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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Alex Gordon got the big hit and Norichika Aoki and Omar Infante spent all day setting the table. Gordon hit a three-run double in the first inning and Jeremy Guthrie pitched effectively into the sixth inning as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 7-5 in their home opener Friday. Aoki and Infante were acquired in the off-season to get on base at the top of the order. They each had three hits, and Aoki worked a walk, too. "Thats why we made those additions, guys who can get on base and put the ball in play," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Nori and Omar were on base seven times, which was big. That set the table for Gordys big double. It was a good offensive day for us." Guthrie allowed four runs on seven hits, four walks and a hit batter in 5 2-3 innings. "It was just windy," Guthrie said. "It was never really cold. The grip is not perfect in conditions like that, but ... were fortunate enough that were moving around every play, so we stay pretty warm." Lorenzo Cain drove in two runs with a two-out fifth inning single that put Kansas City ahead 7-2. The Royals jumped on White Sox rookie right-hander Erik Johnson for six hits and four runs in the first two innings. Johnson retired only 14 of the 28 batters he faced, yielding seven runs on 10 hits, three walks and a hit batter to take the loss. "The biggest thing is that Ive got to compete better for my team," Johnson said. "We were right there. We put five runs on the board after I put them in a hole. Youve got to give credit to our offence for never giving up." Jose Abreu and Conor Gillaspie hit sacrifice flies against Guthrie, and Adam Eaton hit a two-run single off reliever Kelvin Herrera in the sixth, but both runs were charged to Guthrie. Tyler Flowers, who went 4-for-4 Thursday against Minnesota, had hits in his first three at-bats, but the streak ended in the eighth when Aoki dropped his fly ball to right. "I thought we came up with a couple of big hits," Flowers said. "But Guthrie made some good pitches in situations that could have escalated into bigger innings. We had him on the ropes a couple of times, but missed a couple of hits here or there. We were probably a couple of hits away." The Royals, who had not made a challenge in spring training or in the first two games against the Tigers, asked the umpires to review a call in the seventh when Abreu was called safe at first on a throwing error by third baseman Mike Moustakas that pulled Eric Hosmers foot off the bag. After a two minute, 49 second delay, the call was upheld. "I figured it was a good time to take a shot at it," Yost said. "I thought it would be a 50-50 chance." Greg Holland pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save after setting a Royals record with 47 saves last season. Notes: RHP Nate Jones was put on the disabled list by the White Sox with a muscle strain in his left hip. RHP Jake Petricka was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte. 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The Mountaineers, who dropped two spots in the rankings to 16th this week, had been enjoying a seven-game win streak heading into last weekend before suffering a 74-72 loss to Iowa State at home. That meeting was the eighth time that the Coliseum had hosted a game where both programs were ranked in the top-20, and now this is the ninth. The 18th-ranked Sooners are also coming off a loss in their last outing, going down to Kansas State at home, in overtime, on Saturday by a score of 66-63. The defeat snapped a four-game win streak and was the fourth overall for the program, which makes Oklahoma one of three teams ranked in the top-20 with as many setbacks, the others being Texas and North Carolina. With five wins in seven chances, the Sooners lead the all-time series between the two squads. The schools split a pair of meetings last season, with each winning on its home floor as WVU posted a 91-86 triumph in Morgantown, and the Sooners claiming a 72-62 verdict in Norman. Getting the game to overtime against Kansas State was one thing, but then the Sooners took only three shots from the floor in the five-minute period, enough of a reason why Oklahoma came up short at home over the weekend. Buddy Hield did his best to give the Sooners a fighting chance as he tallied a game-high 31 points on 11-of-20 shooting from the floor, including 5-of-9 behind the 3- point line, but the rest of his teammates came up empty on six shots out on the perimeter. TsShawn Thomas recorded a double-double consisting of 14 points and 111 rebounds, while Ryan Spangler finished with nine points, nine boards and four blocked shots.dddddddddddd Hield is the driving force behind the offense for the Sooners, producing 16.8 ppg with the help of a team-best 44 3-pointers. Isaiah Cousins pitches in with another 12.7 ppg as he not only shows good aim on the outside with 44.4 percent success, he is also one of the better rebounders with 6.1 boards per contest. Thomas (11.9 ppg) and Spangler (9.3 ppg, 8.1 rpg) lend support on offense and have combined for 38 blocked shots, which have been crucial to the unit limiting opponents to just 59.4 ppg. Also caught in a close one, the Mountaineers didnt go top overtime against Iowa State on Saturday, but the result was still the same as what the Sooners experienced. West Virginia shot a dismal 32.4 percent from the floor and just 7-of-29 behind the 3-point line in the meeting, but managed to remain in contention until the very end by forcing 18 turnovers. Juwan Staten accounted for a game-high 23 points, Devin Williams registered a double-double with 14 points and a game-high 15 rebounds, while Jaysean Paige pitched in with 10 points in just 13 minutes off the bench before fouling out, although he did shoot just 2-of-9 from the floor. Staten continues to be the key factor on offense for the Mountaineers as he generates 16.5 ppg and also hands out 4.0 apg to get teammates like Williams (10.8 ppg) and Jonathan Holton (10.0 ppg) involved in the action. Williams paces the group with 7.7 rpg, while Holton comes in second in that department with 6.4 rpg and even though no one else is pulling down more than 3.3 rpg (Staten), the program is still beating opponents on the glass by an average of six per contest. ' ' '