ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Brad Miller took a punch to the gut on Monday when told he was losing his starting shortstop role and being moved primarily to first base.On Thursday, he delivered the knockout blow in a victory.Miller hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2.I just go out there and play, Miller said. Its all I can really do. Try and get after it. I think Ive shown them all year how valuable I am, but at the end of the day, I have to go out and play. Thats all that matters.Tampa Bay acquired Matt Duffy on Monday in a four-player deal that sent left-hander Matt Moore to San Francisco. Duffy will take over at short when he returns next week from a strained left Achilles tendon.Miller connected on his 19th homer off Joakim Soria (4-5), who gave up three of the Rays overall four hits during his one inning.Were lucky to have him, and it doesnt matter where plays, Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. We know his bat plays.Kanas City dropped to 40-2 when ahead after seven innings.In my view, it was a good pitch . it was down in the zone, Soria said. He hit it out, so it wasnt a good pitch.Brad Boxberger (1-0) worked out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the eighth before Alex Colome got his 26th save despite giving up two hits during the ninth. Drew Smyly allowed two runs, five hits, one walk and struck out 10 in seven innings.Ian Kennedy gave up one hit, walked four and had nine strikeouts in six-plus innings for the Royals. Alex Gordon hit his eighth home.Tampa Bay won the final two games to split the four-game series. The Rays are 8-25 against Kansas City since the start of the 2012 season.Gordon had not homered or driven in a run in his previous 72 at-bats against left-handers this season before hitting a two-run drive off Smyly that put Kansas City ahead 2-0 in the fourth.Smyly has given up 23 homers, including six to left-handed hitters. He didnt allow a homer to a lefty last season.Kennedy entered tied with teammate Chris Young and Toronto knuckleballer R.A. Dickey with a major league-high 26 homers allowed but hasnt given up a long ball in three consecutive starts.TRAINERS ROOMRays: RHP Chase Whitley (Tommy John surgery) will make his fourth rehab start Friday night with Double-A Montgomery.MLB SANCTIONSRoyals DH Kendrys Morales received a one-game suspension and a fine for his actions following a ninth inning ejection, which included returning to the field, in Tuesday nights game. Morales appealed the ruling and started.FUTURE IN BLUE?Major League Baseball will hold a one-day free umpiring clinic for all ages at Tropicana Field on Aug. 20. Baseball officials, including MLB umpire supervisor Charlie Reliford, will also be looking for scholarship candidates to attend a one-day pro mini-camp in December. 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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- With the biggest win in school history less than 3 yards away, North Dakota State went for two and failed.The Bison earned the ball back though -- and they finished off the programs signature victory by running the ball right at Iowa.Cam Pedersen kicked a 37-yard field as time expired and North Dakota State, of the FCS, rallied to beat No. 13 Iowa 23-21 on Saturday for its sixth straight win over an FBS opponent.The Bison went for a 2-point conversion down 21-20 with 3:41 left, but couldnt punch it in. North Dakota States defense then held, and quarterback Easton Sticks 29-yard run put the Bison in position for the biggest win in school history.If we didnt make it I thought we could stop them, North Dakota State coach Chris Klieman said. I thought our offense was kind of wearing them down.The loss was just the fourth by a ranked FBS team to an FCS school. North Dakota State isnt just another Football Championship Subdivision team, though. The Bison have won the last five FCS national titles.Against the Hawkeyes, they ran for 239 yards and held Iowa to 231 total yards. North Dakota States defense was at its best on Iowas final drive, sacking Iowas C.J. Beathard to give its offense one more shot.Stick had 124 yards passing and a touchdown for the Bison (3-0), who also snapped Iowas nine-game home winning streak.As an offense we preach: if we get the chance to end the game with the ball in our hands, we have to do it. We believe in Cam and we knew if we got the ball down there he could do it, Stick said.Beathard had three TD passes for Iowa (2-1). But the Hawkeyes ran for just 34 yards on 25 carries.Am I shocked that we lost? Yeah, to an extent. But these guys came ready to play, Iowa defensive tackle Jaleel Johnson said.THE TAKEAWAYIowa: The Hawkeyes can forget about the playoffs. Barring something extraordinary, its tough to imagine the committee letting in a team that lost to an FCS school -- even one as talented as North Dakota State.North Dakkota State: North Dakota State is FCS is name only though.dddddddddddd The Bisons blocking at every position was exactly how coaches draw it up, and they didnt commit a penalty in the first half. North Dakota State might not lose again all season -- and a sixth straight FCS title is a distinct possibility.POLL IMPLICATIONSIowa will likely lose its spot in the Top 25. The bigger question is how many votes the Bison will receive. The Associated Press began allowing voters to put FCS schools on their ballots after Appalachian State stunned Michigan in 2007.NOTABLESThe Hawkeyes were without starting offensive linemen Sean Welsh and James Daniels, and it showed in the run game. The huge holes that Iowas backs had to run through in its first two games were largely non-existent. ...Iowa began the second half with a 62-yard run by LeShun Daniels Jr. that put it at NDSUs 3 up 14-7. But a hold brought the play back. Its like baseball. When you walk a guy in the ninth inning, invariably it comes back and gets you, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said. ...Iowa nearly lost to an FCS school in 2009, when it had to block back-to-back field goals to hold off Northern Iowa. The Hawkeyes went on to win the Orange Bowl that season.THE LAST WORDWe came here to win. Period, Klieman said on his decision to go for two down 21-20.UP NEXTIowa: The Hawkeyes open their first nine-game Big Ten season with a trip to Rutgers next weekend, their first road game and their first-ever against the Scarlet Knights. It should be, along with an October 15 meeting at Purdue, the easiest game the Hawkeyes will play outside of Iowa City.North Dakota State: The Bison return home to face a decent Missouri State team in their league opener. 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