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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Brian Flynn will get an opportunity to fill a Kansas City Royals gaping hole -- the No. 5 starter.The Royals have tried right-handers Chris Young and Dillon Gee in that slot, but without much success. Left-hander Flynn gets his turn on Tuesday night against the division-leading Cleveland Indians.We know what weve got in Chris Young. We know what we have in Dillon Gee, Royals manager Ned Yost said. Its just seeing what weve got in Brian Flynn. Hes been throwing the ball extremely well out of the pen and we want to give him an opportunity to start.We want to see what he can do as a starter. We know where he is as a reliever. And hes put up really, really good numbers. So, were going to find out.Flynn is 1-0 with a 2.39 ERA in 13 relief appearances. He is 0-3 with a 9.00 ERA in five career starts, all with the Marlins. He has not started in the majors since Aug. 7, 2014 and threw only two-thirds of an inning in 2015 because of a left lat muscle injury.Im ready to go, Flynn said. Ive been hopeful to get a shot at it. I feel like I can help this team as a starter. But its been a long time especially with the injury. Its a long time since Ive had a start. Ive matured a lot since then, so Im really ready for that.Not getting too caught up in the bright lights. I think my first stint up with Miami, I was a little caught up with everything. And just the biggest thing is proving to myself that I can pitch up here, my stuff plays, especially after the injury. Just getting to play, playing and enjoy it has been huge for me. Just treat it like a game and having fun.He said pitching coach Dave Eiland talked to him about the start.Not a whole lot is going to change for me, Flynn said. The first thing Dave talked to me about is Ive had some success so far in the bullpen, just carry it over and take it batter-by-batter. If you start looking ahead at too many innings you wont get to the next inning.He said pitching out of the bullpen simplifies thingsBreaking it down to two pitches out of the bullpen, Flynn said. I might add some going back to starting. Knowing you can have some success on two pitches makes it easier on your life.Yost said Flynn will be on a 60-to-70 pitch limit.The Indians will counter with American League earned run leader Danny Salazar, who is 6-5 with a 3.71 ERA in 11 career starts against the Royals. He is 2-0 against the Royals this season, holding them two one run over 15 2/3 innings.Salazar is 5-2 with a 2.66 ERA in nine road starts, holding foes to a .196 batting average.The Indians lost the opener of this three-game series with the Royals sending 10 men to the plate in a seven-run eighth inning off relievers Bryan Shaw and Jeff Manship.Shaw gave up hits to the first three batters he faced, including a two-run pinch double to Christian Colon, who attempted to bunt on the first two pitches.He was obviously working behind in the count, Francona said. First hitter (Alcides Escobar) of the inning, that ball, if he lets it go, he probably gets an out. And then things, theyre trying to give us an out on the bunt and he falls behind. Fall behind like that, youre just trying to get the ball over the plate and he did a nice job of pulling back and hitting one all the way to the wall that completely changed the game right there. We just couldnt stop the bleeding. 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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Instead of sagging after giving up a late tying goal, the San Jose Sharks went on the attack.Patrick Marleau scored with 22.5 seconds left and the Sharks rebounded after giving up a goal 35 seconds earlier to win their third straight game, 3-2 over the New York Islanders on Friday.It was just get right back out there and go after it, Marleau said. You dont like to see another team tying it up that late in the game, but I think we had the right mindset going right back out there and trying to get the win right away.Nick Leddy had tied it for New York with a one-timer off a feed from John Tavares with 57.1 seconds left, but the Sharks bounced back quickly.Brent Burns took a shot from the point that Marleau deflected in the slot past Thomas Greiss for the winner that helped San Jose improve to 7-2 at home this season.Its big to get a win after Thanksgiving, Burns said. You always worry if the legs are going to show up, or if the turkeys going to show up. Its nice to see the boys were skating and working.Joe Pavelski and Burns scored 34 seconds apart in the second period, and backup Aaron Dell made 26 saves for the Sharks. Dell has earned both of his wins this season against the IslandersAnders Lee scored his third goal in two games for New York, and Greiss made 25 saves. The Islanders have one win in eight road games this season and no regulation wins of any kind since Nov. 7. This marked the second straight game New York allowed the tiebreaking goal in the final three minutes of regulation.Its just frustrating, coach Jack Capuano said. For whatever reason right now, hockey gods arent with us.After a listless start in the rare home matinee that saw the Sharks trailing after Lees power-play goal, San Jose took over the play midway through the first period. Joe Thornton missed the net on a penalty shot and Greisss was sharp early against his former team to keep New York in front.dddddddddddd.But a quick flurry early in the second period changed that and put San Jose in control. It started following a defensive zone faceoff for the Sharks after an icing. Matt Nieto had a quick breakout pass to Chris Tierney, who fed an open Pavelski on a two-on-one for a one-timer that tied it.Less than a minute later, Burns shot from just inside the red line deflected off defenseman Calvin de Haans stick and beat Greiss to put San Jose up 2-1.It was just a knuckle-puck, Greiss said. Those happen with the funny bounces. You dont want to let them in but sometimes it happens.The Islanders have struggled to score away from home with just 15 goals in eight road games. Captain John Tavares has none of them and missed a golden chance at a potential tying goal in the second period against San Jose.After Burns turned over the puck in his zone, Bailey fed Tavares for what looked like an easy tap-in into an open net. But Tavares pushed the puck wide and the Sharks remained on top 2-1.Tavares then was stopped in front early in the third period as Dell came up big in just his third career start.He does have a great demeanor for a backup goalie, coach Peter DeBoer said. He works hard. Hes composed. Theres no panic. I think our team feeds off of that.Game notes San Jose F Tommy Wingels left in the first period with an undisclosed injury. ... Islanders F Cal Clutterbuck returned to the lineup after missing one game with an upper-body injury. ... D David Schlemko returned to the Sharks after being scratched with an illness Wednesday.UP NEXTIslanders: Host Calgary on Monday.Sharks: Host Anaheim on Saturday to finish off back-to-back games. ' ' '