decisive seventh inning, helping the Twins dodge a series sweep by beating the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Wednesday night.The defending champion Royals stayed four games behind Baltimore, which holds the second wild card. Two of the three teams between them also lost.We had a chance to pick up ground, manager Ned Yost said, so that definitely hurts.Morales had three hits, including his sixth home run in the last eight games, Drew Butera also went deep for the Royals and Danny Duffy struck out 10 batters without a walk over six innings. But after the Twins Brian Dozier singled and stole second base to put himself in position to score against Joakim Soria (4-8), Sano doubled off the wall in right field.I dont think he hit it as well as he can hit it, but he muscled that ball to the wall, Soria said. Hes a strong guy. He hit it hard.Sano ran hard, too.Sano beat a relay throw in the first inning to stave off a double play after his bouncer back to the mound and later scored on Robbie Grossmans single. In the fifth, the burly slugger ran fast enough after his routine grounder to be safe when shortstop Alcides Escobar threw high to first for an error. Byron Buxton raced home from second base to score on the play, touching home plate as he hurdled Sanos bat with a head-first dive to elude Buteras tag.Grossman and Buxton each homered for the Twins, who won for only the third time in their last 20 games. Relievers Matt Strahm and Kelvin Herrera followed Soria, each with a hand in the defeat.I feel like Ive got to hand the ball off in the eighth inning, Duffy said. I felt like I had that kind of stuff tonight.Dozier didnt hit a home run for Minnesota, ending his club-tying record at five straight games. New Balance Shoes Outlet. He did start a dazzling double play to finish the fifth inning, with a diving stop of Eric Hosmers grounder and a glove flick to second base to get the ball out while he was flat on the dirt.Alex Wimmers (1-1) pitched a scoreless seventh in relief of Kyle Gibson to record his first major league victory. Brandon Kintzler gave up Jarrod Dysons two-out RBI single before finishing the ninth inning for his 14th save in 16 attempts.MORALES OF THE STORYMorales, who also drove in a run with a fourth-inning single, went deep to lead off the sixth. He has a 10-game hitting streak, with 15 RBI and 17 hits in 42 at-bats for a .405 batting average during the stretch.Morales has just been fantastic. Just really fantastic, Yost said, adding, We need that. We need a guy like him to carry us, and he sure is right now.LESSON NOT LEARNEDJarrod Dyson and Paulo Orlando started the game with singles, but both were picked off first base with a quick throw by the right-handed Gibson, who had only six pickoffs in 93 previous major league starts.TRAINERS ROOMROYALS: Butera played behind the plate for Perez, who was out with a bruised right wrist after being hit there by a pitch the night before. Perez could be back in the lineup by Friday.TWINS: 1B Joe Mauer was given a day to rest his strained quadriceps muscles, an injury that has lingered for the last three weeks.UP NEXTROYALS: After a travel day, Kansas City starts a three-game series on Friday in Chicago. RHP Yordano Ventura (10-9, 4.22 ERA) will take the mound, opposite LHP Carlos Rodon (6-8, 3.90 ERA) of the White Sox.TWINS: Following an off day at home, Minnesota hosts division-leading Cleveland for three games. RHP Tyler Duffey (8-10, 6.24 ERA) pitches for the Twins, against RHP Danny Salazar (11-6, 3.78 ERA) of the Indians. ' ' '