BOSTON -- The second contest of the three-game series between the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals on Saturday at Fenway park features two of the hottest pitchers in baseball.Royals left-hander Danny Duffy, who has won 10 straight decisions, faces Boston southpaw David Price, who has won his past three starts.Duffy is one win shy of tying Kansas Citys record for consecutive wins held by Rich Gale (1980) and Paul Splittorff (1977-7. He has emerged as a true ace with a record of 11-1 and a league-leading 2.66 ERA this season after starting the season in the bullpen. Duffy made 14 relief appearances before his first start May 15.Duffys latest masterpiece was a 2-1 victory against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. He allowed one run on eight hits in 6 2/3 innings. Now he has to face the best offense in baseball as the Red Sox lead the majors in runs scored and just about every major offensive category.Youre playing against some of the best players in the world and Bostons offense is no pushover, Royals manager Ned Yost said after a 6-3 victory in the series opener Friday. But Dannys been throwing the ball extremely well. We have a lot of confidence in Danny and Danny has a lot of confidence in himself. So it should be a fun matchup.The Royals have won 11 of their past 12 and 16 of their past 19 games to pull within three of the Baltimore Orioles for the second wild card in the American League.The Red Sox have lost three in a row and trail the Toronto Blue Jays by one game for first place in the American League East. Thats why the Red Sox need Price to continue to pitch like he has in a few of his recent starts.The left-hander has been among the leaders in hits allowed all season and is 12-8 with a 4.00 ERA. But he has also been among the American League leaders in strikeouts. He has allowed one run in his past 14 innings over two starts and the last time he tk the mound, he shut out the Tampa Bay Rays on two hits over eight innings Monday.He leads the majors with nine starts of at least eight innings.To get that number of innings, youre keeping your club in the game, giving your club a chance to win, pitching coach Carl Willis told the Boston Globe. I know a lot of the numbers arent where he wants them to be, but those (innings) speak to what kind of pitcher he is.Duffy hasnt been the only hot Royals pitcher of late. Although they allowed a ninth-inning run Friday, the Royals bullpen had a streak of 41 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball -- a franchise record.Theyve done a great job, they really have, Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer said after Fridays victory. Especially on a night like tonight to come in there in the sixth, seventh inning and shut the dr like they did was huge for us. I think we all like that that streak ended because it was a win and they got rid of the streak, so we dont got to worry about that anymore.Theyve been the backbone of our team, thats whats been the strength of our team. We try to do whatever we can to get leads and hand them off to them.Matt Andriese Diamondbacks Jersey . Now that hes hitting streaking teammates with pin-point passes for easy layups, Love is asserting himself as one of the true superstars in the league. Archie Bradley Jersey . The 27-year-old Scrivens will be joining his third NHL club since signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in 2010. The move also reunites with him with head coach Dallas Eakins from their time together with the American Hockey Leagues Toronto Marlies. http://www.diamondbackssale.com/diamondbacks-yasmany-tomas-jersey/ . They were putting most of their energy into a record-setting offensive display. Andrew Chafin Diamondbacks Jersey . 24 Baylor in a Big 12 clash between teams trending in opposite directions. Andrew Wiggins made 10-of-12 from the foul line and scored 17 for Kansas (14-4, 5-0 Big 12), which capped a stretch of four straight games against ranked opponents unscathed. Robbie Ray Jersey . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal.CHICAGO -- The Blackhawks found themselves down two goals late in the third period before capitalizing on two mistakes by Toronto to force overtime and win in a shtout.Jonathan Toews and Artemi Panarin scored in the shtout to give Chicago a 5-4 win over the Maple Leafs on Saturday night.Artem Anisimov scored his second goal of the game on a rebound with 2:28 left to cut it to 4-3, then Richard Panik knocked in a lse puck in front of the goal 60 seconds later.We needed it, Toews said. It wasnt pretty for a while there in the third sometimes. It lked like wherever we were going they were there and shut us down. Everything was going against us again.But Anisimov connected as Blackhawks goalie Scott Darling was heading to the bench for an extra attacker. Darling was on the bench when Panik tied it with his team-leading sixth goal.We found a way to score a couple late ones, coach Joel Quenneviille said. Were certainly fortunate to come back in a game like that.That was a little different way of going about it.Toronto rkie William Nylander scored twice for his first multi-goal game, with the 20-year-olds second goal putting the Maple Leafs ahead 4-2 early in the third. But Toronto blew a lead in the final period for the third straight game and dropped its third straight, going 0-1-2 on a road trip.And the Maple Leafs failed again to win at Chicago for the first time since February 2003.I thought we made two mistakes down the stretch, coach Mike Babcock said. I didnt think we were on our heels at all. It was two blatant ones there, t. You cant give those up.James van Riemsdyk scored a tie-breaking goal late in the second period and Tyler Bozak also connected for Toronto. Rkie Auston Matthews, the NHLs top 2016 draft pick, set up both of Nylanders goals and had the lone Toronto goal in the shtout.You just try to get open and he finds you pretty well there, Nylander said.And Babcock and the Leafs werent totally upset in settling for one point.All in all, Im very pleased with the way we played here, Babcock said. I thought Matthews had some great shifts. I think were going in the right direction trendiing the right way.ddddddddddddRkie Tyler Motte also scored for Chicago. Motte connected for the second straight game after getting his first NHL goal in a 3-2 loss at Columbus on Friday.Chicagos Brian Campbell had three assists.Torontos Frederik Andersen made 31 saves through overtime. Darling blocked 30 shots.Chicago forward Marian Hossa returned to the lineup after missing Fridays game. He scored his 500th NHL goal in a 7-4 win over Philadelphia on Tuesday, but left in the third period after blocking a shot.Anisimov opened the scoring 36 in, completing a 2-on-1 break created when Panarin beat Nazem Kadri with a nifty move after entering the Toronto zone.Bozak tied it 1-all with 14 seconds left in the first on a deflection from the slot despite being covered. Jake Gardiners low shot ticked off Bozaks stick.Nylanders power-play goal at 9:28 second put Toronto ahead 2-1.Motte tied it 2-all 1:40 later. Andersen stopped Mottes initial deflection of Campbells shot, but Motte batted in the rebound.Van Riemsdyk made it 3-2 with 1:44 left in the second when he swept in a lse rebound from the edge of the crease.Nylander connected again 4:46 into the third period, firing into a half-open net from the slot after taking Matthews slick feed to make it 4-2.Game notesBlackhawks D Trevor van Riemsdyk, James brother, will miss about a month with an upper-body injury, coach Joel Quenneville said before the game. The defenseman left Fridays game in Columbus in the second period, holding his right arm after crashing into the net. He appeared in 82 games last season, but van Riemsdyk was a healthy scratch for three games following Chicagos season opener and returned to the lineup against the Blue Jackets. ... Quenneville said theres no change in F Andrew Desjardins (lower-body) status and doesnt know when hell resume skating. ... Toronto D Martin Marincin (lower body) missed his second game.UP NEXTMaple Leafs: Return home to face Tampa Bay on Tuesday.Blackhawks: Face Calgary at home on Monday. ' ' '