KANSAS CITY, Mo. Thomas Morstead Youth Jersey . -- James Loney delivered the clutch hit for Tampa Bay after Chris Archer kept Kansas City from getting one. Loney hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Rays over the Royals 1-0 on Tuesday night following an impressive pitchers duel between top young arms. Archer wriggled out of two bases-loaded jams and went seven innings. Royals rookie Yordano Ventura dazzled in his season debut, holding Tampa Bay to two hits in six innings. "I saw some really good pitching on the other side," Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. "Archer was on top of his game. This guy had a big league two-seamer, 92-95 mph, throwing strikes with it, real efficient with his two-seamer and his slider. He had some nasty stuff working." Loneys grounder to right scored Wil Myers, who snapped an 0-for-15 slump when he reached on an infield single to start the ninth. Myers advanced on a two-out wild pitch by Greg Holland (0-1). "Loney is a very calm guy," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "He does not get excited and I appreciate that about him." Loneys grounder got past a diving Danny Valencia at second base. "I wanted to hit it hard," Loney said. "You always want to hit it hard and hopefully not at somebody." Holland said he would have liked to have that last pitch to Loney back. "With first base open and essentially the winning run on second, Ive got to get that ball down a little more," Holland said. "Ive got to be smarter than that. In that mindset, I didnt execute the pitch and it cost us the game." Joel Peralta (1-1) struck out Valencia with the bases loaded, and Grant Balfour worked the ninth for his second save. Ventura walked none and struck out six, including Myers three times. "Ventura was really throwing good fastballs, triple digits at times," Yost said. "He threw some good breaking balls, but really had a good changeup working to keep them off balance. He matched up against a good pitcher and came out with nothing to show for it." Venturas initial scheduled start in Detroit was rained out, so he was making his first appearance since March 29 in spring training. "Its a lot of time between pitching," Ventura said. "Its my job. No matter how many days off, you have to do your job. I was just glad I was able to do my job today. Im used to pitching every five days. Thats what I want. It was a little tough." Archer pitched out of bases-loaded, one-out jams in the third and sixth. He induced Eric Hosmer to ground into a double play to end the third. In the sixth, Archer retired Alex Gordon on an infield popup and Valencia on a grounder to leave the bases full. "I had confidence," Archer said. "I didnt at any point think I was going to fail. The way we were playing D I felt like we were going to get it done." 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PETERSBURG, Fla.(SportsNetwork.com) - The Nashville Predators will try to extend their winning streak to a season-high four games when they host the struggling Columbus Blue Jackets in Saturdays clash at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators have won three straight for the second time this season, matching their run from Nov. 6-11. Nashville, which enters Saturday tied with St. Louis for the Central Division lead, hasnt posted four consecutive wins since Jan. 31-Feb. 7, 2013. All three of Nashvilles recent wins have come after regulation, as the Preds opened a four-game homestand with close wins over Florida, Los Angeles and Edmonton. The Preds posted shootout decisions over the Panthers and Kings on Saturday and Tuesday, respectively, and then notched a 1-0 overtime victory against the Oilers on Thanksgiving night. Filip Forsberg continued his impressive season, scoring with 1:05 remaining in overtime to help the Preds down Edmonton on Thursday. Nashville did not appear to be in good shape early in OT, as the Oilers began the extra session on a power play, then were awarded a penalty shot 13 seconds into the extra session when Nashville defenseman Shea Weber closed his hand on the puck while in the crease. Pekka Rinne denied Jordan Eberle on the free chance, stretching with his left pad to deny the penalty shot attempt at the right post. Moments later, Forsberg spun to shield the puck from an Edmonton player and fired a wrist shot from the left circle past Viktor Fasth. Forsberg is leading all rookies this season in both goals (10) and assists (13). Rinne made 37 saves to earn his second shutout of the season and 34th of his career. It wasnt our strongest game, but we caame through at the end, Rinne said. Alvin Kamara Womens Jersey. We kept improving the whole night. Rinne has solid career numbers against the Blue Jackets and is expected to start tonight. He owns a 15-7-2 record and a 2.44 goals against average in 25 career games versus Columbus. The Blue Jackets have lost five straight heading into tonights tilt, but the club hopes to pick up a win this evening against a team it has had a run of success against in recent years. Columbus has claimed three of four and five of the last seven overall meetings with the Preds and also has won two in a row and three of the past four encounters in Music City. Columbus, however, is mired in a 0-4-1 drought and only has two wins over its last 16 games (2-12-2). The Blue Jackets, who have been decimated by injuries in 2014-15, are dead last in the NHL standings with 14 points after making the playoffs last spring for only the second time in team history. The Blue Jackets were routed Friday night at home despite trailing Vancouver only 1-0 after 40 minutes. The Canucks added four more goals in the third period and Ryan Miller completed a shutout in the 5-0 blowout. Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves on 29 shots for Columbus. We just couldnt score. They do have one of the best goalies in the world, no question, but we didnt score a goal, said Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson. Columbus is currently playing without a host of key players including forwards Brandon Dubinsky, Nathan Horton, Mark Letestu and defensemen Ryan Murray and Fedor Tyutin. Among that group, Dubinsky is believed to be the closest to returning, but he has yet to play this season and is questionable for tonight. ' ' '