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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Yordano Ventura was not at his best, but good enough to end a personal losing drought.Ventura pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Kendrys Morales hit a grand slam, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 Sunday.As far as stuff-wise and command, it obviously wasnt one of his best games, but his mental toughness was great, Royals catcher Drew Butera said. Thats what we need out of him. Somedays youre not going to have your best stuff. He came out and battled. He didnt get too flustered on the mound and stayed within himself.Ventura (7-9), who was 0-5 in seven starts since a June 17 victory over the Detroit Tigers, limited the Blue Jays to one run and five singles in 6 2/3 innings, walking four and striking out four.The Blue Jays had four hits and two walks in the first four innings, but wound up stranding eight men and went 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position.I was fighting the whole game, Ventura said with catching coach Pedro Grifol as his interpreter. I didnt feel comfortable with my mechanics early, but the goal was to keep us in the ball game until we could score some runs and we did.Morales third career grand slam and his first since July 30, 2012, while with the Los Angeles Angels came off left-hander Brett Cecil with two out in the eighth to break the game open. Raul Mondesi, Alcides Escobar and Cheslor Cuthbert led off the inning with singles. It appeared Toronto might escape unharmed after Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer struck out, but Morales hit Cecils first pitch out to straight-away center.I went up to the plate with an aggressive mindset and he threw a fastball and I was able to make good hard contact, Morales said through a translator. It was a high fastball, mask high and I was able to catch it out front.Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman (8-5) allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings. He threw 95 pitches before being replaced by Scott Feldman.Drew Butera and Mondesi delivered run-producing singles in the second. Butera cracked his bat on his hit to bring home Alex Gordon, while Mondesis bunt single scored Paulo Orlando, who logged his fourth straight multi-hit game.Theyre a dynamic team with their speed, Stroman said. They dont have to beat you with homers. Theyre looking to move the ball, move guys. Very fast and they put the ball in play.Escobar homered -- only his second of the season -- to lead off the fifth.Ventura was pulled after walking Darwin Barney and giving up a single to Devon Travis with two out in the seventh. Peter Moylan replaced Ventura and struck out Jose Bautista, but not before a wild pitch allowed Barney to score.Today was a little frustrating, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. Its always tough to play here. Theyre world champs. Theyre that for a reason and they held us in check. We really havent been swinging that good since the beginning of the last homestand. Weve been in kind of a rut, so were due to explode.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays: CF Kevin Pillar jammed his left thumb sliding into second base Saturday and not in the lineup as a precaution.UP NEXTBlue Jays: RHP R.A. Dickey, who is second in the AL with 12 losses, will start against the Rays in the opener of a six-game homestand. 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Candido Ramirez Mexico Jersey .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St. Gareth Davies says Wales are determined to make it right on Saturday after their autumn Test series began with barely a whimper against Australia.The Wallabies Rugby Championship rivals Argentina are next up for Davies and company, arriving in Cardiff just a week after Wales suffered their heaviest home defeat since 2006.Wales are also reeling from five successive Test reversals - their worst results sequence since the 2012-13 season - and conceding 26 tries in losing to England, New Zealand (three times) and now Australia.Recent history suggests they will start as favourites against the Pumas, having won four of the last five meetings, but it is likely to be far from straightforward.Its been a tough couple of days in camp, said scrum-half Davies, who is set to replace an injured Rhys Webb when interim head coach Rob Howley announces his team on Thursday.Everyone came back in on Monday morning and weve been quite hard on ourselves. We are looking forward to the end of the week and hopefully putting things right against Argentina.Its nice to have a game so quickly, especially after that type of performance against Australia. We just cant wait to get out there and hopefully put things right.The Wales players have met and discussed what went wrong against Australia, and Davies added: The boys put their hands up, in fairness to them. It was an honest meeting. There were a few bad decisions made against Australia and a few mistakes in attack.Thats why the boys are itching to get back out there this weekend, to make it right. The tempo was a big factor going into the Australia game, but we couldnt get it going. We want to have a good tempo in thee game we play.ddddddddddddIt comes down to winning the collisions first, and then its down to me and the nines and 10s to take over and control the game. The speed of ball is massive.Davies proved a high-class replacement for Webb, who missed the tournament through injury, during last years World Cup, scoring five tries in five games as Wales reached the quarter-finals.He has not started a Test since Wales were beaten by England in the RBS 6 Nations Championship eight months ago, but is likely to be among a number of changes following the 32-8 Wallabies drubbing.Centre Jonathan Davies, lock Alun Wyn Jones and flanker Sam Warburton all seem poised for returns, while Liam Williams appears a probable back-three starter if he is fully fit after missing the Australia game through injury.If Williams is available, then that could mean Leigh Halfpenny moving from full-back to wing, and it might be Dan Lydiate who makes way for Warburton, with the Wales skipper packing down at blindside flanker, Justin Tipuric remaining at openside and Ross Moriarty continuing in the number eight role.Obviously, I am gutted for Webby, Davies said. He has had some bad luck with injuries over the last 12 months. But, hopefully, its an opportunity for me to get a bit of game-time and have an impact on the autumn series.I rate Webby, he is a great player, so its good to have competition in the squad - it keeps us on our toes. We have played our first game now, hopefully blown the cobwebs away, and on Saturday we can go out all guns blazing. ' ' '