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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Adidas Superstar Baratas España . -- If this was the last swing of the season at Kauffman Stadium, it was one to savour. Justin Maxwell ended the Kansas City Royals home season with a two-out grand slam in the 10th inning Sunday for a 4-0 win over the Texas Rangers in a matchup of AL playoff contenders. "I kind of blacked out after I looked at Gordo (Alex Gordon) over there going crazy," Maxwell said. "I just saw the excitement in all my teammates eyes. I couldnt wait to get around the bases and to home plate." The Oakland Athletics clinched the AL West with the Rangers loss. Texas dropped 1 1/2 games behind Cleveland for the second wild-card spot. Kansas City is 3 1/2 back. Maxwell connected off former Royals All-Star closer Joakim Soria. "Ive never faced him before," Maxwell said. "With a 3-2 count, bases loaded, two out, I was just looking for a fastball strike and I got one. I didnt try to do really do too much. Paralysis by analysis. I try to dumb it down and try to hit the ball hard." Soria knew he couldnt afford to throw a borderline pitch and have the winning run score on a walk. "I had to throw a strike in that situation, and it couldnt be close," Soria said. Royals starter James Shields gave up six hits in eight innings, walking one and striking out two. Texas starter Alexi Ogando pitched two-hit ball for seven innings, striking out five and walking one. Eric Hosmer led off the Royals 10th by punching a double with two strikes down the left-field line off Neal Cotts (5-3). Soria relieved and intentionally walked Billy Butler, and an infield single by Salvador Perez loaded the bases. Mike Moustakas popped up and pinch-hitter George Kottaras grounded into a force play at the plate before Maxwells grand slam. Tim Collins (3-6) worked a perfect 10th to pick up the victory. Ogando, who had three stints on the disabled list this season, excelled in just his eighth start since May 15. He left after 77 pitches. "I thought overall it went very well," Ogando said through a translator. "I was really able to locate my pitches and able to throw them for strikes. You know whats going to happen if you can throw strikes where you want and be able to be aggressive with your pitches." Maxwell hit a leadoff single in the third and moved up on a sacrifice, making him the lone Royals runner to get past first base off Ogando. Shields, who was 4-1 in his previous five starts, lowered his ERA to 3.21. He was struck in the right elbow by David Murphys liner in the second, but remained in the game after making some warmup tosses as manager Ned Yost watched from the mound. "You can probably see the big bump in my elbow," Shields said. "I had a hard time feeling the baseball the whole rest of the game. Its just one of those games, one of those moments where I wasnt coming out of the game. I told Skip I wasnt hurting. I wasnt necessarily feeling good, but I felt fine to go back out. It was kind of tightening up between every inning. "Ogando pitched his heart out and it was just fortunate we got the win. The fans were unbelievable. It was electric in the stadium as Ive ever seen it. They were into every single pitch," he said. Shields allowed two-out singles to Ian Kinsler and Elvis Andrus before getting out of the inning. Royals closer Greg Holland took over in the ninth. Alex Rios made it to first when he struck out on a wild pitch to lead off the inning and stole second. But Rios was thrown out trying to take third on Adrian Beltres fly to left, with Gordon getting his AL-leading 16th outfield assist. "Rios was trying to make something happen, which you cant blame him," Gordon said. "I was just trying to make the play, keep the score zero-zero and help Greg out. Alex Rios is a long strider, very fast, so I had to make a good throw. Thats what I planned to do. I didnt do much all day, but that was key." Perez helped out Shields by throwing would-be basestealers Andrus at third base in the first and Leonys Martin at second in the fifth. "Stealing third is easier than stealing second for me," Andrus said. "He throws well. I took my chances. That kid Perez is amazing. Its pretty tough the way they play defence. You have to tip your cap." NOTES: The Royals final home attendance was 1,750,754, an average of 21,614 for 81 games. The Royals averaged 21,748 for 80 home dates last year. ... The Rangers play their final seven games at home. LHP Derek Holland, who starts Monday against Houston, has lost five straight decisions at Rangers Ballpark since May 31. He is winless in his past eight starts, the longest drought of his career. ... The Royals, who finish up with seven games at Seattle and Chicago, are 38-36 on the road. They have not finished above .500 on the road since going 43-39 in 2003. Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 España . Fernandez, coached in Toronto by former two-time Olympic silver medallist Brian Orser, scored 267.11 points and is the first champion to successfully defend since Russias Evgeny Plushenko in 2005 and 2006. Adidas Superstar Grises . "Jeff is a hard worker who was an important special-teams contributor for us last season," said Stamps GM John Hufnagel. http:///...e-mujer-zapatos.html . Now tied for second in the league in shootout goals, the 24-year-old likes to see what the opposing goaltender has in store before he ultimately lands on a move.Each week, The Reporters put their thumbs out to the good and the bad in the world of sports. This week they discuss Jeffrey Loria, Jason Collins, Rick Pitino and the Jets quarterback situation. Dave Naylor, TSN Radio 1050: My thumb is down to Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria. I know hes an easy target for this segment, as he contributed to the death of Major League Baseball in Montreal, and may ultimately kill it in south Florida, but this time his effect has spilled over into another sport, the NFL. The Miami Dolphins wanted some tax payer money to renovate their stadium and the Florida legislature wont even put it to a vote because of the disaster that suffered in giving Loria $500 million for Marlins stadium, only to see him gut the team. Loria is already known as perhaps the worst owner in sports. Killing Miamis chances of hosting another Super Bowl seems like a victory lap. Cathal Kelly, Toronto Star: My thumb is up not for Jason Collins - though he deserves that as well - but for the rest of us, in how we reacted to Jason Collins. The veteran NBA centre came out as a gay man in the pages of Sports Illustrated this week. What was remarkable about the reaction was the nearly unanimous positivity of it. Fans, colleagues, the President of the United States - they lined up to cheer Collins breakthrough. Many in the middle only shrugged. Those on the wrong side of this debate knew enough to keep quiet. Though this was a sort of first - there were many other trailblazers on this road - it felt like old hat. Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 Hombre Grises/Beige Zapatos. It felt like a battle that had been won a long time ago. That was the most heartening thing of all about the Jason Collins story. He took a chance. The rest of us rose to his challenge. Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated: My thumb is up to Rick Pitino, who is having the kind of spring we would all like to have. Not only is Pitino a basketball coach, but hes also a thoroughbred owner, having a 5 percent stake in Goldencents who was good enough to run in the Kentucky Derby. In his day job, Pitino won the NCAA basketball championships with the Louisville Cardinals, and was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame earlier in the year. Goldencents didnt have a great ride in Kentucky, finishing 17th out of 19. I guess even sometimes Pitino doesnt have the horses. Dave Hodge, TSN: Thumbs up to the New York Jets for finding ways to make their quarterback situation more laughable with each attempt to fix it. Tim Tebow was a mad scientist experiment that blew up, but getting rid of Tebow was the beginning of another soap opera when combined with the drafting of Geno Smith. The Jets say Smith will compete with the underachieving Mark Sanchez and three other quarterbacks for the starting job. Sanchez met the media this week and gave some insight into his relationship with Tebow saying, "If he had a flat tire on the side of the road, Id stop." Geno Smith, an actual threat to Sanchez, might want to look into a more reliable highway assistance plan. 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