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TORONTO -- The Kansas City Royals record on the road has been unbecoming of a reigning World Series champion.After losing 6-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night, the Royals dropped to 16-28 on the road this season.Theyll try to begin reversing that trend in Tuesdays game against the Blue Jays, the second of a three-game series at the Rogers Centre.The difference in their home and away records is as glaring example as any of their inconsistency this season; at Kauffman Stadium, they are 27-11.Injuries have been part of the problem for the Royals. They entered their rematch of the 2015 American League Championship Series participants without such players as Lorenzo Cain (left hamstring strain) and Mike Moustakas (torn ACL).Of course, the Blue Jays have been without one of their key players in Jose Bautista (turf toe).Im not going to use injuries as an excuse, Royals manager Ned Yost said. Weve been inconsistent at times offensively. When we got our pitching and hitting together, thats when we have gone on runs. But then weve had inconsistency, too, with our starting pitching. Its a lot of things.The Royals will start right-hander Chris Young on Tuesday.Young has been consistent this season in that he has allowed at least one home run in each of his 12 starts, for a total of a major league leading 22. The club record is held by Runelvys Hernandez, who allowed homers in 13 straight starts Oct. 2, 2005-Aug. 10, 2006.The ball could be flying in Tuesdays contest.The Blue Jays will be starting knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, who has allowed 19 homers this season.It is a rematch of the Game 4 starters in the ALCS. That one did not go well for Dickey. He allowed four hits (including two home runs), two walks, and five runs (four earned) in 1 2/3 innings. The Royals won 14-2.Young did not pitch far enough into that game to get the win. He allowed three hits, two walks and two runs in 4 2/3 innings.Young is 2-1 with a 4.98 ERA in four regular-season starts against the Blue Jays.Dickey is 4-3 with a 4.20 ERA in 14 regular-season games against the Royals, including four starts.Dickey could have redemption in mind when he faces the Royals, but both teams have underachieved in the first half of the season, so they will take any wins they can get to stay in contention.There was some nastiness between the teams last year in a four game series in which the Blue Jays took three games at Rogers Centre.Both managers have played down suggestions that this fuels a rivalry.The Blue Jays, however, are quite aware that the Royals kept them from a chance at the World Series.More than anything this is the defending World Series champs, Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar said. Naturally you want to elevate your game for that.This is the team that knocked us out of the postseason, took everything that we worked extremely hard for away from us. We had some altercations with them, some incidents with them so, yeah, its formed a little bit of a rivalry.Wholesale Air Max . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. Air Max Ireland . There was no hesitation from the 40th-ranked Pospisil, from Vernon, B.C., who admitted that he cut back on his training sessions over the last few days to conserve energy as the long ATP season finishes next week at the Paris Masters. http://www.airmaxireland.com/ .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Air Max Outlet Ireland . The 43-year-old closer, in his 19th and final big league season, has said hed like to play the outfield. Yankees manager Joe Girardi says hes thinking about allowing Rivera to do it this weekend, when the Yankees finish their season with a three-game series at the Houston Astros. Cheap Air Max Ireland . Kuznetsov, who was selected by the Capitals in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, has been playing for his hometown team Chelyabinsk Traktor of the KHL.CLEVELAND -- LeBron James played with a different supporting cast down the stretch, but the result looked familiar.James, Clevelands only starter on the floor in the fourth quarter, scored 11 of his 19 points in the final period and the Cavaliers rallied for a 100-93 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday.Channing Frye scored a season-high 20 points and played the entire fourth quarter, along with James, Iman Shumpert, Richard Jefferson and Jordan McRae.Our second guys did a great job, James said. It was good we were able to close the game out. We got stops and we made shots.Kyrie Irving scored 19 points and Kevin Love added 17, but coach Tyronn Lue stuck with the group that helped Cleveland take control of the game. J.R. Smith, who starts at shooting guard, was sidelined with a sore right ankle.They were playing great, Lue said. Kevin and Kyrie said, `Let it roll. They understood and we got the win.The Cavaliers set an NBA record by hitting at least 10 3-pointers in each of the first nine games of the season.James scored eight points on 4-of-15 shooting through three quarters before taking over in the fourth, when he also had five assists.Kemba Walker scored 21 points for the Hornets, who have lost two straight after starting the season 6-1.Charlotte led 72-71 after three quarters, but Fryes 3-pointer off James assist put the Cavaliers ahead 77-74.James blocked a shot by Frank Kaminsky that led to Jeffersons basket and scored in the lane, putting Cleveland ahead 81-76. He also hit a 3-pointer and found Frye for another 3 that stretched the lead to 89-80 midway through the quarter.Charlotte cut the margin to 94-90, but James hit a 3-pointer and a free throw as Cleveland put away the game.Frye was 7 of 15 from the field, including 6 of 12 on 3-pointers.Theyre so good and they made the plays they needed to win, Hornets coach Steve Clifford said. Theyre a great team..ddddddddddddharlotte forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 11 points after missing Fridays game against Toronto with a sore back.TIP-INSHornets: C Spencer Hawes missed a breakaway dunk as time ran down in the second. ... G Jeremy Lamb (strained left hamstring) is participating in non-contact drills and could play Friday when Charlotte hosts Atlanta. He has missed six games.Cavaliers: G Mike Dunleavy started in place of Smith and scored two points on 1 of 6 from the field. ... Irving was replaced after picking up his second foul midway through the first quarter ... Cleveland made 12 of 22 shots in the first quarter.TOUGH ONE TO TAKEWalker sat in front of his locker for more than 20 minutes after the game.I think we just let the game get away from us, he said. They made some great plays and just found guys when they needed to. We had a few mental mistakes that didnt help, as well.ITS OK WITH USIrving and Love jumped off the bench several times in the fourth quarter and didnt have a problem with not returning to the game.Its about the growth of the team, Irving said. The reliance isnt on the normal guys every night. Its an exciting time.Love scored 15 points in the first quarter.Everybody was making plays in different ways, he said. LeBron always is, but especially with that unit he was the quarterback out there.Irving averages a team-high 23.9 points while Love scores 20.6 a game, the third-highest total. James is second with a 22.9 average.UP NEXTHornets: Visit Minnesota on Tuesday. Charlotte has won five straight over the Timberwolves, including two on the road.Cavaliers: Host Toronto on Tuesday. Cleveland, which beat the Raptors in six games to win the 2016 Eastern Conference finals, defeated Toronto 94-91 in the second game of the season. ' ' '