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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Andre Rienzo started playing baseball in Brazil because his mother played softball. He fell in love with it even though all the kids around him were kicking around a soccer ball. On Wednesday night, he may have inspired other youngsters back home to pick up a glove. The White Sox rookie pitched six innings and took advantage of a five-run frame highlighted by Dayan Viciedos grand slam for a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. It gave Rienzo the first win for a pitcher from his South American country where baseball is nary a second thought. "Brazil is just about soccer. Im trying to open doors," explained Rienzo, whose brothers also play baseball back home. "Its all soccer, soccer, soccer. I hope that I will open doors and people will see more guys playing baseball." Rienzo (1-0) allowed only a sacrifice fly to Mike Moustakas while slicing through a scuffling Royals lineup. The right-hander allowed just five hits and two walks in helping the White Sox win their season-best fifth straight game. Addison Reed worked the ninth for his second save of the series and 33rd on the year. "Again, its just one of those nights where he battled," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said of Rienzo, who earned his first career win in his fifth big league start. "He gave up a couple walks but he was able to fight his way out of it, get a groundball when he needed it. Just a good, gutsy job by him. Once you get him that lead, he just kind of worked it." Viciedos grand slam off Jeremy Guthrie (12-10) in the fourth followed an RBI single by Adam Dunn that had given the White Sox the lead. Their five runs in the frame matched the number of runs the Royals woeful offence had mustered in the previous 22 innings. David Lough drove in another run for the Royals in the sixth, but that was all they managed in another lacklustre offensive performance. They finished with six hits on the night. The Royals were shut out by John Danks and the White Sox bullpen in the series opener, and their inability to get anybody home has been the biggest reason theyve lost four straight and seven of their last nine. That calamitous slide has dropped Kansas City from wild-card contention after climbing within four games of the final spot just over a week ago. "We have just not played well. Theres no rhyme or reason," designated hitter Billy Butler said. "In 162 games its going to happen. Were in a tough stretch and were just not hitting. Were not getting guys in when we have them in position." On this night, it was Rienzo who took a turn breezing through the Royals. The 25-year-old from Sao Paulo, one of just two Brazilians in the big leagues, didnt allow a hit until back-to-back singles in the fourth. He allowed another in the fifth and two in the sixth. Otherwise, he was basically untouchable -- just as he had been in the minors. After rocketing through two levels last season, Rienzo began catching the eye of White Sox brass at Triple-A Charlotte. He was 4-0 with a 1.23 ERA over his last four starts, including a no-hitter on July 25 -- just before his call-up to the big league team. Rienzos rise hasnt been without controversy, though. He was suspended for 50 games early last season after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. The smile on his face Wednesday night seemed to indicate that incident is long in the past. "Viciedo hit the grand slam. The defence played great. Im glad," Rienzo said. Guthrie wasnt feeling nearly as pleased in the Kansas City clubhouse. He threw 72 of 100 pitches for strikes, an exceptionally high rate, but couldnt get many hitters to miss them. After winning four straight, hes been savagely roughed up in his last three starts. He gave up five runs on 10 hits in a loss to Boston a couple weeks ago, and four runs on a career-high 13 hits at Detroit in another defeat his last time out. "I dug myself into a big hole," Guthrie said. "I made mistakes tonight." NOTES: Viciedo finished with three hits for Chicago. ... The White Sox optioned OF Blake Tekotte to Triple-A Charlotte after the game. Theyll make a corresponding roster move Wednesday. ... Guthrie threw a pitch in the second inning that slipped past C Salvador Perez and got lost in the padding around advertisements behind home plate. The exact same thing happened to a passed ball thrown by Royals RHP Ervin Santana the previous night. ... White Sox LHP Jose Quintana goes to the mound in the series finale on Thursday night. RHP James Shields gets the start for Kansas City.Ryan Brasier Red Sox Jersey . -- The plastic that was taped across the lockers in Oaklands clubhouse came down and the champagne that was on ice went back into the cooler. 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Barcelona hosts third-division side Cartagena in the return leg of their round-of-32 tie after winning their first meeting 4-1.MANCHESTER, England -- Get ready for Jose Mourinho vs. Pep Guardiola, part II.Manchester United ended a run of three straight losses by capitalizing on two goalkeeper mistakes to beat third-tier Northampton 3-1 in the third round of the League Cup on Wednesday.The reward wasnt kind for United: A match against Manchester City in the last 16 next month and a renewal of the Mourinho-Guardiola rivalry that has been transferred from Spain to the north of England this season.While Guardiolas City was winning its ninth successive game of the season by beating Swansea 2-1 away, United labored again and needed a helping hand from Northamptons error-prone goalkeeper and its strong bench to end the first blip of Mourinhos tenure.Northampton goalkeeper Adam Smith was penalized for picking up a back pass and United scored from the resulting free kick, Michael Carrick lashing home a shot after Wayne Rooneys attempt was blocked.United was pegged back by a penalty and then took the lead against through Ander Herrera in the 68th minute before Smith dallied over a clearance and was dispossessed by substitute Marcus Rashford, who scored into an empty net.I think the team was in control from the beginning, Mourinho said. The game could and should have been easier.Rooney was one of the few regulars to start for United and was handed a rare chance to lead the attack in the absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Rooney missed a good early chance and finished the game on the right wing after Ibrahimovic and Rashford were thrown on by Mourinho, with United drawing 1-1 at that stage.A victory over lower-league opposition will serve as only brief respite for Mourinho, who will be back under scrutiny if United loses to Leicester on Saturday after successive losses to Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford in the space of nine days.Gael Clichy and Aleix Garcia were the second-half scorers for a mmuch-changed Man City side, which kept up its 100 percent start under Guardiola.dddddddddddd Amid Citys nine-game winning run was an eye-catching 2-1 win at United.Vincent Kompany started for City in his first game of the season after a thigh injury, but left the field seconds after Gylfi Sigurdsson pulled a goal back for Swansea in injury time. Kompany, Citys club captain, has been out since May 4.The doctors are speaking with him and seeing whats up, Guardiola said. Hopefully, it will not be a big problem. Were going to wait for the results from the doctors.Heres a look at the other results on Wednesday that wrapped up the third round of Englands second-tier cup competition:---WEST HAM 1, ACCRINGTON 0Struggling West Ham required a free kick by Dimitri Payet six minutes into injury time to overcome the lowest-ranked team left in the competition.The France midfielder curled his shot over the wall and into the net, earning his team a home match against London rival Chelsea in the Olympic Stadium.Accrington, which is in 11th place in the fourth tier, stifled West Ham comfortably before Payets late intervention. West Ham has lost four of its five matches in the Premier League, including the last two with 4-2 scorelines.---TOTTENHAM 5, GILLINGHAM 0Vincent Janssen scored his first goal for Tottenham and Christian Eriksen netted twice in an easy win for Spurs against the third-tier visitors.There were also goals for Josh Onomah -- his first senior strike -- and Erik Lamela late on as Tottenham secured a last-16 match at Liverpool.---ALSOHull beat Stoke 2-1 thanks to Markus Henriksens injury-time winner, Southampton defeated Crystal Palace 2-0, Sunderland came from behind to beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1, and Bristol City won 2-1 at Fulham. ' ' '