PHILADELPHIA -- Ian Kennedy gave up solid hits on good pitches.Kennedy (6-7) struck out eight but allowed three runs in five innings and Kansas City Royals lost 4-3 to the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.He threw fine. I thought he grinded through it, Royals manager Ned Yost said of Kennedy.Kennedy gave up a leadoff homer to Odubel Herrera and RBI hits to Cody Asche and Maikel Franco on pitches that hit their spots.I felt I wasnt getting on top of the ball. It was a constant grind, he said. There were times I wished I missed some bats more.Kendrys Morales hit a two-run homer off reliever David Hernandez in the eighth before the right-hander settled down to retire the next three batters. Jeanmar Gomez finished for his 22nd save in 24 tries.Morales has 13 hits in his last 20 at-bats.Hes swinging the bat really well right now, Yost said. He gave us an opportunity to try to tie the game.Jeremy Hellickson (6-6) allowed one run and five hits in six innings, striking out six. He was 0-9 in his previous 15 starts against AL opponents.We just couldnt get anything going against Hellickson, Yost said. He kept us off-balance with his change-up.Back home after sweeping the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Phillies snapped a seven-game home losing streak.A video review helped Philadelphia take a 2-1 lead in the third.Herrera walked with one out, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by catcher Salvador Perez. After Peter Bourjos struck out looking, Asche walked. Perez then picked Asche off first, but the Phillies challenged and the call was overturned. Franco followed with an RBI single.Asche ripped an RBI double to right in the fifth to put the Phillies ahead 3-1. Herreras RBI single in the sixth made it 4-1.Herrera gave the Phillies a 1-0 lead on his ninth homer and first leading off.Alcides Escobar hit a double and scored on Cheslor Cuthberts single to tie it at 1 in the second.K ZONEKennedy has struck out 19 of the 48 batters hes faced in the past two starts.STANDINGSThe defending World Series champion Royals fell seven games behind Cleveland in the AL Central. The Phillies finished the first half 36-45. They were 24-17 at one point.STREAKINGEscobar has a 12-game hitting streak. The shortstop has started all 79 games this season. ... Phillies OF Peter Bourjos extended his hitting streak to 10 with an infield single. ... Phillies 1B Tommy Joseph struck out as a pinch-hitter and is hitless in his last 14 at-bats with six strikeouts.UP NEXTLHP Danny Duffy (3-1, 3.24 ERA) goes for the Royals while RHP Aaron Nola (5-7, 4.45) pitches for the Phillies. Duffy threw a career-best eight innings in his last start. Nola has failed to pitch four innings in four straight starts. Art Monk Jersey . -- Patrick Reed got an early start in golf. Darrell Green Redskins Jersey . -- Bobby Ryan helped the U. http://www.redskinsfansproshop.com/Redskins+Trent+Williams+Rush+Jersey.html?cat=1291 . The injury bothered Bledsoe in the Suns victory over the Clippers on Monday and he sat out the teams home loss to Memphis on Thursday night. Ereck Flowers Womens Jersey ., for the next three years with the signings on Monday of Daryl Townsend and Michael Carter. Sammy Baugh Womens Jersey . Their experience showed Tuesday as the No. 10 Badgers blunted a Saint Louis surge to win 63-57 and advance to face West Virginia in Wednesdays finals of the Cancun Challenge. Eden Hazard scored on both sides of intermission as Chelsea reached the summit of the Premier League table Saturday with a comfortable 5-0 victory over Everton at Stamford Bridge.Winners in five straight, Chelsea (8-1-2) own a one-point league lead over Manchester City. Arsenal and Liverpool are each two back, but play Sunday.The Blues (8-1-2) entered the match in outstanding form since switching to a 3-4-3 formation. Antonio Contes boys had won four straight without conceding a goal and the good times continued as Hazard, Marcos Alonso and Diego Costa all hit first half goals. Hazard and Pedro netted in the second 45.Everton (5-3-3) held strong for the first few minutes and were extremely fortunate not to go down to 10 men early as Seamus Coleman cleaned out Costa on the edge of the penalty, but was lucky to get away without a foul called.dddddddddddd The Blues finally broke through in the 19th minute as Hazard worked his way down the left flank and inside to his right foot before beating Everton goalkeeper Maarten Stekeleburg to the far post.The hosts doubled their lead just a minute later when Pedro easily beat his mark and cut it back into the box. Costa wisely let the ball roll and Alonso fired it home. Three minutes before the break it was 3-0 on a corner kick as Nemanja Matics near-post flick fell to the feet of Costa.Chelsea have now scored 16 straight goals in league play without conceding any. ' ' '