KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- When Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost goes to the mound, the pitcher normally goes to the clubhouse to start icing his arm. Yost visited Jason Vargas on the mound in the ninth inning after Kyle Seagers two-out double, but opted to leave him in the game. Two batters later Dustin Ackley singled home Seager with the go-ahead run as the Seattle Mariners beat the Royals 2-1. "Vargas said, Im in great shape. I can get us through this inning, " Yost said. He could not. After Stefen Romeros infield bad hop single, which second baseman Pedro Ciriaco bobbled, Yost thought again of removing Vargas before facing Ackley, who entered in the seventh as a pinch runner. "It is lefty-on-lefty and Ackley hadnt swung the bat all day," Yost said. So he again stuck with Vargas. "If it works out, you are smart," Yost said. "If it doesnt, youre the dumbest guy in the stadium. I was the dumbest guy in the stadium." Ackleys single to right on a 2-2 count scored Seager. Ackley is 5 for 10 off Jason Vargas (7-3), who took the loss. "He (Yost) just asked me if I could get him, and I said, yeah, Vargas said. "There wasnt a whole lot more than that. I felt fine, I felt great in the ninth inning. Just a little bit of bad luck got us and I think we all know what happened after that." It was 91 degrees and humid for the first pitch, but Vargas did not use that as an excuse. "I mean, its hot," Vargas said. "I dont think theres any other way around it. I dont think you can feel sorry for yourself out there just because its hot. You know what you signed up for. You know what Kansas City summers are like." After retiring the first dozen Royals, Chris Young yielded a home run to Alex Gordon to leadoff the fifth to tie the score at 1. Young gave up back-to-back singles to Salvador Perez and Justin Maxwell after Gordons team-leading ninth home run. Perez, however, was out trying to stretch his into a double. "Hes really tough to pick the ball up," said Eric Hosmer, who went 0-for-4. "Hes throwing 84-85 miles per hour, but he has such a long arm and his release point is so close to you thats it really hard to pick up. Hes been real consistent for those guys." The Mariners bunched three hits leading off the third with Cole Gillespies single to centre scoring Brad Miller, who began the inning with a bunt single and stopped at second on James Jones single. Young, a 35-year-old right-hander who has had three shoulder surgeries including one last June, did not did not sign with the Mariners until March 27 after the Washington Nationals released him in spring training. He was pulled after seven innings, allowing only the run on Gordons blast and three hits. Yoervis Medina (4-1) replaced Young and worked a flawless eighth, striking out two to pick up the victory. He has not allowed a run and only three hits in his past 10 outings, covering 101/3 innings. Fernando Rodney worked the ninth for his 20th save in 22 opportunities, getting Hosmer to ground into a game ending double play. Vargas gave up 10 hits and two runs in 82/3 innings, losing for the first time since May 19. Robinson Cano went 0-for-4 to snap his 21-game road hitting streak, the longest in the majors this season. NOTES: The Royals purchased the contract of OF Justin Maxwell from Triple-A Omaha and placed OF Nori Aoki on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left groin. The Royals transferred LHP Bruce Chen, who has a bulging disc, from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL. ... Fred VanVleet, Ron Baker and Tekele Cotton, who helped Wichita State reach the NCAA Final Four in 2013 and to an undefeated regular season in 2013-14, took part of the ceremonial first pitch. ... The Mariners have won nine of their past 10 day games. ... The Royals have lost three straight after a 10-game winning streak ended Thursday. 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White Air VaporMax 2018 .James scored 29 points, including 16 in the first quarter, and the Cleveland Cavaliers broke a four-game losing streak with a 106-74 win over the Orlando Magic on Monday night.India recorded a comfortable six-wicket win over New Zealand in the first one-day international of their five-match series, in Dharamsala, after bowling the visitors out for 190. New Zealand could have been bundled out even more cheaply were it not for handy half-centuries from Tom Latham (79no) and Tim Southee (55) that lifted their score from a paltry 106-8.The pair added 71 runs for the ninth wicket with Southee notching a maiden half century, and Latham becoming the first New Zealand opener to carry his bat in an ODI when the Black Caps innings was ended in the 44th over.On debut for India, seamer Hardik Pandya was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3-31, while in reply, Virat Kohli struck an unbeaten 85 to see the hosts to a routine win, finishing things off in style with a six.After India won the toss and elected to field first, Pandya caused mayhem in his opening spell, dismissing Martin Guptill (12), Corey Anderson (four) and Luke Ronchi (0), while at the other end, Umesh Yadav (2-31) removed Kane Williamson (three) and Ross Taylor (0) off successive deliveries.That left the Black Caps reeling at 48-5 in only the 13th over, and their plight was made even worse when Kedar Jadhav (2-6) also took two wickets with consecutive balls - James Neesham (10) and Mitchell Santner (0).Latham finally found some support, with Doug Bracewell (15) sticking around for 46 deliveries, enough to allow the left-handed opener to go through to a fifth ODI fifty.ddddddddddddAmit Mishra (3-49) ultimately broke Blackwells resistance - caught at midwicket - but Southee too stuck around, and scored quickly, smashing a 40-ball half century to give the Black Caps score a much needed boost.Southee struck six fours and three sixes in his knock to frustrate the hosts, who had dropped him when on only two; Yadav the guilty party. Southee would finally be caught 53 runs later by Manish Pandey in the deep off Mishra, who swiftly trapped Ish Sodhi (one) lbw an over later to end the innings and leave Latham stranded.India made light work of the run chase, with Ajinkya Rahane (33) getting the hosts off to a fast start, with four fours and two sixes, before being dismissed - caught behind off Neesham - in the 13th over.Kohli took up the mantle, reaching his half century off 55 balls, and sharing in a 60-run stand for the fourth wicket with MS Dhoni (21).Kohli was guilty, however, of getting his skipper run out, with a total breakdown in communication between the pair resulting in Dhoni being run out with India 30 runs short of victory.Watch the second ODI between India and New Zealand on Thursday, live on Sky Sports 3 from 8.50am.You can watch Liverpool v Man Utd, plus Englands tour of Bangladesh and the US Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy six months at half price! ' ' '