Con Karakatsanis has been disqualified for six months

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Aaron Sanchez can be beat, just not often.Danny Duffy outpitched Sanchez, stopping a 10-game winning streak by the Toronto ace and leading the Kansas City Royals over the Blue Jays 4-2 on Saturday night.Sanchez (11-2) hadnt lost since April 22 against Oakland. He allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings.Its not like I thought he was out there distracted or rattled or anything, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. They just beat him. Nobodys invincible.Sanchez still leads the AL with a 2.85 ERA.The Blue Jays opted earlier this week to go with a six-man rotation instead of putting the 24-year-old Sanchez in the bullpen in an effort to limit his innings. Sanchez said he was absolutely happy with the decision to keep him in the rotation.It was definitely stressful early on, Sanchez said. But, we sat down and we talked about it and we came up with the best possible solution. Them asking me, me giving my input, and figuring out whats best.And I think when it came down to it, we sat down for a while and we came up with something they wanted to do and something I wanted to do. Something that we felt the team would like to. I think at the end of it, its all said and done and we can move forward now. And all this is behind.The All-Star righty pitched only 102 innings last year, including 9 2/3 in the minors on a rehab assignment after a shoulder injury. He has thrown 145 1/3 innings this season.Duffy (8-1) won his seventh straight decision. In his last start, he struck out a team-record 16 and permitted just one hit over eight innings at Tampa Bay. On Saturday, he held the Blue Jays to two runs and five hits over 6 2/3 innings.Kelvin Herrera picked up his fourth save in six chances with a perfect ninth.Devon Travis led off the game with a home run for the second straight night. He also had an RBI single in the fifth after Kevin Pillar doubled.Eric Hosmer hit a two-out, two-run single in a three-run fifth that made it 3-2. Alcides Escobars infield single scored Kansas Citys first run.That inning they did a really good job of playing small ball, Sanchez said. You got Hosmer coming up with a big hit to score two more, a weird inning. If I go back, I dont think Id take anything back. They did exactly what I wanted them to do; they kept the ball on the ground. Just didnt go my way tonight.Raul Mondesi had an RBI triple in the sixth for his first extra-base hit in his 11th game in the majors.The Royals scored more than three runs in a game for the first time in 10 games.LEADING OFFTravis became the first Blue Jay to hit a leadoff home run in back-to-back game since Jose Cruz Jr. on April 22-23, 2000, against the Yankees. 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Trainer Con Karakatsanis has been disqualified for six months for giving false evidence to stewards after they ordered the withdrawal of Howmuchdoyouloveme from a Group Two race at Randwick.Stewards were concerned the sprinter had received a raceday treatment before his scheduled start in The Shorts on September 17 when they discovered a mark on his neck.Karakatsanis told stewards he did not have any unauthorised or unregistered products in his stable but an un-named substance was found on his premises later that day.The trainer pleaded guilty to having the product in his possession and also to another similar charge from another inspection on October 27.ddddddddddddHe was fined $500 for each breach.The hearing into two other charges relating to the raceday administration of medication to Howmuchdoyouloveme were adjourned on Tuesday.Karakatsanis has been training under a stay of proceedings pending an appeal against a four-month disqualification for improper practice.Stewards determined five horses in his name were in fact being trained by their owner Angelis Vasili who was also outed for four months. 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