Andy Murray continued his bid to overhaul Novak Djokovic as world No 1 at the ATP Paris Masters with a comfortable 6-3 6-0 victory against Frenchman Lucas Pouille. The Scot needs to at least reach the final in Paris if he is to stand a chance of topping the rankings on Monday and become the first British player to be ranked No 1 in singles. Second Paris win for Djokovic Novak Djokovic eliminated Grigor Dimitrov at Paris Masters It was a 17th win in a row for the 29-year-old, who is aiming to win a fourth straight title after winning trophies in Beijing, Shanghai and Vienna last week. Bidding to end Djokovics 122-week run at the top of the rankings, Murray told Sky Sports: Its always difficult when you come to a new event with not long to prepare. I returned well, I was hitting the ball cleaner from the back of the court and was able to dictate a few more points. Murray gives his reaction after putting on an impressive display in Paris My goal, obviously this year, is to try and finish it as strong as possible and the best way to do it is to concentrate on myself.Murray fended off two early break points in the opening game before breaking the young Frenchman to silence the enthusiastic Parisian crowd. Murray pulled off this remarkable winner in his straight-sets victory over Pouille At 4-2, 13th seed Pouille struck back thanks to a majestic passing shot down the line, but his all-out attacking style cost him in the next with Murray happily taking advantage, before comfortably serving out the set.It was more of the same in the next set with Murray back on song after being tested during an energy-sapping second round clash against Fernando Verdasco on Wednesday. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. The Wimbledon champion broke three further times for a bagel set and a comfortable cruise into the last eight. He faces Tomas Berdych in the quarter-finals on Friday, live on Sky Sports after the Czech defeated Gilles Simon 6-4 6-3 with 28 winners and a dozen aces in 68 minutes. Murray v Djokovic: The race is on Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic: Their previous meetings Murray will become world No 1 if he reaches the final and Djokovic fails to reach the semi-finals or if the Brit wins the tournament and the Serb does not reach the final. Check our game-by-game updates from Andy Murrays matches at the Paris Masters and ATP World Tour Finals from London skysports.com/tennis, our app for mobile devices and iPad and our Twitter account @skysportstennis. Also See: How Murray beat Pouille... Race To London: Runners & Riders Murray v Djokovic: The race is on Tennis on Sky Fake Sports Jerseys . Yup, he definitely needed this one. Craig homered twice and had three RBIs Wednesday night to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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"Hes pitching great, throwing strikes, keeping people off balance and allowing us a chance to play defence behind him. Its no surprise that every time he pitches there are plenty of good defensive plays made. He keeps everybody engaged in the game because he works quick. Its been awesome to play behind him this year." Buehrle (10-1) held the Royals to six hits and one walk while striking out three to win his sixth straight decision. "I dont know if its one of those things where working fast keeps them on their toes and ready to field stuff," Buehrle said. "I dont if that is the key to it. Again I just try to get the ball and throw it and I know the guys like to play behind you when its a quick game. I need those guys all over the place when Im pitching." Toronto manager John Gibbons thought it was one of Buehrles best performances this season. "Today (Buehrle) was as good as he has been all year," said Gibbons. "He has really been great, seems like every time I come in here you have to describe it the same way. Thats what he does, he keeps you off balance and hits both sides of the plate. Hes a pitcher. ... He topped off a nice home stand for us." Left-hander Aaron Loup took over in the ninth from Buehrle after Encarnacions two-run homer in the eighth had extended the lead to four runs. The Blue Jays (34-24) took the final two games of the four-game series to gain a split with the Royals (26-30) and finish their home stand at 8-2. Toronto has won 21 of their past 28 games to take over first place in the American League East. "(Buehrle) was dynamite," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Hes traditionally tough on us but hes 10-1 now, hes tough on everybody. Hes a master at what he does. He commands the baseball so well, changes speeds off everything he has. He has the ability to read the hitters reaction to the pitch before to know what hes going to throw next. If the hitter is gearing up, he backs off, if the hitter is backing off, he gears up. "He just pitched a phenomennal game.dddddddddddd Hes just really, really good at keeping you off balance." Royals right-hander Jeremy Guthrie (2-5) allowed eight hits and two runs in seven innings to go 10 starts without a win after winning his first two starts of the season. Guthrie allowed two walks and had five strikeouts before he was replaced by right-hander Aaron Crow in the eighth. Navarro hit his third homer of the season with one out in the second to open the scoring. The Blue Jays scored again in the fourth. Juan Francisco led off with a double on a liner that Kansas City right-fielder Norichika Aoki misplayed into a double. Francisco moved to third on a single by Brett Lawrie. He scored when Anthony Gose forced Lawrie at second on a grounder to shortstop. A key defensive play came in the sixth after a slight lapse. Eric Hosmer led off a bloop to centre that turned into a double when the Blue Jays left second uncovered. But shortstop Jose Reyes cut down Hosmer at third after fielding Billy Butlers grounder and Buehrle finished the inning unscathed. "In a two-run game, thats big," Gibbons said. "Thats what good shortstops do, he knew he had no play at first base. ... Ive seen it, too, through my career that the third baseman doesnt always get there, so (third baseman) Francisco was heads up to get there himself." Encarnacion, who hit 16 homers in May to lead the majors, doubled the Blue Jays lead with his 19th homer of the season in the eighth against Crow. It also scored Adam Lind who had singled with one out. Things are also going Buehrles way. In the sixth inning Lorenzo Cains popup to first dropped in fair territory when Encarnacion lost the ball but it rolled foul. Cain then struck out. "He called me off and then said a cuss word in Spanish which was one of the few Spanish words I know," Buehrle said. "Ive got a horseshoe stuck up my rear end pretty far right now so Im not complaining." NOTES: After the game the Blue Jays returned right-handed pitcher Liam Hendriks to triple-A Buffalo on option. A corresponding move will be made on Tuesday. aThe Blue Jays finished May at 21-9. aRoyals recalled third baseman Mike Moustakas from triple-A Omaha for Sundays game and put third baseman Danny Valencia (left hand muscle strain) on the 15-day disabled list. .... The Royals also recalled left-handed reliever Francisley Bueno (left little finger contusion) from his minor-league rehabilitation assignment with Omaha and returned right-handed pitcher Aaron Brooks to triple-A on option. aThe Blue Jays have Monday off before playing a three-game series in Detroit that opens Tuesday with Drew Hutchison (4-3, 3.88 earned-run average) facing Anibal Sanchez (2-2, 2.49 ERA). ' ' '